Eileen Eder
Guilford, CT
An avid painter for over 25 years, Eileen has won numerous prizes for her still life and landscape paintings in competitions both locally and nationally.
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Education:
Master Class with Israel Hershberg, JSS summer Program in Italy 2012, 2014
Hudson River Landscape, Grand Central Academy, Summer 2011
M.F.A., cum laude, Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York Academy of Art 1998
New York Studio School, Summer Program 1998
Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Masters Program 1991
B.F.A. Albertus Magnus College 1979
Teaching:
American Academy of Landscape Painting 2020-21
Lyme Art Association since 2013
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts 2015-20
Studio, Guilford private and group classes, ongoing since 2010
Sacred Heart University, Painting Instructor 2014
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Drawing and Painting Instructor 2000-2011
Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT, 2007-08
Creative Arts Workshop, Department Chair, 2000-03
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, Drawing Instructor, 2001- 2002
Solo Exhibitions:
Smilow Healing Arts Gallery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, Feb. 1- June 30, 2018
Light and Shadow, Inside and Out, Willoughby Wallace Library, Stony Creek, CT July 2-25, 2017
The New Haven Lawn Club, Eileen Eder, Oil Paintings, January 16 - March 12, 2012
Lyme Art Assoc. Newly Elected Artist Exhibit 2012
Kohn-Joseloff Gallery, Cheshire Academy, Ordinary Objects, March 4 - April 29, 2011
George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St. NY, NY, May 27 – July 5, 2008
ArtSpace, Womens Family Life Center, Guilford, CT, Light, Shadow and Reflection, 2007
George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St. NY, NY, January-February, 2006
Edwards Gallery, Holderness A. Plymouth, NH. Eileen Eder, Drawing and Painting, April, 2001
Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, CT, Personal Reality, December, 2000
Invitational Group Exhibitions:
Six Summit Gallery, Westbrook, CT New Haven Paint & Clay Artists, Oct.5- Nov.7 2020
Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Valentine Gems, February 7 -29, 2020
Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, 15th Anniversary Exhibition, March 9-April 14, 2018
Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Annual Holiday Show, Nov. 2017-Jan. 2018
Not So Still Life, Realism Today, Southport Galleries Nov. 15-Dec. 24, 2014
Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Holiday Exhibition, Dec. 5-Jan. 19, 2014
Plein Air Selections, Robert Reynolds Fine Art, New Haven, CT, May 2014
Handful of Art, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, June 19 -July 21, 2012
Lyme Art Assoc. Newly Elected Artist Exhibit, 2012
Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Still Life Invitational, April 6 - May 6, 2012
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Still Life:Breaking New Ground, Oct. 27 - Dec. 7, 2011
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Pathways to Landscape, March 5 - March 26, 2011
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, Selected Members Exhibit NHP&CC, Sept. 2009
Meridian Galleries, Nantucket, MA, Flora, Fauna & Fog, April - May 2009
Fenn Gallery, Woodbury, CT, Black, White and Between, June-August, 2007
Haskins Laboratories, Table Tops, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT, May– August, 2007
Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, CT, Black, White, and Between, January, 2006
The New Haven Seen Arts Council of Greater New Haven, October, 2005
George Billis Gallery, 511 West 25th St., NY, NY, Industrial Beauty, July, 2004
5 Painters, George Billis Gallery at Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, NY, January, 2004
Arts Council of Greater New Haven, CT, Outlook New Haven, June, 2003
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, The Urban Landscape, May, 2002
Selected Juried Shows:
Oil Painters of America, 2020 Eastern Regional Exhibition, Reinert Fine Art, Nov.20 - Dec. 19
Salmagundi Annual Members Fall Exhibition, Oct. 20 - Nov.6, 2020
Oil Painters of America, 28th National Juried Exhibit, Illume Gallery of Fine Art, Saint George, Utah, May 10 - June 7, 2019
CT Academy of Fine Arts 108th Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, April 19-June 1, 2019
Oil Painters of America, Eastern Regional Exhibit, Anderson Fine Art, Saint Simons, GA Nov. 2017- Dec. 2018
Oil Painters of America 2016 Salon Show, Fort Wayne , Indiana, September 30-October 29
Connecticut Plein Air Society, Annual Juried exhibit, 2013-8
CT Academy of Fine Arts 105th Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art June 17-July 30, 2016
Salmagundi Club, Radiant Still Life, Feb. 6-March 2, 2017
Salmagundi Club, Members show, April 25-May 19 2016
Nor’Easter, New Britain Museum of American Art, Oct. 12-27 , 2013, 2015, 2016
Hudson River Art Assoc. annual juried Exhibit 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
New Haven Paint and Clay Annual Juried Show, 2000-6, 2008-16
Madison Art Society Juried Art Exhibition, annually 2010-16 2018-19
Guilford Art League, Arts Connecticut annually 2001-2019
Painting as Presence, National Juried Exhibition, CAW, New Haven, CT, 2008
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
Awards:
New Haven Paint & Clay,120th Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2021, Second prize
Don Demers Award, CT Plein Air Society, 2019 Juried Show
Wall Street Gallery Award, Guilford Art League 72nd juried Exhibit, 2019
Best New Artist, Plein Air Easton, July 2019
Salmagundi Award, Hudson Valley Art Association's 86th Annual Juried Exhibit 2019
Third Prize, Madison Arts Society 44th annual Exhibition 2019
Buck’s County Plein Aire Festival 2018 Honorable Mention
Wayne 12th Annual Plein Air Festival Golden Art Award
Madison Art Society 2018 Wholesale Frame Company Award
First Prize; Guilford Art League, Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT, Sept. 11 - 30, 2017
Salmagundi Club, “Radiant Still Life” Feb. 6-March 2, 2017 Certificate of Merit
Oil Painters of America, Summer Online Show 2016, Second Place
Best in Show, CT Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art June 17-July 30, 2016
Guilford Art League, 2015, Page Taft Christies Award
Solomon’s Plein Air Competition 2015, Honorable Mention
New Haven Paint & Clay Club Active Member Prize, 2015
Madison Art Society, 2015, Lunch Bunch Award
Artist Magazine, Finalist, Still Life, 31st annual Competition, 2014
The Artist’s Magazine, Honorable Mention, Still Life, 30th Annual Competition 2013
First Prize; Guilford Art League, Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT, Sept. 12 - Oct. 5, 2013
Merit prize, New Haven Paint& Clay Club, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT 9/15 - 10/6, 2013
Jane Peterson Memorial Award, Hudson Valley Art Association's 81st Annual Juried Exhibit, 6/14 - 8/28, 2013
Elected Artist, Lyme Art Association, 2012
The Artist’s Magazine, Finalist, Still Life, 29th Annual Competition 2012
The Artist Magazine, First prize, Still Life, 28th Annual Competition 2011
Madison Art Society, Sachem Frame Shop Award, May 2011
Solomons Island Plein Air Painting event, Asbury Solomons Island Merit Award, May 2011
Madison Art Society, First prize, May 2010
Guilford Art League, Third prize, September 2010
Joe Veckerelli Memorial Prize, Guilford Art League, 2009
The Roger Van Damme Prize, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Juried Exhibition 2009
New Haven Paint and Clay, Purchase Award, Spring 2003
Arts Connecticut 2003, Guilford Art League 56th Juried Exhibition, Merit AwardConnecticut Women Artist, 73rd Annual Juried Show, Golden Artist Colors Award
Arts Connecticut 2001, Guilford Art League 54th Juried Exhibition, Merit Award
Publications:
Plein Air Magazine, June-July 2017, The Value of Slow Looking pgs. 32-36
American Art Collector, Experiencing the Landscape, pg. 63&68
American Art Collector, Everyday Subjects, Pg. 146-7, April 2014
The Artist Magazine, 30th Annual Art Competition Winners, Still Life,, pg. 60
The Artist Magazine, 28th Annual Art Competition Winners, Still Life, Louise Hafesh, pg. 28 -29
Drawing, Teach Yourself Visually, Wiley Publishing, New Jersey, 2008 pg. 69, 92, 140
Leah Lopez Schmaltz, Guilford Courier, Lights, Camera, Action, pg. 45-6, Aug. 23, 2007
Birke, Judy, Haskins Artists find enriching inspiration. New Haven Register, p.E1, July 29, 2007
Guilford Courier, Eder wins Juror’s Prize, p.C-7, September 7, 2006
Nancy L. Rogers, Pursuing Dreams, Artis magazine, p.44, April-May, 2005
Birke, Judy, Home is where the art is, New Haven Register, p.E1, April 17, 2005
Barry, Amy, Painting the Town, Shoreline Times, June 5, 2003
Birke, Judy, On canvas, glimpse of studio, New Haven Register, p.E1, April 14, 2002
Hoffman, Hank, What’s the Story Here, New Haven Advocate, May 31, 2001
Zimmer, William, Creative Works with a Political Flair, New York Times, June 24, 2001
Birke, Judy, In a crowded faculty show, four stand out. New Haven Register, p.D1, Jan. 24, 2000
Birke, Judy.” On canvas”, New Haven Register, Dec. 24, 2000
What's Happening, New Haven Register, p.E3, December 10, 2000
Art Association Memberships: Salmagundi Art Club, Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, Lyme Art Association Elected Artist, Hudson Valley Art Association Signature Member, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Guilford Art Association, Madison Art Society, CT Plein Air Painters
Residencies:
Heliker -La Hotan Fellow Award 2012
Jerusalem Studio School, Italy 2012, 2014
Plein Air Invitationals and Juried Festivals
Saranac lake Plein Air Festival 2021
Wayne Plein AIr 2020, 2022
Easton Plein Air Festival 2019
Wayne Plein Aire Art Festival 2018
Bucks County Plein Aire Art Festival 2018
Solomon’s Plein Air Competition 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Public and Corporate Collections:
Eastern Connecticut State University
Plastic Works, New Rochelle, NY
Lipman Bros, Nashville, TN
Municipal Art Collection, City of New Haven
New Haven Paint and Clay, Permanent Collection
Petra Corporation, New Haven, CT
Pfizer Inc.
Eric Rhodes, Streamline Publishing
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
Stowers Institute
Sprint Corporation
US State Department, Washington D.C.
Statement
Eileen Eder
Artist Statement
The still life genre provides me with a vehicle to combine both conceptual ideas and skill based painting. I consciously develop a narrative as objects begin to have conversations with each other in the painting. I typically use simple recognizable everyday objects to take on the role of abstract shapes, values and color to compose and design my paintings. I direct, as in a play, using light, shadow, and reflections to create a 3D world. I hope is that my viewers will find the paintings interesting enough to enter, linger, enjoy and reflect.
Painting outdoors gives me a sense of joy and gratitude for earth and nature. It is also my most challenging struggle. I am inspired by light and how it reveals objects and nature with an endless variety of color and value. I try to concentrate on developing a strong abstract composition while editing and simplifying the landscape in order to develop a notable painting that is not bogged down with details. My ultimate goal is to develop visually interesting paintings with a sense of poetry where the viewer will be enticed to enter, linger, and reflect.
Eileen Eder has an MFA from The New York Academy of Art and has studied at the NY Studio School, Rhode Island School of Design and JSS in Civita, Italy. She is currently teaching at the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme, CT. Eileen is a member of Salmagundi Club, Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, Hudson Valley Art Association, and an Elected Artist of Lyme Art Association. A frequent award winner, Eileen exhibits in juried shows nationally.