SHERYL ELLINWOOD
BORN
1959, Toledo, Ohio
CURRENTLY
Professional artist / maintains a private glass and sculpture studio
EDUCATION
1994
MFA Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, IL.
1991
BFA University of Toledo. Toledo, OH.
RECOGNITION
1997  
SCULPTURE AWARD, Sioux City Art Museum. Sioux City, IA.
1995  
LABINO GLASS AWARD, Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo, OH.
1992 
FELLOWSHIP, Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, IL.
1991  
GLASS ART SOCIETY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, Corning, NY.
ATHENA SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP, Toledo, OH.
W. SINCLAIR WALBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP, Toledo, OH.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004
L’ATTITUDE GALLERY, Boston, MA.
KIRKWOOD COLLEGE, Cedar Rapids, IA
2002
OLSON-LARSEN GALLERIES, Des Moines, IA.
SIOUX CITY ART MUSEUM,  Sioux City, IA.
2001
VESPERMANN GALLERY, Atlanta, GA.
1999
GALLERY 72, Omaha, NE.
OLSON-LARSEN GALLERIES, Des Moines, IA.
1998
OLSON-LARSEN GALLERIES, Des Moines, IA.
1997
BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY, Storm Lake, IA.
1996
VETRO MARMO GALLERY, Columbus, OH.
OMNISPHERE GALLERY, Toledo, OH.
JOAN KUYPER FARVER GALLERY, Pella, IA.
1995
OMNISPHERE GALLERY, Toledo, OH.
GRACELAND COLLEGE, Lamoni, IA.
FAIRFIELD ART CENTER, Fairfield, IA.
1994
CENTRAL COLLEGE, Pella, IA.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, Carbondale, IL.
SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART, Dubuque, IA.
2004
VESPERMANN GALLERY, Atlanta, GA.
OLSON-LARSEN GALLERIES, Des Moines, IA.
2001
OLSON-LARSEN GALLERIES, Des Moines, IA.
2000
GALLERY 72, Omaha, NE
1998
GALLERY 72, Omaha, NE
DEL MANO GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA.
1997
PEORIA ART GUILD: "Distinctly Three",  Peoria, IL.
S.O.F.A., Chicago, IL.
SIOUX CITY ART MUSEUM, Sioux City, IA.
1996
KANSAS CITY ARTISTS' COALITION: "Paintings and Sculpture by Noel Ashby & Sheryl Ellinwood", Kansas City, MO.
VESPERMANN GALLERY, Atlanta, GA.
ARTS IOWA CITY: "Focusing on Artists", Iowa City, IA.
QUINCY ARTS CENTER: "Quad States Exhibit", Quincy, IL.
1995
OLSON-LARSEN GALLERIES, Des Moines, IA.
APPLETON ART CENTER: "Outside-In", Appleton, WI.
OMNISPHERE GALLERY: "Women in Glass", Toledo, OH.
MALTON GALLERY: "Art Forms in Glass", Cincinnati, OH.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: "Iowa Artists", Des Moines, IA.
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: "Area Artists", Toledo, OH.
1994
SIOUX CITY ART CENTER, Sioux City, IA.
1993
QUINCY ART CENTER: "Of Hand, Of Heart, Of Mind", Quincy, IL.
IOWA ARTISANS GALLERY, Iowa City, IA.
PEORIA ART GUILD: "Glass Houses", Peoria, IL.
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: "Glass at Twenty", Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
1992
YEISER ART CENTER, Paducah, KY.
SOUTH BEND MUSEUM: "Midwestern Sculpture", South Bend, IN.
PHOENIX GALLERY: "National Exhibition", New York, NY.
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: "Breezeway Sculpture Exhibition", Carbondale, IL.
1991 
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF GLASS, Kanazawa, Japan.
COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, Boston, MA
IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Iowa City, IA.
LORAS COLLEGE, Dubuque, IA.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH, Ames, IA.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, IA.
PRIME BENEFITS CORP., Cedar Rapids, IA.
AMOCO CORP., Chicago, IL.
BLUE CROSS/ BLUE SHIELD OF IOWA, Des Moines, IA.
CAPHALON COOKWARE CORP., Toledo, OH.
FARM BUREAU FINANCIAL SERVICES, Des Moines, IA.
IOWA PUBLIC TELEVISION, Johnston, IA.
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, Toledo, OH.
Numerous Private Collections