Jonas Wood (b. 1977, Boston, Massachusetts) is a contemporary American artist who has risen to prominence for his vibrant, color-saturated paintings and works on paper. Known for his distinctive style that flattens three-dimensional spaces into bold, graphic compositions, Wood creates work that merges observational realism with abstraction. His practice draws heavily from his personal life—domestic interiors, sports imagery, still lifes with pottery, and portraits of family members—transformed through his unique visual language that references artists like David Hockney, Henri Matisse, and Alex Katz while maintaining his own immediately recognizable aesthetic.

Wood received his MFA from the University of Washington in 2002 and quickly gained attention for his distinctive approach to spatial representation and color. After relocating to Los Angeles, where he continues to live and work, Wood developed his signature style while collaborating with his wife, ceramic artist Shio Kusaka, whose vessels frequently appear in his still lifes. His meteoric rise in the contemporary art market has been matched by increasing institutional recognition, establishing him as one of the most sought-after painters of his generation.

Jonas Wood, United, 2014.  Lithograph and silkscreen. Ed. of 50. Printed at Cirrus Gallery