Elizabeth Neel



Selected Works

Exhibitions

Biography

Elizabeth Neel

Elizabeth Neel “Life in Halves 1,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel
“Life in Halves 1,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel “Life in Halves 2,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel
“Life in Halves 2,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel “Why Io,” 2020

Elizabeth Neel
“Why Io,” 2020

Elizabeth Neel “Afterlife,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel
“Afterlife,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel “US 1,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel
“US 1,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel “US 31,” 2019

Elizabeth Neel
“US 31,” 2019

This is an artwork titled Coasting the Wall by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2018

Elizabeth Neel
Coasting the Wall, 2018

Elizabeth Neel “Listening Mode,” 2018

Elizabeth Neel
“Listening Mode,” 2018

This is an artwork titled Man and His Means by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2016

Elizabeth Neel
Man and His Means, 2016

This is an artwork titled Mariana Trench by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2017

Elizabeth Neel
Mariana Trench, 2017

This is an artwork titled Love and Syntax by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2015

Elizabeth Neel
Love and Syntax, 2015

This is an artwork titled Interlude and Marriage by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2012

Elizabeth Neel
Interlude and Marriage, 2012

This is an artwork titled What the Words Were About by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2012

Elizabeth Neel
What the Words Were About, 2012

This is an artwork titled All Else Was Belly by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2012

Elizabeth Neel
All Else Was Belly, 2012

This is an artwork titled Some Slight Injury by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2012

Elizabeth Neel
Some Slight Injury, 2012

This is an artwork titled Physical Plant by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2012

Elizabeth Neel
Physical Plant, 2012

This is an artwork titled Step to Earth by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2012

Elizabeth Neel
Step to Earth, 2012

This is an artwork titled Stick Season by artist Elizabeth Neel made in 2010

Elizabeth Neel
Stick Season, 2010

Elizabeth Neel: Life in Halves

March 14 – June 20, 2020, Vielmetter Los Angeles

Elizabeth Neel: Claw Hammer

April 14 – May 20, 2017, Vielmetter Los Angeles

Elizabeth Neel: Lobster with Shell Game

May 29 – July 3, 2015, Vielmetter Los Angeles

Elizabeth Neel: Routes and Pressures

April 7 – May 12, 2012, Vielmetter Los Angeles

Summer Group Show

August 7 – 30, 2010, Vielmetter Los Angeles

1975
Born in Stowe, VT
Lives and works in New York, NY
2007
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002
Diploma Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1997
BA, Brown University, Providence, RI

Solo Exhibitions

2020
"Life in Halves," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"Elizabeth Neel: Nightjars and Allies," Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2018
"Tangled on the Serpant Chair," Mary Boone, New York, NY
2017
"Claw Hammer," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2016
"Vulture and Chicks," Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2015
"Lobster with Shell Game," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2014
"The People, the Park, the Ornament," Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2013
"3 and 4 before 2 and 5," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2012
"Routes and Pressures," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Sphinx Ditch," Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
"Leopard Complex," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., NY
2010
"Stick Season," The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
2009
Monica De Cardenas Gallery, Milan, Italy
2008
"Make No Bones," Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2005
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2020
"Structures are Feelings," Curated by Piper Marshall, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
"Paintings," Mary Boone, New York, NY
"Surface Work," Victoria Miro, London, UK
2016
"August and Everything After," Plymouth Rock, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
"Speaking Through Paint," Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
2013
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2012
"Modern Talking," curated by Nicola Trezzi, Cluj Museum, Romania
'Uri Aran/Elizabeth Neel, 'I mean orange'
2011
"A Painting Show," Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
"Four Rooms," Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
"Painting Overall," Prague Biennial 5, Prague, Czech Republic
"Going Where the Weather Suits My Clothes, A Fall of Light of Fabric," Mothers Tank Station, Dublin, Ireland
2010
"Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool," curated by Bob Nickas, Sagaponack, NY
"Summer Group Show," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Purity is a Myth", Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, UK
"Living with Art: Collecting Contemporary in Metro New York," The Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2009
"Cave Painting," curated by Bob Nickas, New York, NY
"Abstract America," Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
"On Paper," Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz, Switzerland
"Pulp Fiction," Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
2008
"A Seer Out of Season," On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
"Subtraction," Deitch Projects, New York, NY
"8 x 11/A4," James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY
2007
"Late Liberties," John Connely Presents, New York, NY
"Salon Nouveau," Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna, Austria
"Landscape," Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY
2006
"Farewell to Icon," Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Garden Party," Deitch Projects, New York, NY
"New Work," Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY
2005
"Flower Power," Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY
"Off My Biscuit," Destroy Your District, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

Bibliography

2020
Loos, Ted. "Smaller Fairs Mean Great Art, Closer to Home," New York Times, March 14
2018
Smith, Roberta. "At 7 Art Galleries, the Ecstatic Flow of Paint and the Stories It Can Tell," New York Times (web), September 27
2017
Tauer, Kristen and Leigh Nordstrom, "Art Basel Miami Beach Preview: The Scene in the Design District," WWD (web), December 4
2016
Madden, Kathleen, "Elizabeth Neel," Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon
2015
Deyris-Henry, Dorothe. "The New Abstraction in the U.S. (and Why It Is New)," Art Press, March
Vesnik, Ana. "Elizabeth Neel at Susanne Vielmetter Gallery," Widewalls, May
Knight, Christopher. "Review: A process that ricochets between chance and order," Los Angeles Times, June 21
Johnson, Grant. "Choreography and Calligraphy: Elizabeth Neel at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," ArtInfo (web), July 2
Parkes, Olivia. "Messy Art to Depict Our Messy Lives," Broadly (web), November 13
2014
Bunker, John, "Review: Elizabeth Neel at Pilar Corrias," abstract critical, May 23
Palomar, MK. "Elizabeth Neel: interview," studio international, May 20
Elizabeth Neel: The People, The Park, The Ornament, Volt Caf, May 13
Exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by American artist Elizabeth Neel opens at Pilar Corrias, Art Daily, May 1
2013
Miller, Leigh Anne, "The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won't Want to Miss", Art in America online, May 16
2011
Falconer, Morgan. "Elizabeth Neel, Leopard Complex," Art Review, Summer/Issue 51
"Top 100," Flash Art, Nov/Dec 2011, p. 51
Sherwin, Skye. "Artist of the Week 156: Elizabeth Neel," The Guardian, September 22
Smyth, Cherry. "Elizabeth Neel: Sphinx Ditch," This is Tomorrow, September 28
2010
Coxhead, Gabriel. "Purity is a Myth," Time Out London, June 24
2009
Smaldone, Andrew. "Elizabeth Neel," ArtReview Magazine, December, p. 127
Nickas, Bob. "Painting Abstraction," Phaidon, pp. 54-57
Harpers Magazine, (featured image), September, p. 28
Auder, Michel. "Elizabeth Neel," Interview Magazine, June/July, pp. 86-89
Saatchi Gallery, Abstract America, Jonathan Cape/Random House, pp. 112 - 121
"New York Artists Dictionary," Flash Art, March/April, p. 69
Wheatley, Charmaine. "Elizabeth Neel," Border Crossings, Issue 109, pp. 93-94
2008
"Make No Bones," New Yorker Magazine, December 8, pp. 20-21
Allsop, Laura. "Preview: Elizabeth Neel," Art Review Magazine, November, p. 47
Camhi, Leslie. "People Are Talking About," Vogue, November, p. 235
2007
Trachtman, Paul. "Back to the Figure: Recognizable forms are showing up in the works of a new wave of contemporary painters," Smithsonian Magazine, October
2006
Spence, Rebecca. "Boundary Issues," ArtNews, April pp. 124-125
2005
Cohen, David. "A Branch of A Truly American Tradition," The New York Sun, June 9, p.16

Public Collections

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Herbert F Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA