ABOUT THE ARTIST
Derek Eland
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Derek Eland was born in Cumbria and has a Masters Degree in Contemporary Fine Art. In 2016 he was artist in residence at Everest Base Camp and in 2011 an official war artist in Afghanistan..
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His work has received and been shortlisted for a number of awards including:
Winner of the Cumbria Artists' Open Exhibition, 2006
Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Prize, 2005
Royal Watercolour Society's 'Watercolour 21', 2006
The International Celeste Art Prize, 2007
The Salon Art Prize, 2014
Arts Council Award, 2014
UK Museums and Heritage Award for Excellence, 2014
British Council Artists International Development Fund, 2016
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Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Northern Light Gallery, Keswick, 2019-20
Gallery 81435, Mountainfilm, Telluride, Colorado, 2017
The Gallery at Rheged, 2017
Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (mima), 2014-2015
'(Don't) Mention Dementia' touring exhibition, Malta, Birmingham, Glasgow, Bournemouth, 2013
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth. 2013
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, 2011-2012
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Selected Group Exhibitions:
Everest Revisited, Rheged 2024-2025
Through the Locking Glass, Rheged, 2021
Inigo Wing, Somerset House, London, 2017
The Coombe Gallery, Devon, 2017
The Wind Tunnels Project, Farnborough, 2014
Dna Projects Gallery, Sidney, Australia, 2013
The Griffin Gallery, London 2012-2013
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle 2010
'Kathmandu Open Door' Exhibition, London 2008
The Lowry, Salford 2006-2007
Bankside Gallery, London, 2006
The Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, 2006
The Mall Galleries, London, 2005
Manchester Town Hall, 2005
Royal Cambrian Academy of Arts, Wales, 2001
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Derek is a Patron of Chilli Studios in Newcastle and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cumbria. Public collections include: Liverpool Capital of Culture, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, The Argentine Football Association and Carlisle City Council. His work and projects have featured in The Guardian, The Independent, BBC Radio 4 Front Row, BBC One News, The i, Sunday Mirror, The Huffington Post and WNYC/New York Times.
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His family are from generations of Cumbrian farmers and he is a member of the Bob Graham 24 Hour Club, having run 42 Lakeland fells within 24 hours.
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AT HOME
Lakeland Paintings on your walls - please send in yours!
