Artwork
Biography
Born in Middlesex in 1947, Ronnie Wood studied at Ealing College of Art, London, before dropping out to join some of the world’s most influential rock bands.
In 1967, Wood joined the Jeff Beck Group as a bassist, eventually moving on to play guitar with the Faces. It was here that Wood co-wrote the classic Faces’ song ‘Stay With Me’ and went on to make major contributions to Rod Stewart’s first solo albums. In 1975, a chance encounter with Mick Jagger led Wood to join The Rolling Stones as a guitarist. And the rest is history.
Descending from a long line of travelling barge people, Wood’s relentless creativity found a home in art and music. He started drawing at the age of four: “Because my brothers, during the war they were down in the air raid shelters with no entertainment, so they would draw.” They eventually became commercial artists for the daily papers and Wood followed their example, artistically and musically.
As his musical career skyrocketed, Wood’s art practice documented his life on the road, offering an intimate, access all areas, portrait of The Rolling Stones, as well as friends and collaborators from Bob Dylan to Bo Diddley.
Wood discovered printmaking in the 1980s, and devoted himself to producing etchings, screen prints and woodcuts. Since 2004, Wood has created more than fifty editions with exhibitions in New York, London and Tokyo. Major presentations include retrospectives at the Modern Art Museum in Sao Paulo in 1996 and The Butler Institute of American Art in 2010.
“I apply musical theory to my art. I build limited editions in much the same way as studio overdubs, the more defined ones are things that stand out in the mix.”
Ronnie Wood
Exhibitions
Media
Listen: Fearless, The Anthology, 1965–2025
A collection of 60 years in music, plus reissue of the classic 1976 'Black and Blue’, his debut with The Rolling Stones.
