Adam Neate
BIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
Adam Neate (b.1977) is a British conceptual artist known for his multi-dimensional collages and a very unique use of perspective and mark-marking. Influenced by Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Carl Jung and Alan Watts, Neate’s practice mixes constructivism, street-art and a very personal approach to figurative art.
Neate studied graphic design while teaching himself how to paint and sculpt. He became known for leaving art on the streets for people to collect. ‘I started leaving my paintings on the streets of Ipswich around 1997. I then moved to London and left over 5,000 paintings on the streets up until 2006. The same year I quit my day job and stopped the ‘street art’ and started exploring paint in a different way. In 2008 I started painting in Dimensionalism – which I continue to explore to this day.’
Neate's use of a varied array of materials and skilled juxtaposition of layers often give his figurative pieces a multi-dimensional quality which can change from the viewer's viewpoint. In 2012, art historian Ben Jones wrote: "To get the full multi-dimensional effect, the viewer is asked to activate their own viewing space ...as you move and change vantage point, negative space is held in balance, unleashed, then restrained again. The image resolves itself."
Neate's pieces feature in collections all over the world, most notably in the USA, China and East Asia.
Neate currently lives and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In June 2022 the artist travelled back to Brighton, UK, where he’d spent much of his informative time, to exhibit a selection of original canvases and four Limited Editions, co-published between Adam Neate and Whistleblower Gallery.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
June, 2022
Memories, Whistleblower Gallery, Brighton, UK
May 2022
Dimensional Choque Cultural Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 2022
The Face of Shoreditch (group show) Nelly Duff Gallery, London, UK
March 2022
Adam Neate 2022, 44309 Gallery, Germany
November 2021
Two Worlds, Te Spectacle Group, Hong Kong
November 2021
Mozgas (retrospective) Budapest, Hungary
June 2021
Vanguard (museum Show) Bristol Museum, UK
January 2021
Madalena, Allouche Gallery. New York, USA
August 2020
8ply - The Garage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September 2020
Portrait,- Fluorescentsmogg, London, UK
June 2020
Disconnect - Schoeni Projects, Hong Kong
October 2016
The Photobomb – Elms Lesters, London, UK
March/April 2016
Heroes – Elms Lesters, London, UK
January 2016
Art Stage Singapore 16, Singapore
October 2015
Dimensionalist Painter – Elms Lesters, London, UK
May 2015
Art Beijing 15
January 2015
Art Stage, Singapore
Sep / Oct 2016
Dimensionalism – Elms Lesters, London, UK
April / May 2014
ART Beijing 14
January 2014
Art Stage Singapore 14, Singapore
November/December 2013
History: Neate Portraits 2006 – 2013 – Elms Lesters, London, UK
November 2013
Art Taipei 13, Taiwan
August/September 2013
Dimensional Editions 13 – Elms Lesters, London, UK
April / May 2013
Art Beijing 13
January 2013
Art Stage Singapore 13
November 2012
Art Taipei 12, Taiwan
October 2012
Dimensional Editions & Paintings, Elms Lesters, London, UK
October 2011
Dimensional Paintings, Elms Lesters, London, UK
October 2010
The Flock Series, Elms Lesters, London, UK
October 2009
A New UnderstandingElms Lesters, London, UK
June 2009
Adam Neate Prints, Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong
14th November 2008
The London Show – London, UK
August 2007
Paintings, Pots and Prints, Elms Lesters, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
April 2022
Lucid Dream The Spectacle Group, Hong Kong
March 2022
SP Art, Choque Cultural Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 2021
Talking Heads The Spectacle Group, Hong Kong
March 2021
Group Show - Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris, France
May 2012
Art Hong Kong 12
January 2012
Singapore Art Stages Fair
May 2011
Art Hong Kong 11
January 2011
Singapore Art Stages Fair
August 2010
Summer Group exhibition, Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong
May 2010
Hong Kong Art Fair
May 2009
Visionaries, All Hallows . London, UK
June 2009
Olympia Fine Art Fair – London, UK
October 2009
Natural Selection,Atkinson Gallery, Somerset, UK
October 2008
Small, Medium and Large, Elms Lesters, London, UK
May 2008
The Adam and Ron Show – Elms Lesters, London, UK
July 2006
Hype, Elms Lesters, London, UK
