Andre Woodward is a Southern California artist whose work examines the very complicated relationship

we have with nature. Born in Newport Beach, he received an MFA Cum Laude from California State

University Long Beach a BA form The University of California at Irvine. Woodward's work has been

exhibited internationally and featured in print form in The Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture, My

Green City, and Sculpture Magazine. Woodward has received several honors, including a Center for

Creative Innovation Grant and the 2011 Visions from the New California award.

Andre Woodward’s intriguing sculptures address the interconnectedness of man and nature. He

reconfigures the mundane into multi-sensory installations that focus on the perception of reality,

proffering a fascinating paradox of interconnectivity and individuality. His passion for understanding and

conceptualizing systems has led to his oeuvre embracing unusual combinations of media that create a

powerful force field. His most recent work examines the lives of the oldest, heaviest, and tallest living

organisms on the planet: Ancient Bristlecones, Giant Sequoia, and Coastal Redwoods.

“Woodward casts trees in concrete, almost as a strange play on the traditions of bonsai. combining his

passion for biology and fine art, he has long been interested in the contemporary landscape that

surrounds us-concrete parking lots pressing down the roots of trees: the façade of heavily manicured

parks and neighborhoods; and the constant push and pull of negotiating an environment made up of

both the natural and manmade. His sculptures nod to the cubes of Donald Judd, while foliage outgrowth

interrupts the severity of Judd's minimalism. Woodward states, " I think of the work in terms of a

paradox, which leads to the gaining of a sort of spiritual awareness. The truth of the matter is that our

human environment is dictated by a perpetual struggle for control for control between the human and

natural environments, where at any given moment one or the other will have the advantage.” Grace

Kook Anderson