Eric Gaskell

Born in Wigan, England in 1957, Eric Gaskell studied painting and printmaking at Wigan College and Sunderland University. After leaving art college in 1980, he was awarded two painting scholarships — to New York and Istanbul — as well as the Sunderland Fine Art Prize. 

Since the early 1980s, Gaskell has worked continuously within the creative industries, teaching, illustrating and exhibiting widely. His work has been shown in New York, Quebec, Ghent, Dublin, London and across the UK in numerous solo and group exhibitions. He is a member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art, the Printmakers Council and the Royal Birmingham Society of Arts, with artworks held in both private collections worldwide and public collections throughout the UK.