Eric Bainbridge
Born 1955, Consett, County Durham, UK
Education
1978 - 1981 Masters Sculpture, Royal College of Art
1974 - 1977 BA Hons, First Class, Newcastle Polytechnic
Solo Exhibitions
2023
PLUCKPLUCK: Eric Bainbridge, Workplace, London
2020
Primer: Eric Bainbridge, Workplace, Online
2017
Eric Bainbridge, Monitor, Rome, IT
2016
Potholes, Workplace, London, UK
Potholes, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
2014
Eric Bainbridge, Workplace Gallery, UK
Solo presentation with Workplace, Frieze, London, UK
Eric Bainbridge – Late 90’s Constructions, Workplace, London, UK
2012
Eric Bainbridge Collages The New Art Gallery Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Eric Bainbridge Steel Sculptures, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
2011
Artissima 18, Turin, IT
Eric Bainbridge – Video Show, CIRCA Screen, ThePlace, Sunderland, UK
2009
Supercollage, Salvatore+Caroline Ala Gallery, Milan, IT
2008
Forward Thinking MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK
Postwurstendung, Workplace, Gateshead, UK
2004
Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan, IT
2000
The Virgin Megastore, Oxford St. London, UK
Works on Paper, Hartlepool Art Gallery, Hartlepool, UK
Pictures Pictures, Hartlepool Art Gallery, Hartlepool, UK
1997
Eric Bainbridge Works 92-97, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Delfina, London, UK
1995
Eric Bainbridge Sculptures, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
1994
The Cavendish Group, Gilmour Gallery, London, UK
1992
Pittsburg Centre for the Arts, Pittsburg, USA
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, USA
1990
Riverside Studios, London, UK
1989
Style, Space, Elegance, The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
1987
ICA, Boston, USA
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, USA
Holemasters, Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, USA
1986 View Points, Walker Art Centre, Minnieapolis, USA
Air Gallery, London, UK
1985 – 94
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions
2019
Insight 22: Spec/Bug, Yoshimi Arts, Tokyo, JP
The Size of Thoughts, White Conduit Projects, London, UK
2018
Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity, Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2017
Poor Art | Arte Povera: Italian Influences, British Responses, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, UK
Aftermieter / Lodgers: Haus Modrath- Raume fur Kunst, Kerzen, DE
2016
good things come..., The Gallery, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, UK
Corale, Opencare, Milan, IT
Alumni - 170 Years of Leeds College of Art, Vernon Street Gallery, Leeds, UK
2015
Eric Bainbridge / Joel Kyack, Workplace, London, UK
Granpalazzo, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo, IT
Continuous Material, Durham Cathedral Museum, Durham, UK
Works on Paper by Sculptors, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977 – 1986, Longside Gallery Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
2014
MD3 Fragility and Monumentality, Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre, Bangkok, TH
Satellite Satellite, Workplace London, UK
Shelf Show, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, DK
2013
Sleeper, Workplace Gallery London, London, UK
Tip of the Iceberg, Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
Space/Socialspace, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Drawing Biennial 2013, The Drawing Room, London, UK
Dallas Art Fair 2013, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2013, The Barker Hangar, California, USA
2012
Limited/Unlimited, Altaroma, Rome, IT
2011
NADA Art Fair with Workplace Gallery,Miami, USA
Business Collectors Network Exhibition, Globe Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Double, Double, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
ROTATE, Contemporary Art Society & Shortlist Media, London, UK
The Armory Show, with Workplace Gallery, New York, USA
Modern British Sculpture, Royal Academy, London, UK
2010
NADA Art Fair, with Workplace Gallery,Miami, USA
The Manchester Contemporary, with Workplace Gallery, Manchester, UK
Facon, Plads & Kulør (Shape, Space and Colour), RUNDETAARN, Copenhagen, DK
The Economy of the Gift, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK
The Armory Show, with Workplace Gallery, New York, USA
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, DK
2006
Legacies of Dissolution, Colony, Birmingham, UK
Monologue/Dialogue, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Th
Formal Dining, Curated by Workplace Gallery, Hales Gallery, London, UK
Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
2005
Size Matters, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Touring)
Time and Process, Study Gallery, Poole, UK
2004
Collage, The Bloomberg Space, London, UK
Changing Rooms, Wakefield Art Gallery, UK
Not Everything, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, UK
Socha a Objekt viii, Gallerii Z, Bratislava, SK
Other Criteria, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
2003
Glad That Things Don't Talk, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE
2002
Plinth, The Trade Apartment, London, UK
2001
New Generations - Sculpture in Britain 1951-2000, Leeds City Art Gallery, UK
2000
Abstract Art, DELFINA, London, UK
Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery, UK
O Pas la!, Lieu D'Art Contemporaine, Sigean, FR
Furniture, Richard Salmon Gallery, London, UK
1997
Fish and Chips, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas, USA
Material Culture, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1996
Private View, The Bowes Museum , Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK
Ace!, Arts Council Collection, new purchases, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1995
British Art of the 80’s and 90’s -work from the Weltkunst Collection, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE
1990
British Art Show, Mclellan Galleries, Glasgow; Leeds City Art Gallery; Hayward Gallery, London, UK
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
TATE Collection, UK
New Art Gallery Walsall Collection, UK
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
Arts Council of England
Collection Irish Museum M/A (Weltkunst Collection)
Selected Bibliography
2013
'Eric Bainbridge - Steel Sculptures' Camden Arts Centre 2013 ISBN 978-1-907208-38-6
2011
‘Eric Bainbridge Collages’ Cornerhouse 2012 ISBN 978-1-907363-01-6
Modern British Sculpture, Published by Royal Academy of Arts ISBN 978-1-905711-73-4
2010
Art Review, issue 39, March “Supercollage”
2009
Frieze, May “Tales of Everyday Madness”
2008
‘Forward Thinking 1876-2008’ Museums & Galleries, Middlesbrough Council, 2008 ISBN 0 860830-77-2 ArtWorld Magazine, September “Exhibition News”
2001
‘Heaven and Earth Roundabout’ Cleveland Arts, 2001 ISBN 0 954047-50-8
1997
‘Eric Bainbridge Works 1991-1997’ Corner House, 1997 ISBN 0 948797-48-7