Biography
Ealish Wilson (b. Isle of Man, UK) studied textiles at Chester University, under Maxine Bristow, and at the Scottish College of Textiles, Galashiels. She has lived in various countries and particularly significant for her artistic practice was in Japan (2003-05), working with Michiko Kawarabayashi in Kyoto. She was also involved with the theatre in costumes, make-up, and set design. Wilson’s work has been exhibited in various group exhibitions throughout the Isle of Man, UK, USA, Japan, Germany, Dubai, and Poland.
Her work has been featured at the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, UK and Hove Museum, UK in 2004 and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan in 2005. In 2011, the Daiwa Foundation in London selected work for a group exhibition entitled Small Bites which travelled in 2012 to the Nagoya University of the Arts & Science in Nagoya, Japan and to Gallery Gallery in Kyoto, Japan. Her textile constructions have been included in work shows in 2013 at the Sanchez Art Center and Asian Art Museum as well as in 2014 at the Berkeley Arts Center and in an exhibition curated by Gensler architects at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. In 2015, Wilson's work was included in the American Craft Council's San Francisco Show and at Red Dot Studios. In addition to receiving a 2003 travel grant through the Isle of Man Arts Council for Through the Surface and a 2003 Artist Residency through the Surrey Institute of Kyoto, Japan, Wilson has work in private and public collections including the Manx Museum's Contemporary Art Collection, Isle of Man and Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, UK. Wilson currently lives and maintains a studio in San Francisco, California.
