Jody Wood is an artist working in mediums of social practice, video, photography, and performance, and her recent work addresses the intersection between poverty, health, and care. Her projects have been supported by prestigious institutions including A Blade of Grass, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, an ArtPlace America Initiative at McColl Center for Art + Innovation, the Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento Grant Award (FLAD) at AIR 351 in Portugal, and through residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been presented internationally in solo exhibitions at Skövde Art Museum and Norrtälje Konsthall in Sweden, Whitebox Gallery in NYC, Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn, and in group exhibitions and screenings at Manchester School of Art, UK; Parrish Museum of Art in Water Mill, NY; and Rond-point projects in Marseille, FR. Her work has been featured in publications such as The Atlantic, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, and The New York Times. She is a faculty member at Sam Houston State University in the Art and Social Practice MFA program.