Jonas Wood (born 1977) is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles. Early life and education Raised in Boston, Wood is the child of "art-inclined parents". Wood grew up surrounded by his grandfather's art collection which featured works from Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Jim Dine, Robert Motherwell, Larry Rivers, and Andy Warhol. He graduated from the Cambridge School of Weston in 1995. As an undergraduate, Wood chose to study at Hobart College, a liberal arts school where he could study both science and art. Wood's focus was on psychology during the majority of his time studying at Hobart and William Smith College. By his junior year, he had completed his psychology major and he spent his senior year studying painting. He now holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1999 and a Masters of Fine Arts degree from University of Washington in 2002. Shortly after graduating, Wood moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a studio assistant for two years for painter Laura Owens and then another two years for sculptor Matt Johnson. While working as an assistant, Wood continued to make his own work. Process During his student years, he explored making collage-like works based on montaged photographs that he took of himself, his friends, and their surroundings. Wood now paints from studies (collages and drawings) and sometimes uses photography, but most of his works and studies are part of the larger plan of creating paintings. Wood states, "I work from photos. I collect photos, ones I’ve taken or I’ve appropriated or that other people have sent to me. And then I either make a collage of those things or work directly from photos. And a bunch of times, I'll make a drawing from a found photo, a photo collage, or photo I took, and then make a painting from that drawing." Wood has also done etchings. He maintains active drawing, printmaking, and collage practices, each of which helps him generate techniques that he eventually uses in his paintings. Wood's studio is filled with the objects that influence his work, such as his children's drawings, plants, vessels, and sport memorabilia. An example of this includes a giant basketball sculpture by Paa Joe. He also works in close proximity to his partner, Shio Kusaka, whose work he appropriates and collaborates with. Wood's influences are also auditory, as he tends to listen to