About Neil Wood

Neil Wood is a professional sculptor and fine artist with many years' experience lecturing in fine art and sculpture at institutions in the UK. He has worked in various settings; in education, as artist-in-residence and visiting lecturer, alongside his practice producing sculpture for exhibition and public commissions.

Employing a Modernist methodology to explore the human condition in the 21st century, Neil uses the figure as a vehicle to experiment with materials and visual language. He attempts to express ideas about the world we inhabit and the nature of human experience and relationships.

'The making process is very important in my practice. Engaging with the materials, processes and techniques allows me to engage with the subject matter in a more visceral way, responding to the materials intuitively, which keeps the creative decision making active throughout the making of the work. I'm keen to does as much of the process myself including the lost wax bronze casting '