Qualeasha Wood (b. 1996, Long Branch, NJ) lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.
Qualeasha Wood is an interdisciplinary artist whose work contemplates realities around black female embodiment that do and might exist. Inspired by a familial relationship to textiles, queer craft, Microsoft Paint and internet avatars Wood's tufted and tapestry pieces mesh traditional craft and contemporary technological materials. Together, Qualeasha navigates both an Internet environment saturated in Black Femme figures and culture, and a political and economic environment holding that embodiment at the margins. For her what are intuitive combinations of analog and cybernetic compositional processes make for a plainly contemporary exploration of Black American Femme ontology.
In 2024 Wood will have a solo exhibition at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art + Culture, Charlotte, NC. She is currently included in Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY;Threaded Visions: Contemporary Weavings from the Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, IL; and Threaded, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA. Her recent exhibitions include Manic Pixie Magical Negro, Kendra Jayne Patrick, New York, NY (2023); The New Bend, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA (2022-3); It’s Time For Me To Go, MoMA PS1, New York, NY (2022); Alter Egos | Projected Selves, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2022); and Dancing in Dark Times, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK (2021). Her collections include Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada; The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; The Dean Collection, New York, NY; and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
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