Jennifer Angaiak Wood: Paddling Solo

Jeffrey Moose Gallery is proud to announce the continued exhibition of work by Jennifer Angaiak Wood for the month January. A reception will be held on First Friday, January 6th from 6 to 8 PM. The exhibit will run through January 31st. A Facebook livestream walk through will broadcast from approximately 5:20-5:40 PM Friday, Jan 6th.

Ms. Angaiak Wood, who has a Masters in Education from U. Of Alaska, Fairbanks and a BA from the UW,  has exhibited at Stonington Gallery in Seattle and shown her work in events at the prestigious Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Autry Museum in L.A and, most recently, at Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA, part of Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center. In 2020, she was awarded two significant fellowships, the Nia Tiero Pacific Northwest Art Fellowship, which supports development for indigenous artists internationally, and the MAC Fellowship, a regional effort which was established to “empower highly-motivated emerging and mid-career artists looking to transition from undiscovered to established, self-sustaining professionals”. She is recognized as a carver in the Yup’ik tradition, the same one that influenced Miro, Picasso and others in the early 20th century, spawning the idea of Surrealism. She is also a painter and printmaker.

Ms. Angaiak Wood has studied with several Northwest Native Art masters including Marvin Oliver, Duane Pasco and Dempsey Bob.

This marks her first solo exhibition. Ms. Wood will add to her show of paintings, prints and carvings with four new masks from a series called “The Weapons of War”. These will be displayed alongside the monumental work, “Finding the Way Home”, a 14 foot by 26 inch high masterwork depicting a Yup’ik Qayak (kayak) with a combination of a yellow cedar mask and an enormous Old Growth red cedar boat form. The “Qayak” is particularly relevant to our space, which was formerly Back of Beyond, a canoe/kayak/guide operation. In many ways, this show is Return of the Qayak!

Images:

1. “First Growth” (part of the Weapons of War series)

yellow cedar, charring, stone beads, fresh pearl beads, wire, aluminum sheet, willow,

19”w x 43”h x 10”d. 2022

2. “Destruction” (Weapons of War series)

basswood, charring, pigments, feathers, willow, beach-weathered bone, 16”w x 20.5”h x 2.5”d.

2022

3. “His X Mark” (part of The Weapons of War series. This one is contracts/treaties)

alder, vintage ink, antique mother of pearl pens, vintage pen nibs, wire, metal letters,

17”w x 19.5”h x 4.5”d. 2022

4. “Humor/Laughter “(Weapons of War series),

Old growth results cedar, pigments, beads, hat pins, willow, 26”w x 28.5”h x 8.5”d. 2022

5. “Finding the Way Home”. Yellow cedar, Old Growth Red Cedar, acrylic, painted, dried seal intestine, 14 FEET x  26”. 2021