Neil Farber
biography
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2010-2011, Forest Code Part TwoMixed media on panel , 30h x 40w in.
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2010-2011, Red TreesMixed media on panels, 60h x 80w in.
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2010-2011, Evening Gown CompetitionMixed media on panels, 24h x 48w in.
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2010-2011, SkytreesMixed media on panels, 60h x 72w in.
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2010-2011, HarmonyMixed media on panels, 60h x 120w in.
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2010-2011, The Republic of ForgivenessMixed media on panels, 60h x 80w in.
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2009, DraykjavikOil on panel, 20h x 20w in.
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2010-2011, A ClearingMixed media on panels, 60h x 80w in.
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2010-2011, MosquitoMixed media on panel, 40h x 30w in.
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2010-2011, Untitled Mixed media on paper, 26h x 33.25w in.
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2010-2011, Halloween Mixed media on panels, 60h x 120w in.
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2010-2011, Heart Head Mixed media on panels, 60h x 80w in.
Neil Farber
Born in 1975
Lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada
Education
| University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, B.F.A (first class honors) |
| 2010 | The Metaphysical Bullet (w/ Michael Dumontier), Galerie Guy Bartsche, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Georgia St. Receiving hospital, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California | |
| Georgia St. Receiving hospital, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California | |
| Homemade Marriage Certificate (w/ Michael Dumontier), Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California | |
| 2005/06 | Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2005 | Edward Thorp Gallery, New York |
| 1999/00 | Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York |
| 1997 | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York |
| 1995 | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York |
| 1993/94 | Cohen Gallery, New York |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012/13
Borrowed Time, Edward Thorp Gallery, NY
2008
Supermarket, Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
Mimesis, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, A.I.R., Omaha, NE
Art Cologne, 41st Int. Art Fair, Selected Artists by Sculptors Guild, NY
2006
Trees of Knowing, Arbons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
In Material, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Spot On, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Archival to Contemporary, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY
2004
Touch and Temperature, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
Greetings from Chelsea, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Take Out, Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Miraculous: Contemporary Evotos Paintings, ChezTGN Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition, Elizabeth Heskin Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2002
From Chelsea with Love, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
2001
Fellowship Artists Exhibition, Commission on the Arts Gallery, Hartford, CT
Never Never Land, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2000
Never Never Land, Florida Atlantic University Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1988
Then and Now and Later, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
100 Years of Sculpture: From the Pedestal to the Pixel, Walker Art Center,Minneapolis, MN
Summer Show, Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York
1997
Early Works in Artist Collections, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
1996
Summer Show, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
1995
Landskap, C/O Gallery, Oslo
Art 26’95, Basel Intl. Art Fair, represented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
1994
Appetittvekkere: Markus Baenziger, Michael Rees and Matthew Weinstein,
organized by Atle Gerhardsen for “Prosject I Gamlebyen”, Oslo
Drawing on Sculpture, Cohen Gallery, New York
1993
A Grand Tour, Swiss Institute, New York
1991
Zurich meets New York, Swiss Institute, New York
1990
Markus Baenziger, Cornelia Blatter, Felix Brunner, Andrea Wolfensberger, Shedhalle, Zurich
1989
Yale at Rutgers, Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick
1987
Moment, Fabrik Goldmatt, Zug, Switzerland
1986
Small Works, Gallery 50W, New York
1983
Kunstscene St. Gallen, Haus zur Volksstimme St. Gall, Switzerland
Installations, Musee Deutsch, Lausanne, Switzerland
Bibliography
2007
Michael Joe Krainak, “Show & Tell, Markus Baenziger”, Omaha City Weekly, April 25, 2007
Helen A. Harrison, “Archival to Contemporary, Markus Baenziger”
2006
The New York Times, March 19, 2006
2004
Patricia Johnson, “Touch and Temperature, Markus Baenziger”, Houston Chronicle, October 12, 2004
2003
Ken Johnson, “Take Out, Markus Baenziger”, The New York Times, July 4, 2003
“Take Out, Markus Baenziger”, The New York Sun, July 3, 2003
“What’s On”, The Art Newspaper, No. 138, July - August 2001
2001
Mary Ann Marger, “It’s a play world, after all”, St. Petersburg Times, September 6, 2001
1997
Kim Levin, “Voice Choices” The Village Voice, September 23, 1997, p. 12.
1996
Jude Schwendenwien, “Markus Baenziger”, Sculpture, May/June 1996, pp. 72-73
Mark Van de Walle, “Markus Baenziger”, Artforum, January 1996, p. 82
1994
Kim Levin, “Voice Choice, Markus Baenziger”, The Village Voice, January 19
Angela Choon, “Openings”, Arts&Antiques, January 1994
Richard Eric Andre, “Markus Baenziger”, Cover, February 1994, p. 12.
Eleanor Heartney, “Markus Baenziger”, Art in America, May 1994
Awards & Grants
| 2007 | Yaddo Artist Residency, NY |
| 2006 | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 2005 | Theodore and Jane Norman Award, Brandeis University |
| 2000 | State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artist Fellowship |
| 2000 | State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artist Fellowship |
| 1998 | Yale University, Rebecca Taylor Porter Award |
| Yale Norfolk Fellowship |
Selected Collections
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Agnes Gund, New York, NY
Teaching
| Current | Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
Visting Artists/Guest Critic
| 2007 | Guest Critic, Rode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| Visiting Artist Lecture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE | |
| Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Nebraska, | |
| College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media, Omaha, NE | |
| 2006 | Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Critiques, Rutgers, State University |
| of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ | |
| Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI | |
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Visiting Artist Lecture, School of Visual Arts, Fine Arts Department, NY, NY |