ELEANOR WOOD

Education

1979-80 M.A. Painting, Chelsea School of Art, London, UK

1974-7 B.A. Honors Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK

1973-4 Hornsey School of Art, London, UK

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010 Working From Both Sides: Works on Paper & Linen by Eleanor Wood, Don Soker
Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, USA

2006 Eleanor Wood: Mixed Media on Paper, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
Shifting Borders, JayJay, Sacramento, CA, USA

2005 Silent Dialogue, Andlab, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2003 Silence, University Art Gallery, California State University Stanislaus, CA, USA

1995-6 Martha Stevns Gallery, Fressingfield, UK

1990 Prints, Paintings and Drawings, Alsager Gallery, Crewe and Alsager College of
Higher Education, Crewe, UK

1989 Order, Quiet & Mystery Eleanor Wood, Paintings & Drypoints, Lancaster Gallery,
Coventry, UK

1985 The Octagon Gallery, Belfast, UK

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, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010  Working with Wax, Santa Rosa College Gallery, CA
Salthouse 10: Landmark, Salthouse Church, Norfolk UK

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 Gallery, 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, CA, USA
Materialism, Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, USA

2005  Water Color: Current Views, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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
Summer Exhibition, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK

2004  Winter Exhibition, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK
Summer Exhibition, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK

2003  Autumn Exhibition, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich, UK

2002  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, UK

1990  The Northern Lights, Durham Light Infantry Museum and Arts Centre,
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, UK
Inaugural Exhibition, Design Works Foundation, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, UK

1988  The Presence of Painting: Aspects of Abstraction 1958-1988, Mappin Gallery,
Sheffield, UK; Icon Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Hatton Gallery,
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
The Newcastle Group, Centrum Beldende Kunst, Gronigen, Netherlands and
the Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

1987  Cleveland UK 8th International Drawing Biennale, Cleveland Gallery, Middlesbrough, UK;
Camden Arts Centre, London, UK; Oriel Gallery, Cardiff,UK;
Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby; Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, UK
London Group Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Eight by Eight, Curwen Gallery, London, UK
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, WA, USA

1983  Eleanor Wood, Paul Smith, Pete Auty, Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery,
Newcastle Upon Tyne, 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, UK
Winsor and Newton Award, Commonwealth Institute, London, U

Selected Collections

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
The Arts Council of Great Britain
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, Halesworth
Web:  www.jillbishopcontemporaryart.co.uk
Email:  info@jillbishopcontemporaryart.co.uk

And in the US by:
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco
Web:  www.donsokergallery.com
Email:  donsoker@yahoo.com

JayJay, Sacramento
Web:  www.jayjayart.com
Email:  info@jayjayart.com

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:   eleanorwood@att.net