Ed’s work is a combination of both the idea and the craft involved within the process of creating a print; they are of equal importance. The craft of preparing the plates is an implicit part of the final image. The techniques exploited are an integral component of the process of creating a print, as well as his response to the subject matter that stimulated that process. Considered selection of shape, colour, form and mark making become paramount and their choice is influenced by contemporary events and historical precedent.
“To make anything interesting, you simply have to look at it long enough”
Gustave Flaubert
Ed’s exhibitions
2020
4th Red Dot Art Mini Print Exhibition tour of England
2019
Printmakers, Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2018
9th International Printmaking Biennale of Douro, Portugal
Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale
2017
Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield
2nd East Anglia Mini Print Exhibition
3rd Global Print Exhibition, Douro Region, Portugal
2016
Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale
East Anglia Mini Print Exhibition
Late November Gallery, Haverfordwest, Wales
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2015
Edmund Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
2013
Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Aldeburgh Contemporary Art, Suffolk
Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
2012
Stephen Walton Fine Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
2011
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
2010
‘Better than Grey’, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Solo exhibitions
2008
Stephen Walton Fine Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
1990
The John Russell Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk
1986
Vernon Gallery, Preston, Lancashire
Wandle Gallery, Sutton, Surrey
St John’s Street Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
1985
Stowmarket Art and Framing, Stowmarket, Suffolk
1983
Vernon Gallery, Preston, Lancashire
Craftsman Gallery, Colchester, Essex
Stowmarket Art and Framing, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Group exhibitions
2013
Suffolk Showcase, Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Framed work on stairwell, Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Christmas Print Show, Aldeburgh Contemporary Art, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
‘Strangest Dream Show’, Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Walton and Veldhuizen Art and Interiors, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Aldeburgh Contemporary Arts, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
2012
Walton and Veldhuizen Art and Interiors, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Aldeburgh Contemporary Arts, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Stephen Walton Fine Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
2011
Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Suffolk Showcase, Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Aldeburgh Contemporary Arts, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
2010
Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
Suffolk Showcase 2010, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Wildwood Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
2009
Stephen Walton Fine Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The Gallery, Thurston Community College, Thurston, Suffolk
‘Better Than Grey’, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Aldeburgh Contemporary Arts, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Suffolk Showcase 2009, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
2008
ASAT Exhibition, Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
2007
ASAT Exhibition, Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
1989
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
1988
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
‘Forum Five’, Framing Centre, Colchester, Essex
Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
1987
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
‘Original Prints’, Portland Studio, Southwold, Suffolk
‘British Contemporary Prints’ in Japan, Gillian Jason Gallery, London
Ambleside Gallery, Ambleside, Cumbria
1986
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
Otters Pool Studio, Guildford, Surrey
‘Suffolk in Perspective’, Fir Tree House Gallery, Lavenham, Suffolk
Exhibition of Prints, The Fraser Gallery, Woodbridge, Suffolk
‘Art for Offices and Other Walls’, The John Russell Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk
Summer Exhibition, Coggeshall Gallery, Coggeshall, Essex
Exhibition of Prints, The Arts Club, London
1985
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
Grape Lane Gallery, York
The Old Fire Engine House Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Company Art, Felsted, Essex
Exhibition of Prints, Seven Springs Gallery, Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Bridge Street Gallery, Moulton, Suffolk
City Gallery Arts Trust, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Exhibition of Prints, The Gallery on the Cam, Cambridge
Exhibition of Prints, The Fraser Gallery, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Fred Keetch Gallery, Exeter, Devon
1984
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
Exhibition of Prints, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
The School House Art Gallery, Wighton, Norfolk
‘Present Prints’, Forum Gallery, Hadleigh, Suffolk
Exhibition of Prints, Chelsea Physic Garden, London
‘Gardens and Landscapes’, The Fraser Gallery, Woodbridge, Suffolk
1983
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
‘Silkscreen Prints’, The Heal Art Gallery, Heal’s, London
Autumn Exhibition, Chimney Mill Galleries, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
‘Present Prints’, Forum Gallery, Hadleigh, Suffolk
1982
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
‘Nature in Art’, The Heal Art Gallery, Heal’s, London
Chesham Graphics, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
1981
Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
Summer Exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
Black Swan Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk
Helios Gallery, Birmingham
1980
‘Modern Prints’, Haste Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk
ASAT Exhibition, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, Suffolk
The Minories Gallery, Colchester, Essex
1979
Contemporary Art Interiors, London
Ed Wilson | Artist and Printmaker 