Eleanor Wright
Biography
1984
Born in 1984, London, UK
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, DE
2015-2016
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, guest studentship, class of Prof. Rita McBride, DE
2008-2010
MFA Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2004-2007
BA Sculpture, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
Fellowships/Awards/Residency
2018
Kunststiftung NRW, Individual Funding for Young Artists
Helsinki International Artists’ Programme, residency
The Elephant Trust, production grant
Arts Council England, Individual Grant for the Arts Award Arts Council England, Artists’ International Development Fund
2017
ARCOmadrid Premio Award
Arts Council England Individual Grant for the Arts Award
2016
Villa Ruffieux/Fondation Mercier, Switzerland, residency
The Elephant Trust, production grant
British School of Archeology at Athens Prince of Wales Artist Fellowship Arts Council England, Individual Grant for the Arts Award
Arts Council England Individual Grant for the Arts Award
2015
Liverpool Biennial International Showcasing, nominated and shortlisted
Cove Park, Scotland, residency
Centre for Visual Arts and Cultures (CVAC), Durham University Research Grant
Arts Council England, Individual Grant for the Arts Award
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE (forthcoming)
MENTIS/Benaki Museum, Athens (forthcoming)
2019
NEW POSITIONS, Art Cologne, Cologne, DE
2017
ARCOmadrid, PREMIO Award, Madrid
A Pattern Language, South London Gallery, young people’s programme, London, UK
2016
Arena, British School of Archeology at Athens, GR
Roßstraße 68 (learning from Ella Steigelman), Drop City, Düsseldorf, DE
2015
Continuous Material, Drop City, Newcastle, UK
Continuous Material, Durham Castle Museum, Durham, UK
2014
Soft Start, The Northern Charter, Newcastle, UK
2013
Tuned Cities, Baltic 39, Newcastle, UK
Thin Cities, Gallery North, Newcastle, UK
Group Exhibitions
2019
2018
To Be Kept For Some Future Time, South London Gallery, London,
2016
World Is Sudden, Giles Bailey & CIRCA Projects/Berwick Film & Arts Festival, UK
Drop City Centre, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2015
So, Mauve, Vienna, AUT
Graphics Interchange Format Focal Point Gallery, Southend, UK
Foam, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA), Sunderland, UK
2012
Switch (curated by Phyllida Barlow), Baltic 39, Newcastle, UK
Summer Exhibition (by invitation), Royal Academy, London, UK
2011
Mister Mercer, Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Wrexham, UK
American Mountains, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
2009
Kodachrome, LimaZulu, London, UK
2011
South London Gallery, UK
Wellcome Library London, UK
Pioneer Health Foundation, London, UK
2015/18 Art Hotel Ufer, Düsseldorf, DE
2015
Durham Castle Museum UNESCO World Heritage Site, UK
2009
More London and Beverley Knowles Fine Art Commission, The Southbank, London, UK