Jonas Wood and the tennis-court series in Los Angeles
Published on 08/20/2026 at 17:53 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Jonas Wood keeps moving between painting, printmaking, and collage-based image building. A recent Gagosian show in Beverly Hills presented new tennis-court paintings through April 25, 2026, as Juxtapoz reported on its exhibition page.Juxtapoz exhibition page
The tennis-court pictures
The Gagosian show centered on a series that Wood began in 2011. The gallery described it as his tenth exhibition with the gallery and his first based in Los Angeles.
Those canvases turn televised matches into flattened, highly legible compositions. They also fold in houseplants, studio views, signage, and other fragments from everyday life.
What the collections show
Wood's work sits firmly inside major museum collections. The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists Miami Shade House, dated 2024, with the object number 2025.746 and a 2025 gift credit line from Arash Ferdowsi.Metropolitan Museum of Art collection entry
Karma's artist biography also places Wood in the Broad, the Hammer Museum, the Hirshhorn, the Met, MoMA, SFMOMA, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney. That museum footprint helps explain why his painting reads as both domestic and institutional at once.Karma biography
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The material position
Wood works across portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and interior scenes. His process begins with collage-like studies, then moves into painting that keeps geometry, pattern, and color under tight control.
That method gives even ordinary subjects a staged clarity. Plants, rooms, sports courts, and household objects become recurring anchors in a body of work that stays immediately recognizable.
Where Wood stands now
Jonas Wood has no publicly announced date in the 30-day window around August 20, 2026.
Key facts on Jonas Wood
- Artist: Jonas Wood
- Medium / Genre: Painting (contemporary, collage-based)
- Born: 1977, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Place(s) of practice: Los Angeles
- Active since: 2002
- Key work groups: Tennis Court, Clippings, Interiors, Still Life
- Current/last exhibition: Jonas Wood Holds Court - Gagosian Beverly Hills - through April 25, 2026
- Major collections: The Met, MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Broad, Hammer Museum, SFMOMA, Guggenheim Museum
- Awards: amfAR Award of Excellence for Artistic Contributions to the Fight Against AIDS, 2017
- Next date: currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Jonas Wood
Where is Jonas Wood currently on view?
His Gagosian Beverly Hills exhibition Jonas Wood Holds Court ran through April 25, 2026. The show focused on new tennis-court paintings.
What is Jonas Wood's strongest museum presence?
His work is listed in major collections including The Met, MoMA, the Whitney, the Broad, the Hammer Museum, SFMOMA, and the Guggenheim Museum.
What defines Jonas Wood's practice?
Wood builds paintings from collage-based studies, then layers geometry, pattern, and color across still lifes, interiors, sports courts, and landscapes.
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