Curriculum Vitae

Chris Wood

Commissions (Selected)

2024

Anonymous Client, USA.

Title: 90 Pairs of Hands

3035mm x 2218mm; solid surface and dichroic. Integrated architectural artwork for the new private office of a luxury car brand

2024

Alexandria Real Estate, USA.

Title: Boom: The Exploration of Knowledge

3000mm diameter solid surface material circle with dichroic . Integrated architectural artwork for the new premises of a biotechnology company

2024

Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK

Title: Twist

Commission to create an artwork on glazed window for the Breast Services Unit at Charing Cross Hospital

2024

Private residence, UK. Grantchester;

Title: Cambridge

Bespoke wall panel

2023

Disney, Worldwide.

Title: Spyra

950mm x 1200mm; bespoke dichroic artwork for a new build cruise-ship

2023

Abcam, UK.

Title: JD

Commission to create a dichroic window piece to commemorate the passing of a team member

2023

Shurooq, Sharjah.

Title: Flutter

2000mm x 2000mm; freestanding dichroic & corian exterior artwork placement on Al Noor Island

2023

Altos Labs, Cambridge Institute of Science, UK.

Title: Irdieden

1900mm x 1900mm; bespoke dichroic artwork for newly open Altos Labs

2022

Artlink, UK/ Qatar.

Title: Dasula

4300mm x 1700mm; bespoke four part dichroic artwork for the artwork collection housed in Katara Tower.

2022

Private residence, UK.

1200mm x 1200mm, bespoke dichroic artwork creation for a family home.

2022

Aurora House, UK.

Title: Fenland

4114mm x 1907mm, corian and dichroic integrated architectural artwork for the new premises of a tech company

2022

Johnson & Johnson, USA.

Title: Hiive

4000mm x 1200mm; Design and fabrication of a dichroic modular wall panel in response to company brief. To be situated in the new CEO’s office

2022

Nestle, Worldwide.

Title:The Virtuous Circle Award

The design and creation of 15 dichroic sculptural awards. Accompanying ‘creation of’ narrated video

2021

Dior, Worldwide.

Design proposal for new New York flagship store facade

2021

Cle Du Peau Beaute, Worldwide.

Title: 40/40

1900 x 1900mm; creation of a bespoke artwork to mark 40th anniversary. Accompanying production of a ‘creation of’ video

2021

Boucheron, France.

Licensing for selected artwork images as inspiration for 2021 collection ‘Holographique’. Creation of 82 artworks as promotional gifts for VIPs and journalists

2021

Artlink, UK.

Title: Gloaming

1200mm x 1200mm; bespoke dichroic artwork plus hanging mechanism for a new build cruise-ship

2021

Downing Church, UK.

Commission to create two large exterior, custom design dichroic artwork church signs

2021

Stanford Hotels, USA.

Title:Astra and Lucent

Commission to design and fabricate two triptych artworks for the lobby of a new hotel in Seattle

2021

Private residence, London, UK.

Commission to design and fabricate a dichroic artwork for direct application to a large skylight

2020

Private residence, USA.

Title:Facets

Encased crystal commission, feature artwork for a new private residence

2020

Ohio Hospital, USA.

7 piece wall panel series

2020

Capital One, USA.

A bespoke triptych panel series designed using binary code, for a new 78,000 square foot premises on MIT

2019

Adobe, Paris.

Commission panel series for Adobe Summit 2019

2019

Yale University, Boston.

Wall panel for university

2019

Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge Massachusetts.

2 wall panels for the school.

2019

Instagram, San Francisco.

Wall panel for office space

2019

Energia, Dublin.

Title: E for Energia

Wall panel for Offices

2019

Freedom Plaza, Washington DC.

Commission to design and install a large dichroic artwork for lobby space

2019

Nangang Exhibition Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.

Title: Light Wall

Commission to design statement artwork for national exhibition centre.


2018

Great Ormond Street Hospital, Guildford Street Façade. UK

Commission for façade glazing to create 3 interrelated installations for

different areas of the building


2018

Lade School, Trondheim, Norway.

Commission to design artwork for new school.

2017

Oslo, Cruise Liner

Commission to design dichroic chandelier artwork for atrium of new cruise liner Mein Schiff 6 for Tui Cruises

2017

Belmont House, Uxbridge.

Commission to design artwork for corporate office reception area


2016

Fendi Fashion House

Shop windows worldwide including special designs for Paris, London, Milan and New York

2015

Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK.

Wall panel for board room


2015

Allia Ltd: Future Business Centre Cambridge, UK.

Commission for wall mounted outdoor sculpture

2015

Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

Title: Gift of Life

Organ Donor Recognition Commission, crystal artwork.

2015

London Architects Orient Design Ltd, UK

3 large wall panels commission.

2014

Colchester Hospital, UK Regatta

Donor recognition commission for the new Radiotherapy Unit.

2013

London Bridge Hospital, UK.

Commission to design Light Garden for the atrium space.

2012

Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Title: Seeds

Commission to create artworks for the new Rosie Maternity Hospital.

2011

Christies Cancer Hospital, Oldham, UK

Commission to design artwork for the critical care unit.

2011

KAPSARk-Riyadh Architect Zaha Hadid.

Commissioned to design proposal for the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre Riyadh

2010

Private Commission for Professor Lionel March, former Rector of the Royal College of Art.

Light Shower window piece

2009

Christies Cancer Hospital, Oldham, UK.

Commission to design artwork for the new main entrance of the building

2009

Elmfield Community Housing UK.

Commission to design Light-gathering features for communal areas of the apartments.

2008

Arts For Health St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals, UK.

Commission for the Atrium of new hospital

2008

Premier Travel Inn Hotel Cambridge, UK.

Title:Chroma

Commission to design and make artwork for hotel facade, Axiom Architects

2007

IPC Media, London, UK.

Commission to design and make artworks for the marketing suite of the new Blue Fin Building London

Exhibitions (selected)

2023

Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE (solo show)

Title: Liquid Light

Sharjah Investment and Development Authority

2020

Tokyo Polytechnic University

Title: Interference

International Research Center for Colour Science and Art

2019

Opera Gallery, Beirut

Title: As a Matter of Illusion

2019

The National Museum of Modern Art, Algiers

Title: Shared Vision

‘Altiba9’ 7th Edition

2019

45 Park Lane, London

Title: Light Pattern

Ackerman Studios

2018

Laura Rathe Gallery Dallas, Texas

Title: To the Future

2017

Cornell Museum Miami

Title: Looking Glass

2017

Cambridge e-Luminate Festival

2017

Ugly Duck, Canary Wharf London

Title: Light Bites

2016

Galeria dos Prazeres, Madeira

2015-16

Sharjah Museum of Art, Noor

Solo exhibition as part of the Festival of Islamic Art

Education

1988-1990

Royal College of Art MA Glass

1984-88

Middlesex Polytechnic 1st Class BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design (Furniture).