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1. Mary, 44" x 30"
2. William Wood, 30" x 30"
3. Summer Yesterday, 44" x 30"
4. Meisha, 44" x 60"
5. Matilda Wood, 60" x 44"
6. Susann, 44" x 30"
7. Lilith, 60" x 44"
8. Rose Solomon, 30" x 44"

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SuperHero series
1. Junior, 44" x 30"
2. Cleo, 44" x 30"
3. Villian, 44" x 30"
4. Spiderman, 44" x 30"

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Contact Information
e-mail: neilaart@aol.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
In many of my photographs, I work with dualities such as: inside/outside, beginning/ending, and private persona/public image. The clothing in these photographs retains the imprint of time and the changes that help inform that passage. Wrinkles, soft edges, tears and stains, marks the trail of our passing. As we leave behind, or figuratively shed that outer layer, we unburden ourselves of an old mask and expose the new version of our old selves.

One of the questions that recurs in my work deals with who we are and how we got to be who we are. These works speak of transformation and role playing, of putting on and taking off, of stepping into another skin. Jung talks about our many selves and how each one is us - separately and collectively. My work is not about realism, but about the reality we each hold within. What is seen, what is hidden, what is revealed about us. I question how we see ourselves and how time and distance temper our perspective.

These images are photograms. I do not use a camera. The emulsion is hand applied cyanotype. They range in size from 22" x 30" to 60" x 66".

Education
1994
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
MFA

Residencies
2001
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Awards and Honors
1999
Merion Art and Repro Award, Berman Museum of Art

Honorable Mention, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA

1997
Best in Show, Alan and Maggie Tripp Award, Woodmere Museum

1996
Dieu Donne Award, Printmaking Council of NJ

1995
Wm. Eberhardt Memorial Award, Main Line Art Center, PA

Zinni’s Award, group show, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA

1994
Art Bank Award, Artists Equity group show

Griffith’s Award, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

1992
Honorable Mention, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

1987
Abington Photo Show, Abington Art Center

Lectures and Workshops
2000
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

Publications
1996
Catalog, One of a Kind Artist's Books, Traveling Exhibition

1994-1995
Catalog, Scene at a Place in Time, The 69th Annual Competition: Prints The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA

1993
Catalog, Works On Paper, 3rd Biennial Exhibition, Abington Art Center

1992
Catalog, Photography 1992, 14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

1987-1988
Catalog, 63rd Annual International Competition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2003
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group

2003
Sculptural Prints, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

2002
New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

Paper Awareness, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

Widener University, Chester, PA
Juror: Anne Fabbri

2001
State of the Art, State Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

American College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Paper Awareness 2001, McKinney Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

The Figure as Vessel, Gershwin Y, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Cheryl Harper

Photography Show, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Katherine Ware

2000
Paper Awareness, diverse directions, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

A Gathering of Women, Penn State, Harrisburg, PA

1999
Millennial Art Exhibit, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Juror: Jonathan Van Dyke

Walrus Talks, Knights Gallery, Palmerton Library, Palmerton, PA

Artists Equity 50th Anniversary Show, Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Juror: Elizabeth Osborn

Artspace Gallery Exchange Show, Richmond, VA

A Gathering of Women, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA

1996
One of a Kind Artist's Books, Traveling Exhibition in cooperation with the United States Office of Information Arabic/English Spanish/English
Curators: Suzanne Reese Horvitz, and Anne Stengel Raman

1994-1995
Scene at a Place in Time, The 69th Annual Competition: Prints, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA

1993
Works On Paper, 3rd Biennial Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

1992
Photography 1992, 14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

1987-1988
63rd Annual International Competition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA

Site Specific Work
1994
Center for the Book Arts, University of Iowa, Chicago, IL

Installation, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA