Eileen Eder Primary Medium: Paint Other media: Drawing Keywords: Still life, Landscape, Narrative, Figurative

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Artist Statement
I am inspired by light and how it reveals objects and nature with an endless variety of color and value.




















Artist Bio
Education:
M.F.A., cum laude, Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York Academy of Art, 1998
New York Studio School, Summer Program, 1997
Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Masters Program, 1991
B.F.A. Albertus Magnus College, 1979

Teaching:
Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT. 2007-08
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Drawing and Painting Instructor 2000-10
Creative Arts Workshop, Department Chair, 2000-03.
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. Drawing Instructor, 2001 and 2002
Holderness Academy, Plymouth, NH, Artward Bound Instructor, 2001

Solo Exhibitions:
Eileen Eder, George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St. NY, NY, May 27 – July 5, 2008
Light, Shadow and Reflection, ArtSpace, Women's Family Life Center, Guilford, CT, 2007
Glass Top Series, George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St. NY, NY, January-February, 2006
Eileen Eder, Drawing and Painting, Edwards Art Gallery, Holderness Academy Plymouth, NH,2001
Personal Reality, Eileen Eder, Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, CT, 2000

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Flora, Fauna & Fog, Meridian Galleries, Nantucket, MA, April - May 2009
Selected Members Group Exhibit, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Sept. 20 - Oct 11, 2009, John Slade Ely House.
Black,White and Between, Fenn Gallery, June-August, 2007
Haskins Laboratories, Table Tops, 300 George Street, New Haven CT, May– August, 2007
Black, White, and Between, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, January, 2006
The New Haven Seen: Existence, Stagnation & Morphosis, Small Space Gallery, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, October, 2005
Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St., NY, NY, July, 2004
5 Painters, George Billis Gallery at Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, NY, January, 2004
Outlook New Haven, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, CT, June, 2003
The Urban Landscape, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, May, 2002


Selected Juried Shows:
Painting as Presence, National Juried Exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 2008
New Haven Paint and Clay Annual Juried Show, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Arts Connecticut, Guilford Art League Juried Exhibition 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Madison Art Society Juried Show 2010
All Consuming, Green Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, June, 2005
Close to Home, National Juried Exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 2005
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 2003
Connecticut Women Artists, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Narration, Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art, Creative Arts Workshop, 2001
The Portrait, New Haven Brush and Palette Club, 2001, 2002
Vital Signs, National Exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, 2000

Awards:
First Prize, Madison Art Society Award 2010
Joe Veckerelli Memorial Prize, Guilford Art League, 2009
The Roger Van Damme Prize, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 2009
New Haven Paint and Clay, Merit Award, Fall 2008
Louis Crescenti Memorial Prize, Guilford Art League 2008
The Carle J. Blenner Prize, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, 2008
First Place, Guilford Art League, 2006
New Haven Paint and Clay, Purchase Award, Spring 2003
Merit Award, Guilford Art League, 2003
Golden Artist Colors Award, Connecticut Women Artist, 73rd Annual Juried Show
Merit Award, Guilford Art League, 2001

Publications:
Drawing, Teach Yourself Visually, Wiley Publishing, New Jersey, 2008 pgs.69, 92,140
Leah Lopez Schmaltz, Guilford Courier, Lights, Camera, Action, p.45-6, Aug. 23, 2007
Birke, Judy, Haskins Artists find enriching inspiration. New Haven Register, p.E1, July 29, 2007

resume continues @ eileeneder.com

Additional Information
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