Neil Groom
Artist
Neil Groom’s mixed-media practice blurs boundaries and inhabits liminal spaces—zones of transition and ambiguity—where abstraction meets representation and tradition merges with experimentation. Through layered surfaces and hybrid technologies, Groom explores themes of identity, memory, and transformation, inviting viewers to engage with the generative possibilities found at the edges of artistic and personal experience.
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 – Bloodlines: Mapping Inheritance, Downstairs at The Department Store, Brixton, London
1992 – New Paintings, Rita Webster Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Selected Exhibitions:
2024 – Let’s Talk About Intuition, Pictorem Gallery, London
2023 – There are no things, only relationships, Terrace Gallery, London
2022 – Give or Take, Centre for Recent Drawing, Islington, London
2022 – Group Show, Milton Gallery, St Paul’s School, London
2016 – Indelible, Camden Image Gallery, London
2015 – re:Defining Beauty, Leyden Gallery, London
2014 – Nude for Thought, Nolias Gallery, London
2009 – Teachers Show, Milton Gallery, St. Paul’s School, London
1998 – Second Eye Opening, One Eye Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1990 – On Task: Eight Artists, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Awards:
- Telecom National Art Awards: Finalist, Taranaki Region, New Zealand, 1994
- Wallace Trust National Art Awards: Finalist, Auckland, New Zealand, 1993
- Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award: Local Artist Prize, Whakatane, New Zealand, 1992
- Edgar Lonsdale Junior Prize in Drawing, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1986
Education:
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1990 Diploma in Teaching, Christchurch College of Education, Canterbury, New Zealand