CV

Education

2017 PhD Painting (by-project). Royal College of Art

2000 MA Fine Art. Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design

1999 BA Fine Art Painting (Hons). University of Gloucestershire

1998 Erasmus Scholarship. Ecole De Beaux Arts de Lyon

Selected Fellowships, Residencies & Awards

2023 Villa Exarcheia; Phoenix Athens. Artist in Residence. Athens, Greece

Lakkos Artists Residency. Artist in residence. Crete, Greece

2022 Arts Itoya. Artist in Residence. Takeo, Japan

2018 South Dakota State University. Stuart Artist in Residence. SD

2017 Yaddo. Artist in Residence. NY

Studios at MASS MoCA. Artist in Residence. MA

2016 XL Catlin Art Prize. (finalist). London

2015-16 Grant Wood Painting Fellowship. University of Iowa. IA

2007 Jerwood Contemporary Painters. UK

2007 University of Nevada Las Vegas. Artist in Residence. NV

2004 British Council Award to Artists

Wales Art International Grant. UK

2002 Kensington & Chelsea College. Artist in Residence. London

2001 Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts. Artist in Residence. VA

Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

2025 Leila Heller Gallery. Dubai, UAE

2024 Elegies & Flesh Poems. New Art Projects. London, UK

Elegies... lines. Phoenix Athens. Athens, Greece

2022-23 Pericardium. Leila Heller Gallery. New York, NY

2022 Hidora. Arts Itoya. Takeo, Japan

2021 Flesh Poems. Ruffin Gallery. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA

2019 Transfers (On the Margin). With Augustine Carr. Transition Gallery. London

2018 Herm 0918. Ritz Gallery. South Dakota State University. SD

2015 Herm 0515. Galerie Particulière / Foucher-Biousse. Paris

2014 Herm 0714. Loudhailer. Los Angeles, CA

2012 Velum. Kunstverein Heppenheim. Germany

Lethic. Neal Rock & Philipp Haager. Strzelski Gallery. Stuttgart

2010 Fanestra and Other Works. Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

2009 Fanestra & Other Works. The New Art Gallery Walsall. UK

2006 Pingere Triptych. Grand Arts. Kansas City. MO

Neal Rock. Torch Gallery. Amsterdam

Hydan Project. FA Projects. London

2005 Faith Culture. Kontainer Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

2004 Work from the Polari Range. Henry Urbach Architecture. New York, NY

2003 Work from the Polari Range. FA Projects. London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Art Dubai. Leila Heller Gallery. Dubai, UAE

2024 Art Abu Dhabi. Leila Heller Gallery. Abu Dhabi, UAE

Positions in Painting. Alma Pearl Gallery. London, UK

Stuart Residency. South Dakota Art Museum. Brookings, SD

Cynefin. Cynefin Athens | Κινέβην Αθήνα. Athens, Greece (curated)

2023 Pop Up. Leila Heller Gallery. New York, NY

Think Pinker. Curated by Beth DeWoody. Gavlak Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

Stuart Residency Exhibition. South Dakota State University. Brookings. SD

40 Years. Curated by Helgi Fríðjónsson. National Gallery of Iceland.

Reykjavík. Iceland

2020 40 Years. Curated by Helgi Fríðjónsson

Galleri Gangur / The Corridor. Reykjavík. Iceland

Touch Me. Curated by Veronika Neukirch,

London-based artist & curator. On-line / virtual exhibition

Picture Palace. Curated by Cathy Lomax

Transition Gallery. London

Peripheral. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati. Ohio

2019 Small Things, Big Ideas. Barbara Davis Gallery. Houston, TX

Re-Assemble. Collyer Bristow Gallery. London

More Gravy. Tintype Gallery. London

2018 Emerge. Fulcrum Arts. Pasadena, CA

Central St Martins Art Auction. Lethaby Gallery. London

2017 Mardi Gras Requiem. Project Space Plus. Lincoln. UK

2016 Grant Wood Fellowship. University of Iowa Museum of Art. IA

Perfectionism III. Griffin Gallery. London

Catlin Art Prize. London/Newcastle Project Space. London

Polymer. Fold Gallery. London

El Dorado. Curated by Juan Bolivar. Horatio Jr. London

2015 Bloomberg New Contemporaries. ICA. London

2014 John Moores Painting Prize. Walker Art Gallery. UK

Painting about Painting. Simmons & Simmons. London

Greece. LBCC Gallery. Long Beach, California

(Detail). Curated by Andrew Bracey. H Project Space. Bangkok;

Transition Gallery. London; The Usher Gallery. Lincoln. UK

FleurduMal. Lion & Lamb Gallery. London; Charlie Smith Gallery. London

Herm 0714a. Post Gallery. Los Angeles

2013 Beautiful Things. A & D Space. Liverpool. UK

Terminus. With Jack Brindley. Hockney Gallery. London

Slow is Smooth is Fast. Boetzelaer Nispen Gallery. Amsterdam

London Art Projects. Edel Assanti Gallery. London

2012 Happening. LACE. Los Angeles, CA

2011 By Chromed Hooves It Travels Now. Annie Wharton Art & Video. Los Angeles, CA

Synthetic Real. Edel Assanti Gallery. London

2010 Desire is a Golden Carrot. The Albion. London

The Manchester Contemporary. Mermaid & Monster. Manchester

A Harmonious Mix of Objects. Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

07/05/10. Post Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

2009 I've Watered a Horseshoe As If Were A Flower. Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

Art LA International Art Fair. Mihai Nicodim Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

Seduction of Blossom. Long Beach City College Art Gallery. Long Beach. California, CA

2008 Mermaid & Monster. Contemporary Art Society. London

Open Space. Art Cologne. Curated by Dan Hug. Kontainer Gallery. Cologne

Dream(Land). Jail Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

2007 Jerwood Contemporary Painters. Jerwood Space. London; The Lowry. Manchester

The Lucifer Effect. Curated by Gordon Cheung. Gallery Primo Alonso. London

Get It Louder. Curated by Newbetter & the British Council

Guangzhou, Shanghai & Beijing. China (Cat)

2006 Can Buildings Curate. Galerie Lucy Mackintosh. Switzerland

Dubai. Kontainer Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

Gastrophoria.Curated by Andreas Leventis. Pump House Gallery. London

2005 Extreme Abstraction. The Albright Knox. NY

Art Basel Miami. Henry Urbach Architecture. Miami, Florida

The Nature of Things. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Birmingham

Can Buildings Curate. Architectural Association, London &

StoreFront for Art & Architecture. New York, NY

Rudiments of Ornamental Composition. LOT. Bristol

Group Show. Rodolphe Janssen Gallery. Brussels

Armory Show. Henry Urbach Architecture. New York, NY

Air Borne. Henry Urbach Architecture. New York, NY

2004 Landscape Confection. Curated by Helen Molesworth;

Wexner Center for the Arts. Columbus. OH;

Contemporary Art Museum. Houston. TX;

Orange County Museum of Art. CA

Expander. Royal Academy of Art. London

Paradisiaco. DomoBaal. London

Art Basel Miami. Henry Urbach Architecture. Miami. Florida

Live Forever or Die Trying. Curated by Twan Janssen. Torch gallery. Amsterdam

Pleasure Garden. Nottingham Castle & Art Gallery. Nottingham

Tonight. Studio Voltaire. London

Cinderella. Tower Bridge Business Complex. London

Collezione1. Isabella Brancolini Contemporary -

Curated by Stephen Hepworth. Florence. Italy

Eyeful. Millais Gallery. Southampton

One Day. Corridor Gallery. Reykjavik. Iceland

2003 Physical World. APT London

Growth Company. With Hillary Bleecker. Kontainer Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

2002 Painting Class. Lethaby Gallery. London

Island. 77 Gallery. London

2001 Schism. Pelican House. London

2000 Young Wales V. Royal Cambrian Academy. North Wales

Selected Curatorial & Residency Projects

2024 Κινέβην (FAR)

Founder & Director.

Launching in September 2024 as an expansion of FAR.

Renovating the Freeman house in Swansea, South Wales, Κινέβην is an artist

residency program, by-invitation, for mid-career and established artists to create work in

response to an archive of over 750 artworks spanning over 60yrs by artist Michael Freeman.

2020 - Freeman Artist Residency. (FAR)

Founder & Director.

Launched with ongoing UVA Funding. FAR is a 12-month residency

program for recent UVA graduates, prioritizing BIPoC, LBGTQ+ and first-generation college

graduates. Located in Charlottesville, VA at Visible Records Gallery.

2019 Transfer (On the Margin). Transition Gallery. Co-curated with Augustine Carr. London

2014 Finding A Form. PØST. Los Angeles

Artists: Cody Trepte, Christopher Miles, Yelena Popova, Michael Freeman, Jack Brindley,

Rachelle Rojany

Tender Buttons. Hockney Gallery. London

David Cyrus-Smith, Derek Boshier, Pearl C. Hsiung, Melanie Counsell, Karen Lofgren,

Christopher Oliveria, Katrin Hanusch

2007 Viva Curandero. Kontainer (now Nicodim Gallery). Los Angeles

Artists: Rosha Yaghmai, Magali Reus, Dan Coombes, Ciprian Muresan

Near Dark. Donna Beam Gallery. Las Vegas, Nevada

Artists: Pearl C. Hsiung, Dennis Hollingsworth, Stephen Hendee, Carolyn Castaño

2005 But not as we know it. Co-curated with Deirdre King. APT Gallery, London & Kontainer,

Los Angeles. Supported by the British Council.

Artists: David Burrows, Deirdre King, John Chilver, Jo Bruton, Twan Janssen, Jimmy Dyer,

Dan Coombes, Peter Lamb, Luke Gottelier, Craig Fisher

2003 Temporary Fiction. Transition gallery. London

Artists: Deirdre King, Danny Rolph, Peter Lamb, David Burrows, Hew Locke

Painting Practices. 77 Gallery. London

Artists: Bob Matthews, Jost Munster, Luke Caulfield, Roland Hicks

Public Lectures, Symposia and Panel Discussions

2023 Artist talk. University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Wales, UK

Artist talk. Neath Port Talbot College. Wales, UK

Interview with curator Nicholas Thornton. National Gallery & Museum of Wales. Wales, UK

2021 What Now? Panel discussion. Royal College of Art. London, UK

SCAD. Atlanta, GA

University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Wales, UK

2020 Oscar Murillo & Neal Rock in Conversation. David Zwirner Gallery.(online)

Hampden-Sydney College. Hampden Sydney, VA

Mary Baldwin University. Staunton, VA

2018 Painting Out of Self. South Dakota Museum of Art. SD

Prosthetic Conditions of Painting. University of Coventry. UK

Prosthetic Conditions of Painting. Pennsylvania State University. Allihies, Ireland

2017 Prosthetic Conditions of Painting. University of Wales Trinity St David. Wales. UK

2016 Art and Social Justice. Public Lecture. University of Iowa Museum of Art. Iowa City. IA

2014 Paint in an Expanded Field. School of Fine Art - Friday Event. Glasgow School of art. UK

Painting About Painting. Panel Discussion. Simmons & Simmons, UK. with artists;

Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Alex Gough, Andrew Hewish. Chaired by David Stone

2013 Professional Practice. Public lecture. Royal College of Art. UK

2011 Art & Professional Practice. Public Lecture. Wimbledon School of Art. UK

2010 Painting as a Material Practice. Symposium & panel discussion;

With David Rayson RCA, Katie Pratt & Jo Bruton. University of Wolverhampton. UK

Expanded Paint. Public Lecture. Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. UK

2009 Fanestra & Other Works. Public lecture. The New Art Gallery Walsall. UK

2007 Near Dark. Exhibition lecture and discussion. Donna Beam Gallery. UNLV. NV

Get It Louder. Artist Lecture & panel discussion. With Gavin Wade & Celine Condorelli;

Organised by Newbetter & the British Council. Shanghai. China

2006 Polari Range & Faith Culture. Public lecture. University of Gloucestershire. UK

2005 Polari Range & Faith Culture. Public lecture. Metropolitan University. UK

2004 Polari Range & Faith Culture. Public lecture. Central St Martins School of Art & Design. UK

Bibliography

2022 Pericardium. Exhibition Catalogue. Leila Heller Gallery. New York, NY

2021 Oscar Murillo & Neal Rock in Conversation. Turps Banana Magazine. Spring edition

2019 Embodied Relations. Juliet Magazine 192. Interview with Leda Cempellin

2016 Art History Creeps into the Catlin Art Prize. Review. Apollo Magazine. May issue 2016

2015 What Is [A] Painting in the 21st Century? Eclectic Magazine. Dec 30th 2015.

By Damilola Oshilaja

2014 Michael Freeman in Conversation with Neal Rock. Turps Banana #14. July issue 2014

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

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

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

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

2005 The Rudiments of Ornamental Composition. Art Monthly Issue 286 2005 By

Sarah James

Can Buildings Curate. Art Review. April Issue 2005. By Jay Merrick

Landscape Confection. Columbus Dispatch. Feb 6th. By Christopher Yates

Candy-Land. American Vogue. March 2005. By Nico Israel

Neal Rock at Kontainer Gallery. LA Times. 19th March 2005. By 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. By John Deller

Living off The Wall .Independent Education Supplement. Jan issue. By

Catherine Nixey

Neal Rock at fa projects.The Independent. 13th Jan. By Sue Hubbard

2003 Work From the Polari Range. Modern Painters 12th November

Neal Rock. Work From the Polari Range. Guardian Guide. 29th November

Teaching History

2019 - University of Virginia. USA

McIntire Department of Art

Assistant Professor of Art; Painting

2018 - 19 Coventry University. UK

School of Art & Design

Visiting Lecturer in Fine Art

2015 - 16 University of Iowa. USA

School of Art & Art History

Grant Wood Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting & Drawing

2007 University of Nevada Las Vegas. USA

Department of Art

Artist in Residence & Lecturer

2001 Kensington & Chelsea College. UK

Department of Art & Design

Foundation Lecturer

Visiting Artist Positions

2020 Mary Baldwin University. Staunton, VA

Hampden-Sydney College, VA

2019 Neath Port Talbot College. Wales, UK

Foundation Art & Design

2018 South Dakota State University. USA

Department of Design

Undergraduate - Studio Arts, Architecture & Design

Seminars, group & one-to-one critique

Pennsylvania State University. Allihies, Ireland

Undergraduate & Graduate Summer Workshop

2017 UCL - Slade School of Fine Art. UK

BA Fine Art Sculpture

University of Wales Trinity Saint David. UK

BA Fine Art

Neath Port Talbot College. UK

Foundation Art & Design

2015 Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design. UK

BA Fine Art Painting

2014 Glasgow School of Art. UK

MA Fine Art

Neath Port Talbot College. UK

Foundation Art & Design

2013 University of Wolverhampton. UK

MA Fine Art

2011 University of Southern California. Los Angeles. USA

Undergraduate Architecture

Wimbledon School of Art & Design. UK

BA Fine Art Painting

Neath Port Talbot College. UK

Foundation Art & design

2010 Central Saint Martins School of Art & Design. UK

MA Fine Art

Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. UK

BA Fine Art

2007 University of London Goldsmiths. UK

MFA Fine Art

2006 University of Gloucestershire. UK

BA Fine Art Painting

Kansas City Art Institute. USA

BFA sculpture

Neath Port Talbot College. UK

Foundation Art & Design

Wimbledon School of Art & Design. UK

BA Fine Art Sculpture

2005 Metropolitan University London. UK

BA Fine Art