NEAL T WALSH
nealtwalsh@gmail.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
fragments: found & intended, South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield,MA
2008
New Paintings, 5 Traverse Gallery, Providence, RI
2005
Neal Walsh, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
We Don’t Make Mistakes, group show, Chazan Gallery, Providence
2013
Studio 1504: Abu Dhabi group show, Maya Allison Curator, Abu Dubai, UAE
Love Nest, Craftland, Providence, RI
faint murmurs, two person show, 186 Carpenter St., Providence, RI
Locally Made: One Room, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2012
Glue, Paper, Scissors, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2011
The Creative Collective, Candita Clayton Studio, Pawtucket, RI
Were Going to Make Some Big Decisions in Our Little World, Providence, RI
Yes!, Buonaccorsi+Agniel Gallery, Providence, RI
HYDRA, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2010
A Flawed Providence, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FLA
Networks 2010, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2009
5 Traverse Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FLA
2008
New Obstructions, AS220/Mercantile Block, Providence, RI (exhibitor & co-curator)
2007
El Arte Une Los Pueblos, Art Unites Communities, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative,
Pawtucket, RI
The Library Show, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI
Providence Art Windows, Providence, RI
2006
Waging Peace, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Open Painting 2006, Brian Shure, juror, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
The Drawing Show, Gallery 306, Warren, RI
2005
Go West, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, Providence, RI
Rawson Fountain Society Presents: “fields and constellations: new hypothesis of the
universe”, curator Neal Walsh, The Space At Alice, Providence, RI
The Steelyard Summer Tour 2005, The Tisch Gallery, Providence, RI and The Space
Gallery, Portland, ME
2004
Five Rhode Island Artists, South County Art Association, Kingston RI
2003
Rawson Fountain Society Presents: Kyner,Tracy,&Walsh, AS220, Providence, RI
Obsessive Patterns: Tayo Heuser, Jane Masters, Dean Snyder and Neal Walsh
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Phoebe Lopes & Neal Walsh, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI (catalogue)
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2012
AS220 Project Space voted Best Gallery in Providence Phoenix
2008
Boston Art Award: People’s Choice Award for Local Curator of Locally-Made
Art, New Obstructions, AS220/Mercantile Block, co-curated with Mike Taylor
Boston Art Awards: People’s Choice for Best Exhibit, New Paintings, 5 Traverse Gallery,
Providence, RI
2006
AICA/NE (Association Internationale des Critiques d’art/New England) Best Show in a
Commercial Gallery, New England, Neal Walsh, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
2005
Vermont Studio Center, Partial Residency Award
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-Present
Gallery Director and Curator, AS220, Providence, RI
2014
Curator, NIGHTVISIONS: experimental film, performance, and music series
2013
Juror, PAINT, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2012
Guest Critic, Graduate Class Projects, Center for Public Humanities, Brown
University
2011
Co-curator, Among the Breakage: New Painting from Providence, with Maya
Allison, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Co-Curator, Ebb & Flow, with RK Projects, Providence, RI
2010
Panelist, “Is Abstract Art Alive and Well in New England Today?” with Maya
Allison, Liz Kiethline, at the New Bedford Art Museum
2005
Juror, All-Media Open Show, The South County Art Association, Kingstown, RI
2000
Independent Curator, Apt.3, a pop-up alternative gallery space, Providence, RI
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix, (March 1, 2014) “Assured Abstractions”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (April 23, 2013) ”In the City: Neal Walsh & Scott
Lapham at 186 Carpenter St.”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (May 3, 2011) “We are going to make some big decisions
in our little world”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (November 24, 2010) “Networks 2009-2010 at the
Newport Art Museum”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (April 15, 2008) “Majestic Rot: Compelling new work by
Neal Walsh & Will Schaff”
Norris, Doug, Art New England (Feb/March 2006) “Neal Walsh”
Brown Independent (Oct. 17, 2005) “Layers of material reveal layers of meaning in Walsh's
installation”
Arts Media (Sept/Oct 2005) “Beyond Hypothesis: fields and constellations at The Space at
Alice”
Providence Phoenix (June 27, 2003) “Obsessive Patterns” at the David Winton Bell Gallery”
Doran, Geri, Resin, Louisiana State University Press, 2005, cover artwork by Neal Walsh
Forman, Deborah, Paint Lab: 52 Exercises inspired by Artists, Materials, Time, Place and Method,
Quarry Books, 2013, a featured artist
nealtwalsh@gmail.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
fragments: found & intended, South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield,MA
2008
New Paintings, 5 Traverse Gallery, Providence, RI
2005
Neal Walsh, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
We Don’t Make Mistakes, group show, Chazan Gallery, Providence
2013
Studio 1504: Abu Dhabi group show, Maya Allison Curator, Abu Dubai, UAE
Love Nest, Craftland, Providence, RI
faint murmurs, two person show, 186 Carpenter St., Providence, RI
Locally Made: One Room, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2012
Glue, Paper, Scissors, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2011
The Creative Collective, Candita Clayton Studio, Pawtucket, RI
Were Going to Make Some Big Decisions in Our Little World, Providence, RI
Yes!, Buonaccorsi+Agniel Gallery, Providence, RI
HYDRA, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2010
A Flawed Providence, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FLA
Networks 2010, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2009
5 Traverse Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FLA
2008
New Obstructions, AS220/Mercantile Block, Providence, RI (exhibitor & co-curator)
2007
El Arte Une Los Pueblos, Art Unites Communities, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative,
Pawtucket, RI
The Library Show, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI
Providence Art Windows, Providence, RI
2006
Waging Peace, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Open Painting 2006, Brian Shure, juror, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
The Drawing Show, Gallery 306, Warren, RI
2005
Go West, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, Providence, RI
Rawson Fountain Society Presents: “fields and constellations: new hypothesis of the
universe”, curator Neal Walsh, The Space At Alice, Providence, RI
The Steelyard Summer Tour 2005, The Tisch Gallery, Providence, RI and The Space
Gallery, Portland, ME
2004
Five Rhode Island Artists, South County Art Association, Kingston RI
2003
Rawson Fountain Society Presents: Kyner,Tracy,&Walsh, AS220, Providence, RI
Obsessive Patterns: Tayo Heuser, Jane Masters, Dean Snyder and Neal Walsh
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Phoebe Lopes & Neal Walsh, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI (catalogue)
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2012
AS220 Project Space voted Best Gallery in Providence Phoenix
2008
Boston Art Award: People’s Choice Award for Local Curator of Locally-Made
Art, New Obstructions, AS220/Mercantile Block, co-curated with Mike Taylor
Boston Art Awards: People’s Choice for Best Exhibit, New Paintings, 5 Traverse Gallery,
Providence, RI
2006
AICA/NE (Association Internationale des Critiques d’art/New England) Best Show in a
Commercial Gallery, New England, Neal Walsh, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
2005
Vermont Studio Center, Partial Residency Award
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-Present
Gallery Director and Curator, AS220, Providence, RI
2014
Curator, NIGHTVISIONS: experimental film, performance, and music series
2013
Juror, PAINT, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2012
Guest Critic, Graduate Class Projects, Center for Public Humanities, Brown
University
2011
Co-curator, Among the Breakage: New Painting from Providence, with Maya
Allison, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Co-Curator, Ebb & Flow, with RK Projects, Providence, RI
2010
Panelist, “Is Abstract Art Alive and Well in New England Today?” with Maya
Allison, Liz Kiethline, at the New Bedford Art Museum
2005
Juror, All-Media Open Show, The South County Art Association, Kingstown, RI
2000
Independent Curator, Apt.3, a pop-up alternative gallery space, Providence, RI
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix, (March 1, 2014) “Assured Abstractions”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (April 23, 2013) ”In the City: Neal Walsh & Scott
Lapham at 186 Carpenter St.”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (May 3, 2011) “We are going to make some big decisions
in our little world”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (November 24, 2010) “Networks 2009-2010 at the
Newport Art Museum”
Cook, Greg, The Providence Phoenix (April 15, 2008) “Majestic Rot: Compelling new work by
Neal Walsh & Will Schaff”
Norris, Doug, Art New England (Feb/March 2006) “Neal Walsh”
Brown Independent (Oct. 17, 2005) “Layers of material reveal layers of meaning in Walsh's
installation”
Arts Media (Sept/Oct 2005) “Beyond Hypothesis: fields and constellations at The Space at
Alice”
Providence Phoenix (June 27, 2003) “Obsessive Patterns” at the David Winton Bell Gallery”
Doran, Geri, Resin, Louisiana State University Press, 2005, cover artwork by Neal Walsh
Forman, Deborah, Paint Lab: 52 Exercises inspired by Artists, Materials, Time, Place and Method,
Quarry Books, 2013, a featured artist