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Eric Cruikshank

Edinburgh/UK | Website

The British painter Eric Cruikshank studied at the Edinburgh College of Art. His painting seems to have lost all materiality and to consist only of color and light.

Eric Cruikshank was born 1975 in Inverness, UK. Today he lives and works in Edinburgh. From 1993 to 1997 he studied Painting and Drawing at the Edinburgh College of Art

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solo shows (selection)

  • 2017 DAS ESSZIMMER – Raum für Kunst+, Bonn (GER) | The Relative Medium (with Michael Craik) Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, (Sweden)| Trace, Press, Bleed, Blend (with Laura Campbell) Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh. (UK)
  • 2016 Continuum (with Ian Kane) RAUMX, London (UK) | Repetition Takes Form AIS Gallery, Shibukawa (JP)
  • 2015 Ways of Seeing (with Michael Craik) Howden Park Centre, Livingston (UK) | Plus | Minus | Repeat, Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
  • 2013 Malerei (with Michael Craik) Galerie Albrecht, Berlin (GER) | Colour as Subject, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
  • 2012 The Solo Project Basel with Galerie Albrecht, Basel (CH)
  • 2010 When I Was Small I Didn’t Work Big Gallery Albrecht, Berlin (GER) | Dalcross Project Space (with Ian Kane) Dalcross, Inverness shire (UK) | The Colour of Home, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe (USA) | Moments of Absence Limousine Bull, Aberdeen (UK) | En Forme (with Cecilia Vissers) ParisCONCRET, Paris (F)
  • 2009 Colour | Light | Space Highland Institute for Contemporary Art, Inverness-shire (UK)
  • 2006 Pembroke Mews, London (UK)

group shows (selection)

  • 2017 Faultlines EIF exhibition curated by The Drawing Works Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh (UK) |Extended Process Saturation Point Projects, London (UK)
  • 2016 DAS ESSZIMMER goes Weltraum Weltraum, Basel (CH)
  • 2015 Anonymous Drawings Kunstverein Tiergarten/Galerie Nord, Berlin (GER) | Artbox Postcard Exhibition Fold Gallery, London (UK)
  • 2013 Kunst Zurich with Galerie Albrecht, Zürich (CH) | Poste Concret2 ParisCONCRET, Paris (F) | Anonymous Drawings, Kunstverein Tiergarten|Galerie Nord, Berlin (GER)
  • 2012 Three Gallery Artists Galerie Albrecht, Berlin (GER) | 2011 Anonymous Drawing Archive Sihlquais Offspace, Zurich (CH) | Poste Concret ParisCONCRET, Paris (F) | Dallas Art Fair with Gebert Contemporary, Dallas (USA)
  • 2010 Anonymous Drawing Archive Uferhallen, Berlin (GER) | Art Chicago with Galerie Albrecht, Chicago (USA)
  • 2009 Anonymous Drawings Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanian, Berlin (GER) | Kunst Zurich with Galerie Albrecht, Zürich (GER) | CGP Open Cafe Gallery Projects, London (UK)
  • 2009 AAS Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen (UK)
  • 2008 Aspect Prize Paisley Art Gallery and Museum, Paisley (UK)

Exhibitions

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  • Camenisch / Vetsch (Basel/CH)
  • Celina Jure (Buenos Aires/ARG)
  • Christoph Bucher (Dusseldorf/CH)
  • Christoph Dahlhausen (Bonn/DE + Melbourne/AUS)
  • Copa & Sordes (Basel/CH)
  • Doris Schmid (Berlin/GER)
  • Dorothee von Rechenberg (Basel/CH)
  • Eric Cruikshank (Edinburgh/UK)
  • Felix Baudenbacher (London/UK)
  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)
  • Katarzyna Badach (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Magdalena Gerber (Geneva/CH)
  • Maria Magdalena Z`Graggen (Basel/CH)
  • Marianne Eigenheer (Basel/CH + London/UK)
  • Marianne Halter (Zurich/CH)
  • Monika Rechsteiner (Basel/CH + Berlin/GER)
  • Petra Egg (Vienna/AT)
  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)
  • Selma Weber (Basel/CH)
  • Sibylle Feucht (Bonn/GER)
  • stöckerselig (Basel/CH)

DAS ESSZIMMER goes Weltraum – during Art Basel 2017

14.06.2017 – 16.06.2017

The second collaboration between the Weltraum (Basel/CH) and the ESSZIMMER during the ART Basel.

Past
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  • Adam Knight (London/UK)
  • Alfredo Ramoz Fernandez (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Anne Hody (Basel/CH)
  • Camenisch / Vetsch (Basel/CH)
  • Christine de la Garenne (Berlin/GER)
  • Christoph Bucher (Dusseldorf/CH)
  • Christoph Dahlhausen (Bonn/DE + Melbourne/AUS)
  • Copa & Sordes (Basel/CH)
  • Doris Schmid (Berlin/GER)
  • Dorothee von Rechenberg (Basel/CH)
  • Eric Cruikshank (Edinburgh/UK)
  • Felix Baudenbacher (London/UK)
  • Ingrid Roscheck (Cologne/DE)
  • Katarzyna Badach (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Magdalena Gerber (Geneva/CH)
  • Maria Magdalena Z`Graggen (Basel/CH)
  • Marianne Eigenheer (Basel/CH + London/UK)
  • Marianne Halter (Zurich/CH)
  • Monika Rechsteiner (Basel/CH + Berlin/GER)
  • Petra Egg (Vienna/AT)
  • Rainer Barzen (Cologne / GER)
  • Selma Weber (Basel/CH)
  • Sibylle Feucht (Bonn/GER)
  • stöckerselig (Basel/CH)
  • Celina Jure (Buenos Aires/ARG)

DAS ESSZIMMER goes Weltraum – during Art Basel 2016

15.06.2016 – 17.06.2016

Gesamtkunstwerk of 49 artist’s opens up the discussion on authorship and genius.

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Ausstellungansicht, man kann zwei weiße Wände sehen, auf der linken sind 3 blaue Werke zu sehen, auf der rechten Wand 6 kleinformatige Werke.
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  • Eric Cruikshank (Edinburgh/UK)

Clear Light Day – Soft Dark Night

07.09.2017 – 26.10.2017

Eric Cruikshank finds inspiration in landscapes and invites the viewer through his paintings to find something new and unknown in the usual and everyday.

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Ausstellungsansicht.
  • Celina Jure (Buenos Aires/ARG)
  • Eric Cruikshank (Edinburgh/UK)
  • Stijn Peeters (Eindhoven/NL )
  • Monika Rechsteiner (Basel/CH + Berlin/GER)
  • Adam Knight (London/UK)
  • Petra Egg (Vienna/AT)
  • Katarzyna Badach (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Alfredo Ramoz Fernandez (Berlin/GER + Havanna/CUB)
  • Ine Lamers (Rotterdam/NL)

FAR OFF 2017

27.04.2017 – 30.04.2017

DAS ESSZIMMER is presenting works, among others, by Celina Jure (Buenos Aires), Eric Cruikshank (Edinburgh) and Stijn Peeters (Eindhoven) at FAR OFF Art Fair for young artists (Cologne/GER).

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