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NEIL FARBER



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Born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1975.
Lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada

EDUCATION

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, B.F.A (first class honors)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
Slugging, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Ursa Major, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, U.K.
Dear Prolo (w/ Michael Dumontier), Project Lodge, Madison, Wisconson
2010
The Metaphysical bullet (w/ Michael Dumontier), Galerie Guy Bartsche, Geneva, Switzerland
Georgia St. Receiving hospital, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Drawings (w/Michael Dumontier), Salon Du Dessin Contemporain, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Homemade Marriage Certificate (w/ Michael Dumontier), Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2009
Table Cream, Pippy Houldsworth, London, U.K.
Canniballistic, Mogadishni AAR, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
Formal declaration of Hummingbirds, Sies + Höke Gallery, Dusseldorf
It is with a Heavy Heart, Richard Heller Gallery, California
2007
Please Give Blood, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
Blubbering, Clementine Gallery, New York
2006
Pink Eyes, Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ruby Throats, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, U.K.
2005
Brain, Richard Heller Gallery, California
2004
Jeffyr, Clementine Gallery, New York,N.Y.
When I was Ah, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Waah, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Daily Apocalypse (w/ Marcel Dzama), Perugi Artecontemporanea, Italy
Scope Art Fair, Townhouse Hotel, Miami, Florida
L.A. International Invitational, Richard Heller
2002
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Clementine Gallery project room, New York, NY
2001
Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
Perugi artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Family Shirt, Krets gallery, Malmo, Sweden
My Winnipeg, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
My Winnipeg, MIAM, Sete, France
2010
The Road Less Travelled..., V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
But Why?, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
FAX, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Manitoba
House in my Head, Brandts Museum, Denmark
2009
Fervor, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Put it on Paper, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
FIAC, Aliceday, Paris, France
Myth of Childhood, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Fabula Graphica 1, Grandes Galeries Aitre – Saint-Maclou, Rouen, France
NEXT Art Fair, Pippy Houldsworth, Chicago, IL
Art Brussels 27, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Liverpool Biennial, Royal Art Lodge commission, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
CAB, Burgos
2007
Mad Love – Young Art from Danish Private Collections, Arken Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark
2006
Works on Paper, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Darkness Ascends, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
Yerba Buena Center, San Fransisco
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
Drawing Restraint, Gallerie Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Peer Pleasure 1: Royal Art Lodge/Space 1026/Instant Coffee, Yerba Buena Center, San
Francisco, CA
2005
Looking at Words: The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
Frisbee Art Fair, Miami, FL
Artissima Art Fair, Torino, Italy
Art Brussels 2005, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Bologna Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
The Royal Art Lodge: Pensieri Dei Serpenti, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
The Royal Art Lodge: The Venetian Works, Caffe Florian, Venice, Italy
The Royal Art Lodge: Serpentine Musings, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Two D, Green On Red, Dublin Ireland
2004
So Sweet, Leisure Club Mogidishni, Copenhagen, Denmark
Chaim Soutine, Happy Sailor, London, UK
Rendez-Vous 2004, Musee Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France
Future Quake, FIAC 2004, Paris, France
New Entries, Artissima, Turin, Italy
Happy Go Lucky, Foundation VHDG, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Paperwork, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
Bande Annonce, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Art Brussels 2004, Brussels, Belgium
Beautiful Losers/Beaver College, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Occur(Blur), Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Frogs: A chorus of colors, American Museum of Natural History, New York,
Hypothermia (Royal Art Lodge), Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Strips & Characters,Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, MOCA, Los Angeles, California
Huts(Royal Art Lodge), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
The Royal Family, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Pride in Workmanship (Royal Art Lodge), Houldsworth Gallery, London
Postcards from the edge, Visual Aids benefit,, New York, N.Y.
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, Mi
Wonderland, Judy Ann Goldman Gallery, Boston MA
2003
The Gothic Unconscious, Gallery One One One, Winnipeg, MB
Group show, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Group show, Judy Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Family Circus, Clementine Gallery, New York, N.Y.
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
Works on Paper, Stalke Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postcards from the edge, Visual Aids benefit,, New York, N.Y.
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, Power Plant, Toronto, ON
The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, The Drawing Center, New York, N.Y.
2002
Group show, I 20 Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
Bad Touch, Space 1026, Philidelphia, P.A.
Straight to Hell, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Drawing Show, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA
Art Fair, Chicago, Il
Tribe, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
Art Fair (with Royal Art Lodge), Basel, Switzerland
Art Fair, Milano, Italy
Art Fair, Torino, Italy
Drue's Birthday, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Postcards from the edge, Visual aids benefit, New York, N.Y.
Group show, Evergreene gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2001
Amounts of blood, Artcore, Toronto
Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
Light Gallery, Faenza, Italy
Dear Winnipeg (with Michael Dumontier),Plug In Billboard, Winnipeg
Art Fair Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Sensational Line, MOCA, Denver, Co
Best of the Season: Selected Highlights from the 2000-2001 Manhattan Gallery Season,
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield Connecticut
I love New York, Clementine Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Postcards from the edge, Visual Aids benefit,, New York, N.Y.
Art Fair, Torino, Italy
Art Pile, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Royal Art Lodge, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
School Girls, Fish Tank Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bad Touch, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, N.C.
The good the bad and the ugly (with David Rathman),Galerie Wieland, Berlin, Germany
2000
Royal Art Lodge, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
The Royal Art Lodge Presents, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Miracle Whip, Clementine Gallery , New York, N.Y.
Search for Art, Milan, Italy
Art Chicago 2000, Chicago, IL
Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
1999
Greetings from Winnipeg, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
A Relatively Small Collection (audio art), Ace Art, Winnipeg, Mb
Floating Gallery Celebrity Camera Auction, Winnipeg, Mb
Laughing, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Mb
1997
Wood Inc., Off-Ice Gallery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Fresh Popped, Plug In Gallery, Anti-Chamber, Winnipeg, Canada
Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 1.1.1., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Art for Healing, Walker Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada
The Royal Art Lodge, Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston, TX
1996
Fite Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada

BIBLIOGRPAHY
2011
Neil Farber, Juxtapoz, issue 126
2008
Neil Farber, ArtWorld
2007
Neil Farber, ArtWorld, Issue 1
2006
Comic Art, Art Review
The Royal We, Juxtapoz Issue 62 (March 2006) pp. 114-115
2005
Neelon, Caleb, The Royal Art Lodge, Swindle No. 3 (2005), pp. 54-59
Clancy, Luke, The Royal Art Lodge: Serpentine Musings, Modern Painters (May 2005) p. 113
Zebellin, Gaia, Royal Art Lodge, Scrioppo 1 (2005), p. 23
Siviero, Viviana, The Royal Art Lodge, Espoarte 33, p.74
2001
Glueck, Grace. "Neil Farber", The New York Times, (July 13)
Clementine show Review,"Neil Farber", The New Yorker, (July 23)
Beatrice, Luca. "Freschi.Immediati.Arrivano i cartoon di Neil Farber", Arte, (May), p.58
2000
Scott, Michael. "Winnipeg's Royal Art Lodge", The Vancouver Sun, (Dec)
Laurence, Robin. "Royal Visions of Childhood",The Georgia Straight, (Dec. 7)
Gillmor, Alison. "Brain Trust", Western Living, (Nov.) p. 20-29
1999
McGee, Robert. "The Artful Lodger", Border Crossings, (Jan.) p. 59
1998
Enright, Robert. "The Art Lodge", Globe and Mail, (Nov. 7)
Media Projects
2001
Royal Art Lodge video, Blinding Light, Vancouver, B.C.
2000
Garage Video, North Dakota Gallery, Grand Forks, U.S.A
Garage Video, Plug In, Winnipeg, Canada
1996
Indiflix, Cinamateque theater, Winnipeg, Canada
Red River, Cinamateque theater, Winnipeg, Canada
Slide Show, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Awards
1997
School of Art Award, University of Manitoba, Canada
Painting award, University of Manitoba, Canada
1996
Indiflix award (fifth place independent film making competition), Winnipeg
Catalogues
2005
Padova, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Pensieri dei Serpenti, Text by Guido
Bartorelli
Dublin, Ireland. Douglas Hyde Gallery. Serpentine Musings, Text by Ali Davey
Santa Monica, California. Richard Heller Gallery. Neil Farber, Text by Joshua Dawes Harnden
2003
Dictionary of Recieved Ideas: Royal Art Lodge, Ask the Dust, Text by Wayne Baerwaldt, Joseph Wolin and Lytle
Shaw
Padova, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Daily Apocalypse, Text by Daniela Lotta
2001
Padova, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Amazing: 2000, Text by Guido Bartorelli
Padova, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Royal Art Lodge, Text by Guido Bartorelli

COLLECTIONS

MOMA, New York
West Collection, Pennsylvania
Olbricht Collection, Essen and Berlin
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg