Born 1967 in Aberdeen, Scotland
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
1991
Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen. Painting (B.A Hons)
1993
Slade School of Art, London. Diploma in Fine Art
1994
Abbey Major Award, The British School at Rome
1997
Artist in Residence, Durham Cathedral
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Neil Gall, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
2015
Neil Gall: Cut-Outs, Offcuts and Holes, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Arrange Your Face, Domobaal, London, England
2012
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Art Berlin Contemporary with Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
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, United Kingdom
1997
Durham Paintings, Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland and Durham City Art Gallery, Durham, United Kingdom (catalogue)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Black Light, Slate Projects, London
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, Satellite , Berlin
2015
Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
The Wanderer's Nightsong II, C&C Gallery, London
Wintertime, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
Neil Gall and Rut Blees Luxemburg, House of St Barnabas, London
2014
A Sense of Things, Zabludowicz Collection, London
2013
Theatrical Dynamics, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrence, California
2012
London Twelve, curated by Toby Clarke, City Gallery Prague, The Stone Bell House, Prague
This This Monster This Things, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
R.S.A Annual Exhibition, Invited Artist, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Constructions, curated by Stuart and John Evans, Suite 5, London
The Line of Beauty and Special Guests, DomoBaal, London
Entr'acte, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
Summer, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2011
Cross-Check, Petra Rink Galerie, Dusseldorf
Watching Me Watching You, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Robert Mappelthorpe: Night Work, curated by the Scissor Sisters, Alison Jacques Gallery, London
Sagacity, Forman's Smokehouse Gallery, London
Twenty, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
2010
Deliberations from a Collector, selected by Stuart Evans, Centre for Recent Drawing, London, United Kingdom
Wall-to-Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Undone: Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, United Kingdom (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, Belgium
2009
Obsession: Contemporary Art from the Lodeveans Collection, The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom (catalogue)
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, United Kingdom
Shadow Existence, Scheiblermitte, Berlin
2008
Something Less, Something More, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London
Says the Junk in the Yard, Flowers East, London (catalogue)
2007
Max. Durchfahrtshöhe, Scheiblermitte, Berlin
Layer Cake, Fabio Tiboni Art Contemporanea, Bologna (catalogue)
The End Begins: works from the Lodeveans Collection curated by Gill Hedley, The Hospital, London
Small Wonders, The Grey Gallery, London
British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel Auction Exhibition, 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, United Kingdom (catalogue)
2001
Group Show, Agnews, London
2000
New Publications, Peacock, Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, United Kingdom
1999
Equinox, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth, United Kingdom
Jerwood Painting Prize 1999, Jerwood Gallery, London (catalogue)
1997-98
John Moores 20 Liverpool Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom (catalogue)
1994
British School at Rome Mostra, British School at Rome (catalogue)
PUBLICATIONS
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ayres, Charlie. "Previews," London Art Review June 2001.
Bennett, Will. "Object of the Week," The Daily Telegraph 28 May 2001.
Briers, David. 'Undone', Henry Moore Institute, Art Monthly No 342, Dec-Jan, 2010-11, P28-30.
Bumpus, Judith. Jerwood Painting Prize 1999 ( Exhibition Catalogue) London: Jerwood Fine Art, 1999.
Cairns, Stephen. Frieze Yearbook 20011-12. London: Frieze, 2011.
Casorati, Cecilia. Subtitle. Rome: British School At Rome, 1994.
Darwent, Charles. "Simply the best, for now anyway", Independent on Sunday 29 September 1999.
Dyer, Richard. "News London" Contemporary Art March 2005.
Falconer, Morgan. Frieze Yearbook 2008-9. London: Frieze, 2009.
Geldhard, Rebecca. "Hales Gallery, Neil Gall," Time Out July 2005.
Herbert, Martin. "World Gone Mad, Herbert Read Gallery," Modern Painters, April
2006.
Hinrichsen, Jens. "Die Monopol-Watchlist Neil Gall," Monopol November 2008.
Hinrichsen, Jens. "Kunste Stücke," Tagesspiegel 2008.
Holman, Martin. Layer Cake: Painting the Paradox. Bologna: Fabior Tiboni Contemporanea, 2007.
Jackson, Sarah. "Scale and the City, Neil Gall," Miser & Now May 2005.
Leventis, Andreas. "World Gone Mad, Limehouse Arts Foundation," Turps Banana July 2007,
Malt, Dr. Johanna. Surrealist Afterlives (Exhibition Catalogue) London: World Gone Mad, 2006.
McEwan, John. "Free-range is better than battery," Sunday Telegraph 9 November 1997.
Mclaren, Duncan. "Neil Gall, Model Paintings, Agnews," Independent on Sunday June 2001
Moore, Susan. "Shock of the New at Agnews," Evening Standard 15 January 2001.
Naldi, Fabioli. Layer Cake. Bologna: Fabio Tiboni Arte Contemporanea, 2008.
O' Reilly, Sally. The Awesome Death and Exquisite Corpse of Reason,(Exhibition Catalogue) London: World Gone Mad, 2006.
Paderni, Marinella. Layer Cake, Bologna: Fabio Tiboni Arte Contemporanea, 2007.
Webb, Simon. "Blow Up, New Painting and Photoreality, St. Paul's Gallery," a-n Magazine May 2004.
COLLECTIONS
Aberdeen City Art Gallery, Scotland
David Roberts Arts Foundation, London
Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Hiscox Collection, London
Insinger de Beaufort, Amsterdam
The Lodeveans Collection, London
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Simmons & Simmons
Unilever
The Zabludowicz Art Trust