Education:        B.F.A., University of Houston, Houston TX, 1997,   

        summa cum laude

Awards:   

George Bunker Scholarship for Excellence in Art, University of

        Houston, Houston TX, 1996

The Flaxman Competitive Award, University of Houston,    Houston TX, 1995

           Opening Moves Award, University of Houston, Houston TX, 1994

Solo Exhibitions:

New sculpture, David Brown Gallery, Austin, TX, 2002

       New Sculpture , Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX, 1999

       New Sculpture , Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX, 1997

Recent Sculptures , Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX, 1996

Lineage , Allen Center Gallery, Houston TX, 1996

Introductions , Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX, 1996

Opening Moves , Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX, 1996

One Person Installation , Triangle Park, Houston TX, 1996

Opening Moves , Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston TX, 1995

Selected Group Exhibitions:

        D. Berman Gallery, Austin, TX, September, 2002

        College of the Mainland , Texas City, October 30, 2002

       Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX, June, 2000

        Sculpture 2000 , Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX, June, 2000

Miniatures , Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston TX, January 2000

SOFA Show , Chicago IL, November 1999

International Sculpture Center Collection II , Hunter Museum of

        American Art, Chattanooga TN, 1999

Summer Group Show , J. Cacciola Galleries, New York NY, 1999

Recent Works , J. Cacciola Galleries, New York NY, 1999

International Sculpture Center Collection II , Wood Street   

        Gallery, Chicago IL, 1999

Small Works , Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX, 1998

Center of Attention , Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin TX,   1998

Chicago International Art Expo , Navy Pier, Chicago IL, 1998

Buffalo Bayou ArtPark , "Sculpture Houston," The Sculpture Park

          1997-1998

Chicago International Art Expo , Navy Pier, Chicago IL, 1997

Reductive Forms , Robert McClain & Co., Houston TX, 1997

Student Exhibition , Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX, 1997

Imprint , Houston Artists Visualize Public Art, Houston TX, 1996

Translucence , Two Allen Center, Houston TX 1996

ABC (Artist Board Chooses) , Diverse Works, Houston TX, 1996

Houston Area Show , Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX, 1996

The Senior Show , A.R.A. Building, Houston TX 1996

Seductive Surfaces , Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston TX, 1995

Buffalo Bayou Art Park , "Sculpture Houston 1995," Tranquillity Park, Houston TX, 1995

Structures , "Interpretative Installations," Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston TX ,1995

The Open Show , 500X Gallery, Dallas TX, 1995

The Speed and Motion Exhibition , "Moving Art," Houston TX, 1995  

Known and Underknown , One Allen Center Gallery,  Houston,. TX, 1995

Art Goes to City Hall , Houston City Hall Annex, Houston TX, 1994

Dia de Los Muertos , Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston,TX, 1994

The Little Big Show , Lawndale Art & Performance Center,  Houston TX, 1994

Known and Underknown , One Allen Center Gallery, Houston TX ,  1994

The Big Show , Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston TX , 1994

Student Exhibition , Blaffer Gallery, Houston TX, 1994

Chain Reaction/Living Space , Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston TX, 1994

Bibliography:     

Catherine Anspon, "Troy Woods," Art in America , April 1998

        Catherine Anspon, "Troy Woods: Pushing the Limits of Art and

        Architecture," Houston Public News , September 24, 1997

        Ileana Marcoulesco, "Troy Woods" Sculpture Magazine , April, 1997

        Patricia Johnson, "Assemblage Doesn't Need 'Collage' Degree,"

Houston Chronicle , August 5, 1996

        Susan Chadwick, "Familiarity Often Breeds Wit in Sculpture

        Exhibition," The Houston Post , August 13, 1994

Related Writings:     

        Troy Woods, "Luis Jimenez," Gulf Coast , Summer 1999

        Troy Woods, "My Questions, Your Answers, Your Questions,"

Art Lies , June-September 1996

Commissions and Collections:

Trinity Episcopal Church

Louisiana Place, Houston TX, 1997

AZ 88, Scottsdale AZ, 1998

Houston Industries Incorporated, 1996

Allen Center Two, Houston TX, 1996

  Bernie Arocha

  William Broderick & Tim Chafin

  Brad and Leslie Bucher

  Thomas Burch

  John and Judy Cacciola

  Scott & Jennifer Clearman

  Lara and Mark Connelly

  Shane Cook

  Dori and Michael Forsmith

  Norbert and Audrey Gaelen

  Shawn Gross

  Marshall & Victoria Lightman

  Cheryl Moody and Chris Gongolas

  Jay Marks

  Dick Nelson

  Sally Reynolds

  Jeffery Richmond (20 th Century Fox)

  Margaret and Louis Skidmore

  Morris and Ann Weiner

  Sheldon & Eve Weisfeld   Scott Ziegler

  Ziegler Cooper Architects Inc.