Sean M. Johnson and Jason Wood

Stunt n Growth

March 2 – March 26, 2006
Reception / Thursday, March 2, 6–10pm

For the month of March SOIL will feature an artist collaboration between Sean M. Johnson, and Jason Wood titled Stunt n Growth. Sean M. Johnson is a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s MFA program and a 2005 Betty Bowen finalist. Sean’s compositions of steel and wood propose a physical relationship with the viewer that is based on ideas of balance and tension. His sculptures reflect the precarious balance of life and the harmony of personal and emotional stress. Also a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s MFA Program Jason Wood is engaged in both the discovery of history as a visual object as well as his own compulsive desire to bring order to his world. He alters and brings together his materials not only to manipulate them, but also to come to an understanding of the life they lived before they were appropriated to become our generic trade materials.

The two come together for this collaboration because of their shared passion for materials and the intimate approaches they take to make objects. Their site specific installation will transform the space of SOIL giving the story of a life lived and the effects of branching out in a controlled environment.