Liz Neal is an artist based in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

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Neal grew up in North Wales

North Wales

North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...

. She makes paintings and installations which reference sexual, consumer and fantasy imagery. From 2001-2003, Neal turned the front room of her North London

North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...

 flat into an installation by covering every surface of the space with painted canvas. The room was later re-constructed in the prominent 2001 Martin Maloney

Martin Maloney

Martin Maloney is a contemporary English artist.-Life and work:Martin Maloney was born in London. He attended the University of Sussex 1980–83, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design 1988–91 and Goldsmiths College 1991–93.Martin Maloney practises deliberately "bad"...

-curated exhibition Death to the Fascist Insect That Prays on the Life of the People at Anthony d’Offay Gallery.

Selected exhibitions

2007

An Archaeology, 176, London

2005

404 Arte Contemporanea, Naples

M'ars, Moscow

Dolore, curated by Klarita Pandolfi with Harry Pye

Harry Pye

Harry Pye is an artist, writer and event organiser. He was born in London in 1973. He completed a foundation course at Camberwell School of Art in 1991. He then studied printmaking at Winchester School of Art from 1992 to 1995. In his second year he stopped painting and printmaking and began...

, Sartorial Contemporary Art

Sartorial Contemporary Art

Sartorial Contemporary Art is a contemporary art gallery in central London, England.- Overview :The gallery was founded in 2005 as a project-led space in an 18th century Georgian house on Kensington Church Street in London, England...

, London

2004

New Blood, Saatchi Gallery

Saatchi Gallery

The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 in order to exhibit his collection to the public. It has occupied different premises, first in North London, then the South Bank by the River Thames and currently in Chelsea. Saatchi's collection, and...

, London

Collaboration with Nick Knight

Nick Knight

Nicholas Verity Knight is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation...

 at SHOWstudio: Lotus Eater, STORE, London and Room, Transition Gallery

Transition Gallery

Transition Gallery is a contemporary art project space in Hackney, East London. It is run by artists Cathy Lomax and Alex Michon. Transition Editions the gallery's publishing arm produces publications to accompany shows as well as two bi-annual magazines Arty and Garageland.-History:Transition...

, London

The Ragged School, London

2003

Saatchi Gallery, London

Gloriana, One in the Other, London

2001

Death to the Fascist Insect, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London

2000

RCA Secret, Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

, London

External links

• Liz Neal: Gloriana, One In The Other
• Images, texts and biography from the Saatchi Gallery