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