Neil is a London based painter of Scottish descent (Aberdeen). A graduate of Gray’s (1991) and the Slade (1993), Neil works across a diverse media, through a multifaceted process from drawing and painting, photography and sculpture. Art materials include found things that the sprawling metropolis of London throws his way or that he comes across from plastic toys, rubber bands to hand-made products. Neil’s works in collage encapsulate figuration and abstraction, painting and sculpture, colour and black and white, combine drawing, collage and montage, with layering techniques1.
Biography
1967
Born in Scotland
Lives and works in London
Education
1991-1993
Slade School of Art, London, Diploma in Fine Art
1988-1991
Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
B.A. Fine Art, Painting (First Class Honours)
Scholarships and Awards
1996/97
Artist in Residence, Durham Cathedral
1993/94
Abbey Major Award, The British School at Rome
Solo Exhibitions
2018
The Studio, New Collages, Painting and Sculpture, The Artist’s House, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire, UK
Against Nature, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
The Least We Could Do Is Wave To Each Other, DOMOBAAL, London
Neil Gall: Covers and Counterfeits, Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast
The Studio: Cover Versions, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2016
Paperhouse, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
2015
Arrange your face, DOMOBAAL, London
Cut-Outs, Offcuts and Holes, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2012
art berlin contemporary with Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
David Nolan Gallery, New York
2010
The Great Constructor, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2009
Re-make/ Re-model, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
2008
The Outward Urge, ScheiblerMitte, Berlin
2005
Atoll Villas, Hales Gallery, London
2001
Model Paintings, Agnews, London (catalogue)
1998
Durham Paintings, Aberdeen City Art Gallery, Aberdeen
1997
Durham Paintings, Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland and Durham City Art Gallery, Durham (catalogue)
Group Exhibitions
2019
Au rendez-vous des amis, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
2018
Not Dream of Islands, Palfrey Space, London
Destroyed by Shadows, curated by Mike Stubbs, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool
2017
Moto ondoso stabile (Average Waves in Unprotected Waters), z20 Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome
Humble as Hell, Kurt Schwitters Merzbarn Langdale, Cylinders Estate, Ambleside
2016
Black Light, Slate Projects, London
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, Satellite, Berlin
2015
The Wanderer’s Nightsong II, C&C Gallery, London
Embracing Modernism, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York
Neil Gall & Rut Blees Luxemburg, DOMOBAAL, The House of St Barnabas, London
2014/15
Painting About Painting, Simmons & Simmons, London
2014
A Sense of Things, Zabludowicz Collection, London
2013
Theatrical Dynamics, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance
2012
Entr’acte, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
The Line of Beauty and Special Guests, DOMOBAAL, London
London Twelve, City Gallery Prague, The Stone Bell House, Prague
Summer, David Noland Gallery, New York
This This Monster This Things, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea?
R.S.A Annual Exhibition, Invited Artist, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh?
Constructions, Suite 5, London
2011
Sagacity, Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, London (curated by Roberto Ekholm)
Robert Mapplethorpe: Night Work, Alison Jacques Gallery, London (curated by Scissor Sisters)
Twenty, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
Cross-Check, Petra Rink Galerie, Dusseldorf
Watching Me Watching You, Denver Art Museum
2010
Undone: Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (catalogue)
The Visible Vagina, David Nolan, New York and Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York (catalogue)
Redefining Landscape, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Zoute
Deliberations from a Collector, selected by Stuart Evans, Centre for Recent Drawing, London
Wall-to-Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2009
Obsession: Contemporary Art from the Lodeveans Collection, University of Leeds, Leeds (catalogue)
Shadow/Existence, ScheiblerMitte Berlin
A Sort of Night of the Mind, a Kind of Night for our Thoughts, Herbert Read Gallery, University for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Kent?
2008
Something Less, Something More, Gallery One One One, London
Says the Junk in the Yard, Flowers East, London (catalogue)
2007
Max. Durchfahrtshöhe , ScheiblerMitte, Berlin
Layer Cake, Fabio Tiboni Art Contemporanea, Bologna (catalogue)
Small Wonders, The Grey Gallery, London
The End Begins, The Hospital, London
Auction Exhibition, British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel, Christies, London
2006
Lodestar, Terrace Studios Gallery, London
World Gone Mad, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester and Limehouse Arts Foundation, London (catalogue)
2005
Under-lie, Keith Talent Gallery, London
2004
Tubeway Army, Keith Talent Up West, London
Obstractivist, Hales Gallery, London
2003
Blow Up, St Paul’s Gallery, Birmingham (catalogue)
2001
Group Show, Agnews, London
2000
New Publications, Peacock, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney
1999
Equinox, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Jerwood Painting Prize 1999, Jerwood Gallery, London (catalogue)
1997/98
John Moores 20 Liverpool Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (catalogue)
1994
British School at Rome Mostra, British School at Rome (catalogue)
Publications
2012
Neil Gall: Works 2007-2011, Neil Gall, Hatje Cantz
Text by Nicholas Cullinan
2008
Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art, Black Dog Publishing??
2007
Shelf Life, Neil Gall, Black Dog Publishing
Texts by Simon Groom, Charles Darwent and Dr Johanna Malt
2001
Model Paintings, Neil Gall, Agnews
Text by Charles Darwent
1997
Durham Paintings, Neil Gall, University of Sunderland Publications
Text by Mel Gooding
Citation – 1 Neil Gall: The Studio: New collages, painting and sculpture – NewArtCentre