Eric Bainbridge

Eric Bainbridge was born in 1955 in Consett, County Durham, United Kingdom. Initially recognized in the 1980s for his object-based works covered in synthetic fur, Eric Bainbridge has evolved an extensive sculptural practice, which addresses existential themes on an everyday level through playful assemblages constructed out of commonplace objects and inexpensive building materials, such as melamine and chipboard. His pieces continuously re-contextualize Modernist principles through a reconsideration of the found object, using DIY home-repair and improvement supplies as well as kitschy consumer products. Carefully staged, Bainbridge's assemblages not only investigate the domestic and the everyday but also reflexively engage with traditional sculptural concerns.

Eric Bainbridge has presented numerous solo exhibitions in numerous meuseums and galleries including MIMA, Middlesbrough (2008), Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK (2008), Galleria Caroline Salvatore Ala, Milan (2004) DELFINA, London (1997), The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1989), ICA, Boston (1987) and Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis (1986). His work has also been shown as part of "TOMORROW THE FUTURE" at Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton (2008), "King Fisher's Tales" at UNION Gallery, London (2008), "The Anxious Object" at STORE, London (2008), "Monologue/Dialogue" at Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok (2006), "Collage" at The Bloomberg Space, London (2004) and "Glad That Things Don't Talk" at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2003).

Biography
 
Born 1955, Consett, County Durham, UK
1978 - 1981             Masters Sculpture, Royal College of Art
1974 - 1977             BA Hons, First Class, Newcastle Polytechnic
Current                    Professor of Fine Art   University of Sunderland

Solo Exhibitions

2009                       
Supercollage, Salvatore Caroline Ala Gallery, Milan, Italy
2008           
Forward Thinking MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK
Postwurstendung Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
2004           
Salvatore Caroline Ala, Milan
2000               
The Virgin Megastore, Oxford St. London
Works on Paper, Hartlepool Art Gallery, UK
Pictures Pictures, Hartlepool Art Gallery, UK.
1997                       
Eric Bainbridge Works 92-97, Cornerhouse, Manchester
Delfina, London
1995                       
Eric Bainbridge Sculptures, Royal Festival Hall, London
1994                       
The Cavendish Group, Gilmour Gallery, London
1992                       
Pittsburg Centre for the Arts, Pittsburg
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
1990                       
Riverside Studios, London
1989                       
Style, Space, Elegance, The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1987                       
ICA, Boston,
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
Holemasters, Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
1986                       
View Points, Walker Art Centre, Minnieapolis
Air Gallery, London
1985 ­- 94             
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York

Group Exhibitions

2011
Modern British Sculpture, Royal Academy, London, UK (forthcoming)
2010
The Economy of The Gift, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK
The Armory Show, New York (with Workplace Gallery)
Psychic Geography, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
2008                       
TOMORROW THE FUTURE, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton, UK
King Fisher's Tales, UNION Gallery Ewer St, London UK
King Fisher's Tales, UNION Gallery Teasdale St, London UK
Monologue/Dialogue part II, Bischoff/Weiss, London, UK
The Anxious Object, STORE, London, UK
Northern Art Prize, Leeds City Art Gallery, UK
2007           
False Witness, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Beacon of Hope, ArtGene, Barrow, UK
Etc, Amagerfaelledvej Art Project, Copenhagen
2006     
Legacies of Dissolution, Colony, Birmingham, UK
Monologue/Dialogue, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok
Formal Dining, Curated by Workplace Gallery, Hales Gallery, London
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
2005                       
Size Matters, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Touring)
Time and Process, Study Gallery, Poole, UK
2004                       
Collage, The Bloomberg Space, London
Changing Rooms, Wakefield Art Gallery, UK.
Not Everything, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London. UK
Socha a Objekt viii, Gallerii Z, Bratislava, Slovak Republic          
Other Criteria, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds UK.
2003                       
Glad That Things Don't Talk, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 
2002                            
Plinth, The Trade Apartment, London.
2001           
New Generations - Sculpture in Britain 1951-2000, Leeds City Art Gallery
2000                       
Abstract Art, DELFINA, London
Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery. UK
2003    
O Pas la!, Lieu D'Art Contemporaine, Sigean, France             
Furniture, Richard Salmon Gallery, London
1997                     
Fish and Chips, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
Material Culture, Hayward Gallery, London
1996                     
Private View, The Bowes Museum , Barnard Castle, County Durham
Ace!, Arts Council Collection, new purchases, Hayward Gallery, London
1995
British Art of the 80's and 90's -work from the Weltkunst Collection, The Irish
Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
 
Awards, Residencies and Commissions

2006                       
British Council Artist in Residence, Bangkok, Thailand
1999           
Public commission - Heaven and Earth Roundabout for Hartlepool Borough Council and publication.
1996-98           
Residency DELFINA, London
1996                       
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Prize for Sculpture
1988-91           
Henry Moore Sculpture Fellow, The Slade School of Art, U.C.L.

 
Selected Collections

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
Arts Council of England, Collection
Irish Museum M/A (Weltkunst Collection)
Private Collections, Europe
Private Collections, USA
Private Collections, UK

Selected Bibliography

2010
Art Review, issue 39, March
"Supercollage"
2009
Frieze, May
"Tales of Everyday Madness"
2008
ArtWorld Magazine, September
"Exhibition News"