Eleanor Wright (°1984)
Lives and works in Antwerp (BE) and Newcastle (UK)

Represented by Petra Rinck Galerie

Curatorial Project Drop City

Studio mail@eleanorwright.net

News

11/04 - 14/04 2019 Solo presentation with Petra Rinck Galerie at New Positions, Art Cologne

Selected Exhibitions & Projects
2019 Solo exhibition Mentis Centre for the Preservation of Traditional Textile Techniques, Benaki Museum, Athens
      Solo presentation New Positions with Petra Rinck Galerie, Art Cologne
2018 Pre-public Scenery Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf
    To Be Kept For Some Future Time South London Gallery, London (group)
2017 A Gradual Stiffening Drop City at M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp (group)
A Pattern Language South London Gallery Young People’s Programme, London
Choreography Drop City at Arcade, London (group)
Warming Up Drop City at Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf (group)
ARCOmadrid with Drop City, PREMIO Award, Madrid
2016 World Is Sudden Giles Bailey & CIRCA Projects/Berwick Film & Arts Festival (group)
Arena British School of Archeology at Athens, Athens
Roßstrasse 68 (learning from Ella Steigelman) Drop City, Düsseldorf at Hotel Ufer
Drop City Centre Drop City at Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle (group)
On Some Motifs (hanging) Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2015 SO Drop City at Mauve, Vienna (group)
Art Lending Library Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (group)
Graphics Interchange Format Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea (group)
Foam Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (group)
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
2012 Switch (curated by Phyllida Barlow) BALTIC 39, Newcastle
   American Mountains Grand Union, Birmingham (group)
Kodachrome LimaZulu, London (group)
2011 Mister Mercer Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Wrexham

Bibliography
2017 An Athens City Reader Artist Book published by MHKA, Antwerp & Drop City
2015 Continuous Material Artist Book published by Drop City
2014 Soft Start Artist Book published by AND London

Press & Texts
2018 ~~Art Viewer~~ Moritz Scheper
2018 ~~Monopol Magazine~~ Alexandra Wach
2017 ~~Sleek Magazine~~ Stefanie Hessler
2015 ~~Mousse Magazine~~ Thomas Hopkin
2015 ~~ATP Diary~~ Matteo Mottin
2013 ~~This is tomorrow~~ Josh Wilson

Public Commissions & Collections
2018 Hotel Ufer Düsseldorf
2017 Wellcome Library London
South London Gallery London
Pioneer Health Centre London
2016 Hotel Ufer Düsseldorf
2015 Durham Castle Museum UNESCO World Heritage Site, Durham
2009 Southbank London

Selected Awards, Grants & Residencies
2019 Arts Council England Individual Grant for the Arts Award
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 Fondation Mercier, Villa Ruffieux 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
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
2014 Chisenhale Gallery Create Commission nominated and shortlisted
2013 BxNU Institute of Contemporary Art travel scholarship
Warwick Stafford Research Fellowship in the Arts Newcastle
2010 Duveen Travel Scholarship
Kenneth Armitage Foundation Young Sculptors Award
   Red Mansion Art Prize nominated

Education
2016 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf class of prof. Rita Mcbride
2010 Slade School of Art, London MFA Sculpture
2007 Chelsea College of Art, London BA Sculpture

Eleanor Wright

Wright’s work addresses the complexity and breadth of societal structures through looking at architecture, patterns of human behaviour in public space and the politics of interiors, exploring idiosyncrasies of city living and civic identity. She makes spatial assemblages consisting of installation, sculpture, photography, drawing, moving image and artist books.

Drop City

Drop City is an occasional space dedicated to contemporary art that began its activities in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK in 2014. Since its formation, Drop City has moved freely between various physical and theoretical models, with both the co-operative and the commercial allowing experimentation with new ways of representing and supporting artists’ work through a context responsive approach to programming and hospitality. In addition to focused programmes in specific locations, Drop City regularly collaborates with galleries, museums, cultural institutions, non-profit initiatives, art fairs and publishers on the development of its projects across Europe.

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