ELEANOR WOOD
Education
1979-80 M.A. Painting, Chelsea School of Art, London 1974-7 B.A. Honors Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK 1973-4 Hornsey School of Art, London
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Working From Both Sides: Works on Paper & Linen by Eleanor Wood, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco 2006 Eleanor Wood: Mixed Media on Paper, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco 2006 Shifting Borders, JayJay, Sacramento 2005 Silent Dialogue, Andlab, Los Angeles 2003 Silence, University Art Gallery, California State University Stanislaus 1995-6 Martha Stevns Gallery, Fressingfield, UK 1990 Prints, Paintings and Drawings, Alsager Gallery, Crewe, UK 1989 Order, Quiet & Mystery Eleanor Wood, Paintings & Drypoints, Lancaster Gallery, Coventry, UK 1985 The Octagon Gallery, Belfast 1982 The Inner Landscape, Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington, UK 1981 Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 1980 M.A. Degree Show, Chelsea School of Art, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Spring Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco Art Auction 2013, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Paper Trail, JayJay, Sacramento, CA Wonder, Berkeley Art Center, CA
2012 Collect, Berkeley Art Center, CA Connect and Collect, ICA, San Jose, CA In Praise of Collecting, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA Art Auction 2012, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA The Back Room, JayJay Sacramento, CA Gallery Selections, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA Shine, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2011 Now and Then, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, , JayJay, Sacramento, CA Connect and Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco Art Auction 2011, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2010 The 7th Annual Miniature Show, First Street Gallery, Turlock, CA Salthouse 10: Landmark, Salthouse Church, Norfolk UK Art Auction 2010, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA San Francisco Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco Working With Wax, Santa Rosa College Gallery, CA
2009 The Sixth Annual Miniature Show, First Street Gallery, Turlock, CA High-Rise Project, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco Crocker Art Museum’s Art Auction, Cal Expo, CA, USA An Art Stimulus Package, JayJay Sacramento Traces and Margins: Rebecca Archey, Emily Clawson, and Eleanor Wood, Rasmussen Art Gallery, Angwin, CA, USA The Newcastle Group 1984 – 2009, University Gallery and Baring Wing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2008 The Fifth Annual Miniature Show, First Street Gallery, Turlock, CA Autumn Group Show, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco Summer Selections, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco Summer Exhibition, Jill Bishop Contemporary Art, Halesworth, UK Parallel Lines Works on Paper from Monterey Collections, Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, USA Crocker Art Museum’s Art Auction, Cal Expo, Sacramento 26th Annual Juried Art Show, Turlock City Gallery, CA, USA Works on Paper, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco
2007 Winter Group Exhibition, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco Selected Works, Jill Bishop Contemporary Art, Halesworth, UK Flow Art Fair, Miami, Florida Summer Selections, Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco Crocker Art Museum’s Art Auction, Cal Expo, Sacramento Turlock City Arts Commission’s 25th Annual Juried Art Show, Turlock City Art Gallery, CA, USA Winter Group Show, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
2006 Eight Hours Difference, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University, UK Summer Group Show, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco Materialism, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
2005 Water Color: Current Views, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia Just Visiting: Artists Visiting the United States from England, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA, USA Controlled, selected from the Arts Council of England's collection, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St. Edmunds, UK
2004 Winter Exhibition, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK 2003 Autumn Exhibition, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK 2002 Salthouse 3: On the Edge, Salthouse Church, Norfolk UK 2001 Selected Works, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK 2000 Selected Works, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK 1999 Tree of Life, The International Centre of Life, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 1998 Selected Works, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK Friends from the North, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia; Penrith Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia 1995 Tyne and Tide, Design Works Foundation, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK The Castle Art Show, Castle Museum, Norwich, UK 1994 The Open Drawing Show, Contact Gallery, Norwich, UK 1993 Newcastle Group, Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia 1992 Newcastle Group, Central House of the Artists, Moscow, Russia Newcastle Group, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland 1991 Ten Days, Pyramid Arts Centre, London 1990 The Northern Lights, Durham Light Infantry Museum, Durham, UK Selected Artworks from the North, Gallery North, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, UK The Northern Lights, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway 1989 London ’89 The 4th International Contemporary Art Fair, London, Inaugural Exhibition, Design Works Foundation, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, UK 1988 The Presence of Painting: Aspects of Abstraction 1958-1988, Mappin Gallery, Sheffield; Icon Gallery, Birmingham; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK The Newcastle Group, Centrum Beldende Kunst, Gronigen, Netherlands and The Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
1987 Cleveland UK 8th International Drawing Biennale, Cleveland Gallery, Middlesbrough, UK; Camden Arts Centre, London; Oriel Gallery, Cardiff; Derby Museum& Art Gallery, Derby; Norwich Castle Museum London Group Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London Eight by Eight, Curwen Gallery, London Six Women Artists, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 1985 The Tyne Tees Northern Open, Ceolfrith Gallery, Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, UK The Newcastle Group, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery, Sunderland, UK 1984 Staff from Sunderland Polytechnic, Washington University, Seattle 1983 Eleanor Wood, Paul Smith, Pete Auty, Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic Gallery, UK Susan Jones, Keith Roberts, Eleanor Wood, St Paul’s Gallery, Leeds, UK 1980 John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 12, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK 1977 Young Contemporaries, ICA, London Winsor and Newton Award, Commonwealth Institute, London
Selected Collections Monterey Community Hospital Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA UCSF Davis Medical Center, CA, USA The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, - -Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts. Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH, USA Sears Merchandising Group, Chicago, IL, USA Bass Brewery, London, UK Arts Council England The University of the Arts, London Darlington Memorial Hospital, UK Northern Arts, UK
Representation Eleanor Wood is represented in the UK by: Jill Bishop Contemporary Art Web: www.jillbishopcontemporaryart.co.uk Email: [email protected]
And in the US by: Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco Web: www.donsokergallery.com Email: [email protected]
JayJay, Sacramento Web: www.jayjayart.com Email: [email protected]
Contact Details: Eleanor Wood 1210 Sycamore Street, Turlock, CA, 95380 USA Tel: (209) 668-0119
Emms Cottage, Emms Lane, Hindringham, Fakenham, NR21 0RA, England, UK Tel: 01328 878654 Email: [email protected]