Cherry Wood is a Honduran-born, naturalized Canadian-American artist living in one of Detroit’s suburbs. His work tells his autobiography by creating fictitious characters, body actions, fashion retrofits, sculptures, and photography. The core of his work speaks to family tales, migration anecdotes, labor, and everyday experiences.
In his latest series, El Mesero W(Waiter), Wood pushes the limits of traditional settings and spaces. Using his official Michigan Notary seal, the character uses his notary power to notarize participants by corroborating their identity. The techniques during and following the authentication refer to those observed in servers in their profession, such as body language, hand gestures, and communication styles.
Wood has taught performance art workshops at renowned institutions in the Detroit area, including at the University of Michigan as a visiting artist at the Interarts Performance BFA program. He has facilitated community-engaged art through residencies and projects, including as one of ten selected artists for Neighbourhood Spaces, a socially-engaged artist residency program supported by Arts Council Windsor & Region, the City of Windsor, and Broken City Lab. Cherry Wood has developed a repertoire of performances and personas through their association as an advanced alumni and participant of the world renowned La Pocha Nostra Live Art Labs since 2016.
Lastly, Cherry Wood has received numerous awards and grants from local and international institutions, including CultureSource and the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Ontario Arts Council, and Red Bull Arts.
Images: 120 mm film scans from the series El Mesero W(Waiter) ongoing.
In his latest series, El Mesero W(Waiter), Wood pushes the limits of traditional settings and spaces. Using his official Michigan Notary seal, the character uses his notary power to notarize participants by corroborating their identity. The techniques during and following the authentication refer to those observed in servers in their profession, such as body language, hand gestures, and communication styles.
Wood has taught performance art workshops at renowned institutions in the Detroit area, including at the University of Michigan as a visiting artist at the Interarts Performance BFA program. He has facilitated community-engaged art through residencies and projects, including as one of ten selected artists for Neighbourhood Spaces, a socially-engaged artist residency program supported by Arts Council Windsor & Region, the City of Windsor, and Broken City Lab. Cherry Wood has developed a repertoire of performances and personas through their association as an advanced alumni and participant of the world renowned La Pocha Nostra Live Art Labs since 2016.
Lastly, Cherry Wood has received numerous awards and grants from local and international institutions, including CultureSource and the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Ontario Arts Council, and Red Bull Arts.
Images: 120 mm film scans from the series El Mesero W(Waiter) ongoing.