MICHAEL CRAIK ERIC CRUIKSHANK MALEREI GALERIE ALBRECHT BERLIN 14 SEPTEMBER TO 12 OCTOBER
MALEREI GALERIE ALBRECHT BERLIN 14 SEPTEMBER TO 12 OCTOBER INTRODUCTION Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas purus ligula, luctus blandit odio id, iaculis adipiscing orci. Proin posuere nunc a turpis rhoncus dignissim. Cras a laoreet justo, id suscipit dui. Aenean a tincidunt dui. In aliquam justo vel velit consequat, sed aliquam neque fringilla. Nulla pulvinar risus non magna molestie ultricies. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Quisque tincidunt vel lorem eget pellentesque. Vestibulum porta, orci id feugiat ultricies, tellus augue aliquam ipsum, vitae adipiscing felis metus non felis. Aenean et vestibulum velit. Phasellus tincidunt, eros non cursus cursus, arcu nisl consequat erat, sit amet commodo sem eros et mi. Fusce euismod felis a nibh ultricies, et tempor magna ultricies. Donec semper sem mauris, in porttitor odio laoreet quis. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Integer nec metus turpis. Curabitur iaculis vehicula urna eu convallis. Duis nec urna consequat, tincidunt sapien a, tempus nulla. Nunc tempor pretium aliquam. Integer dictum dolor vitae urna semper sollicitudin. Maecenas nisl turpis, dictum at velit vel, hendrerit tempus libero. Curabitur placerat nulla sem, sit amet accumsan turpis lacinia ut. Sed sollicitudin risus vitae mauris sagittis condimentum. Pellentesque viverra, ipsum non varius varius, velit elit posuere arcu, eu semper magna justo vel lacus. Donec ut dolor nisl. Praesent tincidunt vehicula gravida. Morbi pellentesque purus ullamcorper suscipit sagittis. Morbi viverra varius tempus. Sed at interdum erat. Sed eu mauris blandit, laoreet lorem quis, cursus leo. Praesent commodo id libero et ornare. Maecenas iaculis rutrum lectus ut bibendum. Maecenas feugiat urna nec nulla blandit, nec fermentum sapien vulputate. Nunc ut velit facilisis, malesuada tortor vitae, tincidunt turpis. In in nulla nec quam volutpat faucibus. Quisque nunc nisi, dictum id dapibus quis, lobortis non diam. Proin euismod bibendum metus, faucibus scelerisque erat accumsan sed. Cras laoreet ligula vel mollis rhoncus. 02 MICHAEL CRAIK... PAGE 04-12> ERIC CRUICKSHANK... PAGE 13-21> BIOGS... PAGE 22>
Trace _12 Acrylic on Aluminium 30cm x 30cm 04 MICHAEL CRAIK
Top: Vestige _5 Acrylic on Aluminium, 28cm x 28cm Right: Vestige _6 Acrylic on Aluminium, 28cm x 28cm Bottom: Vestige _7 Acrylic on Aluminium, 28cm x 28cm 06 MICHAEL CRAIK
Trace _4 Acrylic on Aluminium 60cm x 60cm 08 MICHAEL CRAIK
Trace _6 Acrylic on Aluminium 30cm x 40cm 10 MICHAEL CRAIK
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Untitled Oil on Board 61cm x 61cm 14 ERIC CRUIKSHANK
All works: Untitled Mixed Media on Paper 45cm x 35cm 16 ERIC CRUIKSHANK
Untitled Oil on Two Boards 28cm x 32cm (with split) 18 ERIC CRUIKSHANK
Untitled Oil on Two Boards 33.5cm x 32cm (with split) 20 ERIC CRUIKSHANK
MICHAEL CRAIK (Born 1972 in Edinburgh) Studied Fine Art at Gray s School of Art in Aberdeen before completing an MA in European Fine Art in Barcelona. He currently lives and works in Edinburgh. Craik has been the recipient of several awards including a Scottish Arts Council Creative Development Award and an Arts Trust of Scotland Award. His work is in the collections of The Fleming Collection, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Mastercard. Selected solo and joint exhibitions Malerei, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin () Build, Galerie Salon 13, BOK, Offenbach () Razed To The Ground, Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Edinburgh (2007) Plate Tectonics, Galería Alonso Vidal, Barcelona (2006) An Tuireann Arts Centre, Portree (2006) Selected group exhibitions Materials, Galerie P13, Heidelberg. (2011) Reflection: Contemporary Visual Arts &crafts in Edinburgh, The City Art Centre, Edinburgh (2011) Paint Can, The Travelling Gallery, Various Locations in Scotland (2009) Strata, Sarah Myerscough, London (2008) ArtSway Open 06, ArtSway, Sway (2006) Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, London (2005) Mostyn Open 12, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno (2002) Big Small New, Houldsworth, London (2000) www.michaelcraik.com ERIC CRUICKSHANK (Born 1975 in Inverness) Studied Painting and Drawing at Edinburgh College of Art. He currently lives and works in Edinburgh. Cruikshank has been the recipient of several awards including a Pollock-Krasner Award and a Hi-Arts Exhibition Grant. He has also undertaken residencies at Mustarinda, Finland and The Santa Fe Art Institute, USA. Selected solo and joint exhibitions Malerei, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin () Colour as Subject, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh () The Solo Project-Basel, with Galerie Albrecht (2012) When I Was Small I Didn t Work Big, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin (2010) The Colour of Home, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe (2010) En Forme, ParisCONCRET, Paris (2010) Colour Light Space, Highland Institute for Contemporary Art, Inverness-shire (2009) Selected group exhibitions Anonymous Drawings, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin traveling to Galerie Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig & TAC, Eindhoven () Poste Concret, ParisCONCRET, Paris (2011) Dalcross Project Space, Inverness-shire (2010) CGP Open, Café Gallery Projects, London (2009) Tercet Space, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow (2005) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Design: Iain Sangster Introduction: Kate Andrews This catalogue was produced with the support of the Hope Scott Trust 22 www.ericcruikshank.com