Neil Farber

Born in 1975
Lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada

For the past few years, Farber has been making paintings comprised of multiple thin layers of clear acrylic pouring medium. Paint is applied both to the wet medium and in between layers, as well to ink and collage materials. This layering adds a third dimension. Most paintings in the exhibition were started over two years ago. Imagery includes a girl, an elephant, a chubby tiger, "Stop" and "Yield" signs.

Farber's work is in the permanent collections of: MOMA, New York; MOCA, Los Angeles; LACMA, Los Angeles; West Collection, Pennsylvania; Olbricht Collection, Essen and Berlin; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg.

New work by Farber will be exhibited in Richard Heller Gallery's booth, 345, at Expo Chicago, 2018.

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

  • 2020
    Accounted For, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    2019
    I Wasn't Paying Attention and Now It's Over (w/Michael Dumontier), Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada

    2018
    Elaborate Paintings, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    2015
    Little Girls/Globe heads, Centennial Concert hall, Winnipeg, Canada

    2014
    The Open Wide, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

    2011
    Galerie KEZA, Art Paris, Paris, France

    Slugging, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

    Ursa Major, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK

    Dear Prolo (w/Michael Dumontier), Project Lodge, Madison, Wisconsin

    2010
    Georgia St. Receiving Hospital, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Drawings (w/Michael Dumontier), Salon Du Dessin Contemporain, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France

    Homemade Marriage Certificate (w/Michael Dumontier), Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    The Metaphysical Bullet (w/Michael Dumontier), Galerie Guy Bartsche, Geneva, Switzerland

    2009
    Table Cream, Pippy Houldsworth, London, UK

    Canniballistic, Mogadishni AAR, Copenhagen, Denmark

    2008
    It is With a Heavy Heart, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Formal Declaration of Hummingbirds, Sies + Höke Gallery, Dusseldorf

    2007
    Please Give Blood, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy

    Blubbering, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY

    2006
    Pink Eyes, Mogadishni, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Ruby Throats, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK

    2005
    Brain, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    2004
    Waah, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Jeffyr, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY

    When I Was Ah, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    2003
    L.A. International Invitational, Richard Heller, Santa Monica, CA

    Daily Apocalypse (w/Marcel Dzama), Perugi Artecontemporanea, Italy

    Scope Art Fair, Townhouse Hotel, Miami, FL

    2002
    Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Clementine Gallery project room, New York, NY

    2001
    Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Clementine Gallery, New York, NY

    Perugi artecontemporanea Gallery, Padova, Italy

  • 2019
    Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, We The Centre, Galerie Division, Toronto, Canada

    2017
    Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber: Background Love, Galerie Division, Toronto, Canada

    Beheaded, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    EXPO Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, IL

    2016
    Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection ― From Shōhaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer ― Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    Regrouping, Edward Thorp Gallery< New York, NY

    Frequent Long Walks, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK

    Kiefer ― Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    2013
    Tresors de collections Modeste, MIAM, Sete, France

    Season Review, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

    The Painting Project, Galerie de L’UQAM, Montreal

    Summer Reading, The Hole, New York, NY

    2012
    My Winnipeg, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Long and The Short of it, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

    Blaque Lyte, Ada Gallery, Richmond, VA

    2011
    A Review, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY

    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, OH

    Darkness Ascends, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada

    Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA

    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, NY

    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
    The Royal Family, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    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, NY

    Hypothermia (Royal Art Lodge), Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    Strips & Characters,Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany

    The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA

    Huts (Royal Art Lodge), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

    Pride in Workmanship (Royal Art Lodge), Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK

    Postcards From the Edge, Visual Aids benefit, New York, NY

    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, NY

    For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    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, NY

    The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, Power Plant, Toronto, ON

    The Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

    2002
    Straight to Hell, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Group show, I 20 Gallery, New York, NY

    Art Fair, Bologna, Italy

    Bad Touch, Space 1026, Philidelphia, PA

    The Drawing Show, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA

    Art Fair, Chicago, IL

    Tribe, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    Art Fair (with Royal Art Lodge), Basel, Switzerland

    Art Fair, Torino, Italy

    Drue's Birthday, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    Postcards From the Edge, Visual aids benefit, New York, NY

    Group show, Evergreene Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland

    2001
    Amounts of Blood, Artcore, Toronto

    Art Fair, Bologna, Italy

    Light Gallery, Faenza, Italy

    Dear Winnipeg (w/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, CT

    I Love New York, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY

    Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids benefit, New York, NY

    Art Fair, Torino, Italy

    Art Pile, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    Royal Art Lodge, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy

    School Girls, Fish Tank Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

    Bad Touch, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC

    The Good the Bad and the Ugly (w/David Rathman), Galerie Wieland, Berlin, Germany

    2000
    Royal Art Lodge, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    The Royal Art Lodge Presents, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    Miracle Whip, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY

    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

  • 2020
    "Neil Farber, Charlie Roberts & Hiosuke Yabe Give Depth and Humor @ Richard Heller Gallery, Juxtapoz, January 7, 2020.

    2018
    "Neil Farber is Making 'Elaborate Paintings,' from Winnipeg to Los Angeles, Juxtapoz, February 15, 2018.

    2014
    Leyden Cochrane, Steven. ‘’They’re all Winners Showcase of Sobey Art Award Finalists Highlights Thought-Provoking Work from Across Canada’’, Winnipeg Free Press, November 20, 2014.

    ‘’Farber, Dumontier Nominated for Sobey Art Award’’, Winnipeg Free Press, June 6, 2014.

    ‘’Short List Announed for Sobey Art Award’’, Toronto Star, June 4, 2014.

    Adams, James. ‘’Newcomers and Familiar Names Top Sobey Short List, The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2014.

    ‘’Sobey Art Award Shortlist Released’’, Canadian Art, June 4, 2014.

    Adams, James. ‘’Meet the 25 Artists who Made the Long List for the Sobey Art Award’’, The Globe and Mail, April 15, 2014.

    Sandals, Leah. ‘’Slideshow: Sobey Art Award Longlist Revealed’’, Canadian Art, April 15, 2014.

    Enright, Robert and Meeka Walsh. ‘’The Synonym Revealer’s Life – Neil Farber Makes Connections’’, Border Crossings, Issue 131.

    2013
    Theodore, Kristen. ‘’On the Walls’’, Cult MTL, March 13, 2013.

    Lynch, Sophie. ‘’Royal Art Lodge Reunited Worth a Look’’, Canadian Art, August 31, 2013.

    Addleman, Kate. ‘’What Comes After the Royal Art Lodge?’’, The Slant, July 2013.

    2012
    Ditmars, Hadani. ‘’Out of Nowhere: Winnipeg Wonders’’, Canadian Art, January 12, 2012.

    2011
    Kherbek, Will. ‘’Neil Farber: Ursa Major’’, The Playground, November 18, 2011.

    Carey-Kent, Paul. ‘’Top 10 London Shows’’, Saatchi Online, December 19, 2011.

    ‘’Neil Farber’’, Juxtapoz, Issue 126.

    Medley, Mark. ‘’Winnipeg Artists Aim for the Absurd in Constructive Abandonment’’, National Post, July 19, 2011.

    2010
    Perry, Kevin E.G. ‘’Neil Farber: Nuisance Grounds’’, Dazed Digital, March 8, 2010.

    2008
    Schad, Ed. ‘’A Look at Neil Farber’’, Artslant, January 13, 2008.

    Pagel, David. ‘’An Honesty that Provokes Empathy’’, LA Times, January 11, 2008.

    ‘’Neil Farber’’, ArtWorld.

    2007
    Carey-Kent, Paul. ‘’Neil Farber’’, ArtWorld, Issue 1, October/November 2007.

    Goodbody, Bridget L. ‘’Neil Farber – Blubbering’’, The New York Times, April 6, 2007.

    2006
    ‘’Comic Art’’, Art Review.

    ‘’The Royal We’’, Juxtapoz, Issue 62, March 2006, p. 114-115.

    2005
    Neelon, Caleb. ‘’The Royal Art Lodge’’, Swindle, no. 3, 2005, p. 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.

    2004
    Laurence, Robin. ‘’Dowad, Farber Explore the Good and the Ghoulish’’, Straight.com, February 26, 2004.

    2003
    Wilson, Michael. ‘’The Royal Art Lodge’’, Frieze, Issue 75, May 2003.

    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’’, May, p. 58.

    2000
    Scott, Michael. ‘’Winnipeg’s Royal Art Lodge’’, The Vancouver Sun, December.

    Laurence, Robin. ‘’Royal Visions of Childhood’’, The Georgia Straight, December 7.

    Gillmor, Alison. ‘’Brain Trust’’, Western Living, November, p. 20-29.

    1999
    McGee, Robert. ‘’The Artful Lodger’’, Border Crossings, January, p. 59.

    1998
    Enright, Robert. ‘’The Art Lodge’’, The Globe and Mail, November 7.

  • 2005
    Padua, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Pensieri dei Serpenti, Text by Guido Bartorelli

    Dublin, Ireland. Douglas Hyde Gallery. Serpentine Musings, Text by Ali Davey

    Santa Monica, California, USA. 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

    Padua, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Daily Apocalypse, Text by Daniela Lotta

    2001
    Padua, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Amazing: 2000, Text by Guido Bartorelli

    Padua, Italy. Perugi Artecontemporanea. Royal Art Lodge, Text by Guido Bartorelli

  • 2014
    Sobey Art Award, Short listed, Winnipeg, MB

    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

  • 2001
    Royal Art Lodge video, Blinding Light, Vancouver, BC

    2000
    Garage Video, North Dakota Gallery, Grand Forks, ND, USA

    Garage Video, Plug In, Winnipeg, MB

    1996
    Indiflix, Cinamateque theater, Winnipeg, MB

    Red River, Cinamateque theater, Winnipeg, MB

    Slide Show, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

  • MoMA, New York

    MOCA, Los Angeles

    LACMA, Los Angeles

    West Collection, Pennsylvania

    Olbricht Collection, Essen and Berlin

    National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

    Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

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