Eric Cruikshank – CV
e-mail – e_cruikshank@yahoo.co.uk
web – www.ericcruikshank.com
Date and Place of Birth
24th of February 1975, Inverness, Scotland.
Education
1993-1997 Edinburgh College of Art
BA Hons Painting and Drawing.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 – Moments of Absence, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen (up coming).
When I was Small, I Didn’t Work Big, Galerie Susanne Albrecht, Berlin, Germany (up coming).
The Colour of Home, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, USA.
En Forme, ParisConcret, France (with Cecilia Vissers).
2009 – ColourILightISpace, Highland Institute for Contemporary Art, Inverness-shire.
2006 – Pembroke Mews, London.
2003 – Paintings for Green Walls, Marie Currie House, Edinburgh.
2001 – Five, Deutsche Bank, Edinburgh.
2000 – Colourfields, Iona Gallery, Kingussie.
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2010 – Dalcross Project Space, Dalcross, Inverness-shire (up coming).
Art Chicago, USA – with Galerie Susanne Albrecht, Berlin.
2009 – Anonymous Drawings, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanian, Berlin, Germany.
Kunst Zurich, Switzerland – with Galerie Susanne Albrecht, Berlin.
CGP Open, Cafe Gallery Projects, London.
AAS, Aberdeen Art Gallery.
2008 – Aspect Painting Prize, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery.
2005 – Tercet Space, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow.
Beauty and Order, Marie Currie House, Edinburgh.
Art for Life, Christies, London.
2004 – Gallery Artists, Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Edinburgh.
Proximity, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh.
2003 – 12 x 12, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2002 – Obscured, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh.
Aphelion, art.tm, Inverness.
2001 – 14 x 14, Mafuji Gallery, London.
Art House Studios, Musselburgh.
Highland Open, Travelling Exhibition.
2000 – New Highland Graduates, Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly.
1999 – art.tm Biannual Open, Inverness.
1998 – Highland Open, Travelling Exhibition.
Iona Gallery, Kingussie.
Strathspey Artists, Notre Dame de Monts, France.
1997 – Graduates Show, Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
Flat Files and Artist Databases
Pierogi Gallery and Artist Space, both New York, USA.
Bluetenwiess Drawing Archive, Berlin, Germany.
Centre for Recent Drawing and Saatchi Gallery, London.
Changing Rooms, Stirling.
Residencies, Awards and Prizes
2010 – Santa Fe Art Institute Residency.
2009 – Pollock-Krasner Award.
Hi-Arts Exhibition Grant.
2008 – Hope Scott Trust Award.
Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Artists Award.
1999 – art.tm Young Artists Prize.
Collections
Paintings in Hospitals Scotland.
Santa Fe Art Institute.
Private Collections in Britain, Ireland, France, Holland, Portugal, Switzerland and America.