Eleanor Wright

b. 1984 London

lives & works in Brussels

Education & Qualifications

2015-16 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, guest studentship, class of Prof. Rita McBride

2012-13 Warwick Stafford Research Fellowship in the Arts, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts x Northumbria University

2008-10 Slade School of Fine Art, MFA Sculpture

2004-07 Chelsea College of Art and Design, BA (HONS) Fine Art Sculpture

Solo Exhibitions, Events & Projects

2019 New Positions, Art Cologne with Petra Rinck Galerie

2018 Pre-public Scenery, Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf

2017 A Pattern Language, workshop series, South London Gallery, London

ARCOmadrid, with Drop City, PREMIO Award for best presentation, Madrid

2016 Arena, British School of Archeology at Athens, Athens

Roßstraße 68 (learning from Ella Steigelman), Drop City, Düsseldorf at Hotel Ufer

A Pattern Language, workshop series, Montessori Gesamtschule, Düsseldorf

2015 Continuous Material, Drop City, Newcastle

Continuous Material, Durham Castle Museum, Durham

2014 Soft Start, The Northern Charter, Newcastle

2013 Tuned Cities, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle

Thin Cities, Gallery North, Newcastle

2011 The Harrow, Hastings Art Space, Hastings

Group Exhibitions, Events & Projects

2021 British School at Athens Arts Bursary 20 Year Anniversary, Europe House, London

2020 In Vitro, M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

2019 Dark Lantern, (curated by Paul Morrison), Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich

2018 A Gradual Stiffening (Rea), HIAP, Helsinki

To Be Kept For Some Future Time, South London Gallery

2017 A Gradual Stiffening, Drop City at M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp

Choreography, Drop City at Arcade, London

Warming Up, Drop City at Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf

2016 World Is Sudden, Giles Bailey & CIRCA Projects/Berwick Film & Arts Festival

Drop City Centre, Drop City at Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

On Some Motifs (hanging), Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

2015 SO, Drop City at MAUVE, Vienna

Art Lending Library, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland

Graphics Interchange Format: 25 Years of Focal Point Gallery, Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea Foam, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland

2012 Switch, (curated by Phyllida Barlow), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle

American Mountains, Grand Union, Birmingham

Kodachrome, LimaZulu, London

Summer Exhibition, (invited by Tess Jaray), Royal Academy, London

2011 Mister Mercer, Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Wrexham

Awards, Fellowships & Grants

2021-22 Flanders Department of Culture, Youth & Media Artist Scholarship

2019 Arts Council England, individual grants for the arts award

2018 Kunststiftung NRW, individual funding for young artists

The Elephant Trust, project grant

Arts Council England, individual grants for the arts award

Arts Council England, Artists’ International Development Fund

2017 ARCOmadrid, Premio Award

Arts Council England, individual grants for the arts award

2016 The Elephant Trust, project grant

Arts Council England, individual grants for the arts award

2015 Centre for Visual Arts and Cultures, research award, Durham University

Liverpool Biennial International Showcasing, nominated

Arts Council England, individual grants for the arts award

2014 Chisenhale Gallery Create Commission, nominated and shortlisted

2010 The Kennith Armitage Foundation Young Sculptors Award, First Prize

2009 Red Mansion Art Prize, nominated and shortlisted

Residencies & Travel Scholarships

2018 Helsinki International Artist Programme, Helsinki

2017 Lodgers, Drop City invited by M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art and AIR Antwerpen 

2016 Prince of Wales Artist Fellowship, British School of Archeology at Athens

Fondation Mercier, Villa Ruffieux, Switzerland

2015 Cove Park, Scotland

2014 Helsinki International Artist Programme, Helsinki

Metal Culture, Southend-on-Sea

2013 BxNU Institute for Contemporary Art, travel scholarship

2012 East London Printmakers

2010 Duveen Travel Scholarship

Public Commissions & Collections

M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; British School at Athens, Athens; Wellcome Library, London; South London Gallery; Pioneer Health Centre; Southbank Centre, London; Durham Castle Museum

 

Work in private collections in the UK and Germany

Publications & Catalogues

2019 Sustainability is not Enough: Non-conventional Organisations and Initiatives published by Onomatopee & M HKA

2017 An Athens City Reader artist book published by M HKA, Antwerp & Drop City

2015 Continuous Material artist book published by Drop City

2014 Soft Start catalogue published by AND London

2012 American Mountains, published by Grand Union, Birmingham