Visiting Artists Program: Qualeasha Wood

Wood is an interdisciplinary artist whose work contemplates realities around black female ontology 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.

In 2024, Wood was 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 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); and Alter Egos | Projected Selves, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2022). Her works are in collections of The 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; and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. Qualeasha Wood lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.

Visiting Artists Program

Nationally and internationally acclaimed visual artists and art collectives visit our campus to present lectures about their work and professional practices. Visiting artists and designers have a chance to meet with the students and larger Rutgers University–Camden community to continue the dialogue about perspectives on contemporary art. The main theme of our SPRING 2023 lecture series is Time-based/Video Art.

All lectures are free and open to the public. These lectures will be held from 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm (free period) in the Fine Arts Building, Room 110.