Neal Rock

Né en 1976 à Wales, Royaume-Uni
Vit & travaille à Londres & Los Angeles



Formation

2010 - 15  
PhD.  Painting by Project. Royal College of Art. Londres

1999 - 00 
M.A. Fine Art. Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design. Londres

1996 - 99 
BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting. University of Gloucestershire. UK

 

Expositions personnelles

2015    
La Galerie Particulière. Paris

2014    
Loudhailer. Los Angeles

2012    
Kunstverein Heppenheim. Allemagne

2010    
Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles

2009    
The New Art Gallery Walsall. UK (Cat)

2006    
Torch Gallery. Amsterdam
Grand Arts. Kansas City, Missouri (Cat)
fa projects. Londres

2005    
Kontainer Gallery. Los Angeles

2004    
Henry Urbach Architecture. New York

2003    
fa projects. Londres (Cat)

2014    
John Moores Painting Prize 2014. Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool UK
Herm# 0714. Post Gallery. Los Angeles
(Detail). H-Space Bankok. Thailand. Transition Gallery. Londres. Commissaire : Andrew Bracey
Tender Buttons. RCA Hockney Gallery. Londres. Commissaire : David Cyrus Smith
Fleursdumal. Lion & Lamb Gallery & Charlie Smith Gallery London. Commissaire : Dolly Thompsett
Greece. LBCC Gallery. Long Beach, Ca. Commissaire : Habib Kheradyar

2013    
Beautiful Objects. A & D Projects. Liverpool, UK
Terminus. With Jack Brindley. RCA Hockney Gallery. Londres
Slow is Smooth is Fast. Boetzelaer Nispen Gallery. Amsterdam
London Art Projects. Edel Assanti Gallery. Londres

2012
Happening. LACE gallery. Los Angeles
Philipp Haager & Neal Rock. Stzrelski Gallery. Stuttgart, Allemagne
The Man Don?t Give a Fuck. Curated by Mermaid & Monster.
Motorcade / Flash Parade. Bristol, UK

2011    
RCA Interim Show. Royal College of Art. Londres
By Chromed Hooves It Travels Now. Annie Wharton Art & Video. Los Angeles
Synthetic Real. Edel Assanti Gallery. Londres

2010    
Desire is a Golden Carrot. The Albion. Londres
The Manchester Contemporary. Mermaid & Monster. Manchester UK
A Harmonious Mix of Objects. Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles
07/05/10. Post Gallery. Los Angeles

2009    
I?ve Watered a Horseshoe As If Were A Flower. Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles
Art LA International Art Fair. Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles
Seduction of Blossom. Long Beach City College Art Gallery. Long Beach California

2008    
Mermaid & Monster. Contemporary Art Society. Londres
Open Space. Art Cologne. Curated by Dan Hug. Kontainer Gallery. Cologne
Dream(Land). Jail Gallery. Los Angeles

2007    
The Lucifer Effect. Curated by Gordon Cheung. Gallery Primo Alonso. Londres
Get It Louder. Curated by Newbetter & the British Council
Guangzhou, Shanghai & Beijing. China (Cat)
Jerwood Contemporary Painters. Jerwood Space Londres &
Bay arts Cardiff, The Lowry Manchester (cat)
Near Dark. (Curated) Donna Beam Gallery. Las Vegas, Nevada
 
2006    
Can Buildings Curate. Galerie Lucy Mackintosh. Suisse
Landscape Confection. Orange County Museum of Art. California
Dubai. Kontainer Gallery. Los Angeles
Gastrophoria. Pump House Gallery London. Curated by Andreas Leventis

2005    
Flourish. Moravia Gallery. Brno, République Tchèque (cat)
Art Basel Miami. Henry Urbach Architecture. Miami, Florida
Landscape Confection. Museum of Contemporary Art Houston & Wexner Center Columbus, Ohio (cat)
Extreme Abstraction. Albright Knox. Buffalo NY (cat)
Can Buildings Curate. Architectural Association London & Store Front New York
Rudiments of Ornamental Composition. LOT. Bristol
Group Show. Rodolphe Janssen Gallery. Bruxelles
Armory Show. Henry Urbach Architecture. New York
Air Borne. Henry Urbach Architecture. New York
The Nature of Things. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Birmingham (cat)

2004    
Paradisiaco. DomoBaal. Londres
Art Basel Miami. Henry Urbach Architecture. Miami, Floride
Expander. Royal Academy of Arts. Londres (cat)
Live Forever or Die Trying. Curated by Twan Janssen. Torch gallery. Amsterdam
Pleasure Garden. Nottingham Castle & Art Gallery. Nottingham
Tonight. Studio Voltaire. Londres
Cinderella. Tower Bridge Business Complex. Londres
Collezione1. Isabella Brancolini Contemporary - Commissaire : Stephen Hepworth. Florence. Italie
?but not as we know it. Co curated with Deirdre King. Kontainer. Los Angeles
Eyeful. Millais Gallery. Southampton
One Day. Corridor Gallery. Reykjavik. Iceland

2003    
Painting Practices. (curated) 77 gallery. Londres
Temporary Fiction. (curated) Transition gallery. Londres
?but not as we know it. (curated with Deirdre King). APT  Londres
Physical World. APT  Londres
Growth Company. With Hillary Bleecker. Kontainer Gallery. Los Angeles

2002    
Painting Class. Lethaby Gallery. Londres
sland. 77 gallery. Londres
     
2001    
Schism. Pelican House. Londres
 
2000    
Young Wales V. Royal Cambrian Academy. North Wales


Prix & résidences

2014    
John Moors Painting Prize 2014 (exhibition long list). Walker Art Gallery. Liverpool UK

2007    
Jerwood Contemporary Painters 2007. Jerwood Space. Londres
Artist in residence. University of Nevada Las Vegas. USA

2004    
British Council Award to Artists
Wales Art International Grant

2001    
Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts, Fellowship. Virginia USA

1998    
Bourse Erasmus. Ecole de Beaux Arts de Lyon. France



Collections

Beth Rudin DeWoody collection  /  USA
Peter Norton Foundation  /  USA
Zabludowicz Collection  /  UK
Neuberger Berman  /  USA
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation  /  Netherlands

 
 
Bibliographie

2012    
Synthetic Real @ Edel Assanti Gallery, Londres. Art Review. Issue 57,
March 2012. par J.J. Charlesworth

2009    
What, The Devil? District Magazine Long Beach. Wed Feb 18th. par Theo Douglas

2008    
Seeking Solace in Another World. LA Times. May 27th. par Jessica Porter

2007    
Darkness on the Edge of Town. Las Vegas City Life. 25th Jan. par Jarret Keene

2006    
Architectural Splatter Art Review. May Issue. par Payam Sharifi

2005    
The Rudiments of Ornamental Composition. Art Monthly Issue 286 2005 par Sarah James
Can Buildings Curate. Art Review. April Issue 2005. par Jay Merrick
Landscape Confection. Columbus Dispatch. Feb 6th. par Christopher Yates
Candy-Land. American Vogue March 2005. par Nico Israel
Neal Rock at Kontainer Gallery. LA Times 19th March 2005. par Holly Myers

2004    
Neal Rock. Gulliver Magazine. May Issue
Rock Garden Tank Magazine. Spring Issue
Neal Rock & Erik Schmid At Henry Urbach Architecture. New York Times.  April 19th
Work From the Polari Range. A-N Magazine. Feb issue. par John Deller
Living off The Wall .Independent Education Supplement. Jan issue. par Catherine Nixey
Neal Rock at fa projects.The Independent. 13th Jan. par Sue Hubbard

2003
Work From the Polari Range. Modern Painters 12th November
Neal Rock. Work From the Polari Range. Guardian Guide. 29th November


Professeur & artiste invité dans les universités et institutions suivantes

2015
Central Saint Martins School of Art & design
Professeur invité. BA Fine Art
University of Lincoln. UK
Artiste et Professeur invité. BA Fine Art

2014
Glasgow School of Art. Scotland. UK
Artiste et Professeur invité. BA & MA Fine Art
City & Guilds School of Art. Londres
Professeur invité. BFA & MFA Fine Art
Neath Port Talbot College. Wales UK
Artiste invité. Foundation Art & Design

2013
University of Wolverhampton.Wolverhampton. UK
Artiste et Professeur invité. BA Fine Art

2011
University of Southern California. Los Angeles. USA
Mid-Term & End-Term panel review
Undergraduate Architecture
Wimbledon School of Art & Design. Londres
Artiste invité. BA Fine Art Painting

2010
Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design. Londres
Professeur invité. MA Fine Art
Birmingham Institute of Art & Design.  Birmingham UK
Professeur invité. BA Fine Art

2009
University of Wolverhampton.  Wolverhampton UK
Conférence en tant qu'artiste: Painting as a Material Practice. Symposium

2007
University of London Goldsmiths. Londres
Professeur invité. MFA Fine Art
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). USA
Artiste / conférencier en résidence
ART 498 Seminar in Visual Art. BFA intermediate/advanced
ART 700 Advanced Studio Practice. MFA Fine Art

2006
University of Gloucestershire. Cheltenham UK
Professeur invité. BA Fine Art Painting
Kansas City Art Institute. Missouri USA
Professeur invité. BFA sculpture
Wimbledon School of Art & Design. Londres
Professeur invité. BA Fine Art Sculpture
 
2005
Metropolitan University. Londres
Artiste invité. BA Fine Art
Neath Port Talbot College. South Wales UK
Professeur invité. Foundation Art & Design
Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. Birmingham UK
Professeur invité. BA Fine Art
 
2004
Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design. London
Professeur invité. MA Fine Art
Metropolitan University. London
Artiste / conférencier. BA Fine Art
Wimbledon School of Art & design.  Londres
Professeur invité. BA Fine Art

2003
Bucks & Chiltern University College. High Wycombe UK
Professeur invité. BA Fine Art

2001
Kensington & Chelsea College. Londres
Artist in Residence. HND / Foundation Art & Design
ART 274 Life Drawing.