ARTIST STATEMENT

     Woods was born in Southfield, MI where he started his college career at College for Creative Studies in Detroit studying Graphic Communications & Advertising Design. After 2 years, he left for Chicago to pursue photography at Columbia College Chicago where he received his Bachelors of Fine Arts. focusing on Editorial/Portrait/Fashion photography.

     In 2014, Woods became a Visual Display Coordinator for Anthropologie where he further developed his fine art skills ultimately being invited to become a prototype artist. Only 1 year later, he was invited to move to their newest store at Ponce City Market in Atlanta, GA to use their new space for window display prototyping. When not developing new designs for the company, he is designing, fabricating and installing all visual elements within the store from fixtures to window displays.

     On top of Photography, Woods also has 15+ years experience as a Display Coordinator/Visual Project Manager/Merchandiser for companies like: Nike, Adidas, Dior, Top Shop, Burberry, Columbia, Zara, T-Mobile/Sprint, Red Bull, Lollapalooza, Under Armor, and Born Shoes.

After a bit of a life roadblock loosing is father, Woods decided to take a break from Anthropologie to take on some independent projects, starting with designing, fabricating and installing everything for Cobbler Union’s newest location at the Shops of Buckhead in Atlanta. When finished, COVID hit the world and all retail shut down. After a bit of a world hiatus, he would himself leaving the south for the East Bay of California to focus his enthusiasm of growth with the same company, URBN, to become the Senior Display Artist for Urban Outfitters at their Flagship store in San Francisco.

At UO, he overlooked and built the entire Bay Area’s stores visuals, helped relocate/design the new location in Emeryville, CA and would tackle projects special to his Union Square location for companies like Levi, Polaroid, Parade, and musical artists like Christian Kuria.

Since leaving Urban Outfitters, Woods has worked with One Hat One Hand as a Lead Fabricator and along side William Osman, the creator of Open Sauce 2024/2025.

Once specializing in photography, he is now focusing his time with woodworking, fine art, 3D design/printing, graphic design, graffiti/murals and aerial photography.