Beatrice Wood
American artist (1893-1998) · United States · Artists · Died at 105
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Something wrong?Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917.
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Untitled (Two Women) earthenware with glazes by Beatrice Wood, 1990
Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, and Beatrice Wood at the Broadway Photo Shop, New York City, 1917
Luster Chalice by Beatrice Wood, Permanent Collection, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts & Happy Valley Foundation
Wood (right) and Tom Neff in Ojai, 1993Awards
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Dale ChihulyBoth received Fellow of the American Craft Council
Anni AlbersBoth received Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship
Faith RinggoldBoth received Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Carolee SchneemannBoth received Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Joan MondaleBoth received Fellow of the American Craft Council
Peter VoulkosBoth received Gold Medal for Consummate CraftsmanshipAbout this person
Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada".
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