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victoria neil
Born Belfast, 1970
higher education
Sep 1992 – June 94
Edinburgh College of Art
MFA in Drawing & Painting
Sep 1989 – June 92
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee
BA (1st class honours) Constructed Textiles, specialising in Fine Art Textiles and Printmaking
Sep 1988 – June 89
Jacob Kramer College of Art, Leeds
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
selected group exhibitions
The Written Word – Group Show, Tinker Gallery, Ilkley
2022
A Perfect Cup of Tea – Group Show, Tinker Gallery, Yorkshire
2010 – 2020
Christmas Exhibitions – The Doghouse Gallery, Northern Ireland
found word – three person show as part of ‘Word’ festival, Aberdeen, The Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen
‘Material Regeneration’ – South & East Belfast health and Social Services Trust Integrated Arts Projects – commission to produce a permanent wall-based artwork for new community healthcare building in East Belfast
2004
Tradition & Innovation 2 – Museum of Decorative Arts, Riga, Latvia (catalogue)
Valcellina Award and Exhibition – Maniago, Italy (catalogue)
2003
Nahtstelle (Seam), 20th International Textiles Symposium and Exhibition in association with Graz, European Capital of Culture – Graz, Austria (catalogue)
Imagination’s Chamber, exhibition accompanying 10th International Word and Image Conference – The Atrium Gallery, Aberdeen
Style Exercises – venue 9: Italian Institute, Toronto, Canada
2002
Style Exercises – venue 5: g h l, Middelburg, Holland, venue 6: Alessandria d’Egitto, Italy, venue7: Famagusta Gate Cultural Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus, venue 8: Museo Nuouvo Era, Bari, Italy
2001
Tradition & Innovation – European Textile Network Conference and Exhibition, Riga, Latvia (catalogue)
Style Exercises – venue 1: Palazzina delle Arti dei Musei Civica, Lia Museum, La Spezia, Italy (Catalogue within the ‘Palazzina delle Arti-Le Mostre’ collection) work in the Modern Art Civic Collections, venue 2: Museo D’Arte Moderna e dell’Informazione, Senigallia, Italy, venue 3: Viitasaaren Kirjaston Galleria, Finland, venue 4: Aanekosken Kirjaston Hoikkassali, Finland
‘Transition’ (stage 3), solo show – Centrespace, Dundee Contemporary Arts – site specific work with public forum (catalogue)
‘Transition’, artist’s book with audio CD, published by the University of Dundee.
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co.Monaghan, Ireland
‘Context’, touring show – Centrespace, Dundee Contemporary Arts with public forums (catalogue published by Dundee University)
1998
‘Context’, touring show – The CSA Foyer Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
‘Radar’, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, an installation and document in Henderson’s Warehouse, Dundee, ‘Transition’ (stage 1) C2+ Gallery, London
‘Land Marks’, solo show documenting Residency in Botswana – Rara Avis Gallery, Co Down, N Ireland
Edinburgh Sessions – A Tapestry Seminar’
Group show in conjunction with symposium, Edinburgh College of Art
Presentation of a paper, “Tapestry as an Education”
‘From the Margin’, touring exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Grays School of Art,
‘Sources and Starting Points’ – Edinburgh College of Art
collections
Work in private and public collections including Eastern General hospital, Edinburgh and Modern Art Civic Collection, La Spezia, Italy
residencies
The 20th International Tapestry Symposium, Residency and Exhibition, The Raiffeisenhoff, Graz, Austria
2000
The 16th International Tapestry Symposium, Residency and Exhibition, The Raiffeisenhoff, Graz, Austria
International Fibre Art Residency and Symposium, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co.Monaghan, Ireland
Artist in Residence, Fabric Dyeing and Print Unit, Ramatea Vocational School, Botswana