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Neal T. Walsh
84 vernon st. providence ri 02903 401.454.5865 nealtwalsh@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions
2010
upcoming
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, Networks 2010, Group Exhibition
South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA, Solo exhibition
2009
Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida, group exhibition with 5 Traverse Gallery curated by Maya Allsion
2008
5 Traverse Gallery, Providence, RI, Solo exhibition
AS220/Mercantile Block, Providence, RI, New Obstructions, group exhibition
2007
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI El Arte Une Los Pueblos, Art Unites Communities, group exhibition.
Firehouse 13, Providence, RI, The Library Show, group exhibition
Providence Art Windows, Providence, RI, curator Elizabeth Kiethline
2006
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI – Waging Peace, group exhibition, curators Claudia Flynn and Troy West
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI – Open Painting 2006, group exhibition, Brian Shure, juror
Gallery 306, Warren, RI – The Drawing Show, group exhibition, Jim Frain, curator
2005
Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI- Neal Walsh Solo Exhibition
WBNA, Providence, RI – Go West: a benefit for the West Broadway Neighborhood Association
The Space At Alice, Providence, RI – Rawson Fountain Society Presents: “fields and constellations: new hypothesis of the universe”, curator neal walsh
The Tisch Gallery, Providence, RI and The Space Gallery, Portland, ME – The Steelyard Summer Tour 2005, traveling group exhibition
2004
Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI – Holiday Show, group exhibition
South County Art Association, Kingston RI – Five Rhode Island Artists
2003
The Space At Alice, Providence, RI – A Sense of Place, group exhibition
AS220, Providence, RI – Rawson Fountain Society Presents: Kyner,Tracy,& Walsh
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI – Obsessive Patterns: Tayo Heuser, Jane Masters, Dean Snyder and Neal Walsh
Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI – Phoebe Lopes & Neal Walsh
Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI – Body of Work, a survey of contemporary art in Providence
2002
Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI – Firehouse 13
Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI – Body of Work, a survey of contemporary art in Providence
Bank RI Gallery, Providence, RI – Solo Exhibition
AS220, Providence, RI – Healing Battered Spirits Through the Arts, benefit for Sojourner House
Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI – Go West: a benefit for the West Broadway Neighborhood Association
Rhode Island Foundation Gallery & Mill City Gallery, Providence, RI – Mill Preservation and the New Economic Mainstream: Artists and Architects Inspired By Adaptive Re-Use, group exhibition
Awards
2008
Boston Art Award for "Local curator of locally-made art" (People’s Choice)
with Mike Taylor, for the exhibit "New Obstructions,” AS220’s Mercantile Block.
Boston Art Awards, for “Painting: solo show” (People’s Choice for exhibit at 5Traverse.)
2006/2007
AICA/NE (Association Internationale des Critiques d’art/ New England) First Place award, Best Show in a Commercial Gallery, New England for solo exhibition at Gallery Agniel, October 2005.
Professional Experience
2005
Vermont Studio Center Residency, February, 2005
Juror, The South County Art Association, All-Media Open Show
2002-Present
Gallery Director and Curator of AS220/AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI.
2000
Independent Curator for Apt.3, a temporary alternative gallery space
Publications
Review, “Majestic Rot: Compelling new work by Neal Walsh & Will Schaff”
The Providence Phoenix, April 15, 2008.
Review, “Neal Walsh”, Art New England, Feb/March 2006
Review, “Layers of material reveal layers of meaning in Walsh's installation”, Brown Independent, Oct. 17, 2005.
Review, “Beyond Hypothesis: fields and constellations at The Space at Alice”, Arts Media, Sept/Oct 2005.
Review, “Obsessive Patterns” at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence Phoenix, June 27, 2003.
Resin, Poems by Geri Doran, Winner of the 2004 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of American Poets. Cover artwork by Neal Walsh
Exhibition Catalog, Phoebe Lopes/Neal Walsh — Gallery Agniel, 2003