Education:
1971 - Bachelors of Fine Arts, Communication Arts & Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
1980 - Painting Course, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
2000 - Photoshop Course, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem NC
2011 - Glass Bead Workshops and Classes, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem NC
Awards:
1966 Gold Key, Scholastic Art Awards, Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG, Greensboro NC
1973 Purchase Award, Annual Painting & Sculpture Competition, SECCA, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem NC
Select Exhibitions:
2013 – Abstraction, Sawtooth School for Visual Arts
Drawing, Group Invitational, Winston-Salem NC
2012 – Still Here, ArtSpace, Plant Zero
Painting, Drawing, Group Invitational, Richmond VA
2012 – Faculty Exhibit, Sawtooth School for Visual Arts
Painting, Winston-Salem NC
2011 - Salon d' Hiver in H87
Painting, Group Exhibit, Arnhem, Netherlands
2004 - 2011 Seed Collective in Urban Artware
Painting & Mixed Media, Solo + Group Exhibits, Winston-Salem NC
2009 H87 + Seed Exchange Exhibit
Paintings, Group Exhibit, Arnhem, Netherlands
2009 Bookart @ Artspace, Plant Zero
Mixed Media, Invitational Exhibit, Richmond VA
2007 - 2008 - Canvas Monkey
Painting & Representation, Charlotte NC
2004, 2008 - Karma Gallery & Salon
Painting, Solo & Group Exhibits, Winston-Salem NC
2001 - 2002 - Solo Gallery
Painting & Representation, Winston-Salem NC
2002, 2007 - Central Public Library
Painting, Solo + 2 Person Exhibits, Winston-Salem NC
2001 - North Carolina School of the Arts, Semans Library
Painting, Solo Exhibit, Winston-Salem NC
2000 - Worrell Center, Wake Forest University
Painting, Group Exhibit, Winston-Salem NC
1999 - Community School of Music & Arts
Art-o-mat Invitational, Painting, Group Exhibit, Ithaca NY
1998 - 2006 - Art-o-mat
Artists-In-Cellophane Exhibitor, Painting + Photography, Los Angeles CA, New York NY, Various Cities
1987 - 2008 - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem NC:
1987 Paintings & Drawings; 1987 Three Norwoods Exhibition; 1988 Photography + Collage; 1994 Paintings & Drawings; 1999 Paintings & Photography; 2001, 2002, 2008 Juried Employee Exhibit, Paintings
1984 - 2012- Sawtooth School for Visual Art / Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem NC:
1984 Henley Juried Exhibit, Painting; 1988 Faculty Exhibit, Painting; 1998 Artext Juried, Photography; 1999 Dimensions Juried, Photography; 1999 A Sense Of Place Juried, Painting; 2001 Dimensions Juried, Painting; 2012 Faculty Exhibit, Painting.
1973 - 1978 - SECCA, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem NC:
1973 Purchase Award, Annual Painting + Sculpture Competition; 1977 SECCA Crafts Invitational; 1977 & 1978 Visiting Artist, CLOD Summer Education
Publications:
2008 - July Artist, Artist Interviewing Artist, Tim Lane, Davis CA
2011 - For the Love of Color, Yes Weekly, Wayne Johns, Winston-Salem NC
Reviews:
2010 – “Your energy was certainly there in your paintings! Loved the color relationships, freedom in the strokes, partial nature of the compositions!” Alix Hitchcock, Artist, Art Educator, Winston-Salem NC
2010 – “Such power...my eye goes though the same pattern every time. Rich...clean...and tailored. Skillfully done and full of emotion.” Coffee Miklos, Artist, Educator and Welder, Dungeness, WA
2009 - "Alex has 3 confounding bookart pieces in the bookart @ artspace exhibit - people are scared to touch them, but once they do, they can't stop." Michael Pierce, Artist, Curator, Richmond VA
2009 - "These [bookart pieces] evoke memories...very powerful stuff!" Patricia Powell Kessler, Artist, Art Educator, Silver Spring MD
2004 - "Bold and aware." Dr. Rosemarie Anderson, Psychologist, Author and Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto CA
2004 - "Your work continues to evolve. I like the idea that the portraits have the same abstract qualities as your landscapes. Your work is really brilliant." James Gregory, Artist, Designer, Author and CEO of CoreBrand, Stamford CT
2003 - "From the Art-o-mat you get a handsomely crafted abstract painting from Alex Norwood's Landscapes from Other Planets series." David Pagel, Art Notes, LA Times, Los Angeles CA
2001 - "Alex Norwood's Yellow Field is an even more striking abstract composition [that] subtly evokes a pastoral landscape. The seemingly effortless, almost accidental-looking manner in which these elements have been combined is reminiscent of Robert Motherwell's paintings." Tom Patterson, Art Columnist, Curator and Author, Winston-Salem NC
2000 - The abstract acrylic paintings of Alex Norwood are elegant statements about color, shape and brush stroke for their own sake. Amy Funderburk, Artist, Exhibitions Coordinator and Art Educator, Winston-Salem NC
Employment:
2012 Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Instructor, Winston-Salem NC
2011 - 2013 The Fellowship Home, Arts Instruction, Winston-Salem NC
2011 Seed Abstract Painting Classes, Instructor, Winston-Salem NC
2009 Seed & H87 Trans-Atlantic Exhibit Exchange, Co-Curator, Arnhem, Netherlands
2005, 2007 Annual Employee Exhibit, W FU Baptist Medical Center, Exhibit Judge, Winston-Salem NC
2002 Morehead Art Exhibit, Rockingham County Studio Group, Exhibit Judge, Eden NC
1999 – 2004 Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Galleries Curator, Winston-Salem NC
2000 – 2002 Annual Employee Exhibit, Wake Forest University Baptist Med Center, Winston-Salem NC
2000 – 2001 Art-o-mat, Brenner Children’s Hospital, Partner, Winston-Salem NC
1998 Gay Pride Fundraising Exhibit, Curator, Winston-Salem NC
1993 Wake Forest University, WFDD Radio, Artist Review Art Series, Winston-Salem NC
1978 – 1983 picture framing & gallery installation, various gallery / frame shops, Winston-Salem NC
1973 – 1991 freelance design, logos, brochures, posters, Winston-Salem NC, Denver CO
1975 Beatrice Wood Studio & Gallery, Museum & Studio Assistant, Ojai CA
1974 Maharishi International University, Video Illustration, Livingston Manor NY
1972 Monogrammed Designs, Art Director, Winston-Salem NC
1971 The Publishing Company, Layout Technician, Boston MA
1970 Stonegg Studios, Design Agency, Partner, James Gregory, Richmond VA
Artist Residency:
1977 & 1978 Visiting Artist, CLOD Summer Education, SECCA, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem NC
Professional Membership:
2004 – 2011 Seed Collective, Artist Cooperative Gallery, Winston-Salem NC