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Y GRÅ´P CYMREIG THE WELSH GROUP
Allison Neal
 Allison Neal |
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 Mari Lwyd does card tricksGraphite on paper, 76 x 58 cm |
 The Mari Lwyd is ready to helpGraphite on paper, 76 x 58 cm |
 The magpie brings Mari Lwyd the messageGraphite, acrylic on wood panel, 76 x 122 cm |
 Footpath series - 5Graphite, acrylic on canvas mounted on wood panel, 20 x 20 cm |
 Footpath series - 3Graphite, acrylic on canvas mounted on wood panel, 15 x 15 cm |
 Footpath series - 8Graphite, acrylic on canvas mounted on wood panel, 15 x 15 cm |
Allison seems to have spent most of her life in art schools, either as a student or a tutor. She has a BA in Fine Art from Wolverhampton University, An MA in printmaking at Camberwell and a PHD on contemporary drawing practice at the University of Gloucester.
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She has taught painting and printmaking at all levels, finally as Course Leader for the BA in Fine Art at Hereford College of art.
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She has been exploring ideas around the Mari Lwyd for some time and most recently has become fascinated by the connection between the Welsh landscape and the stories that make up the Mabinogian. These stories, however fantastical, all take place in the real landscape of Wales. The small paintings have developed out of a series of walks that Allison is making in Wales.
Born: Sussex, England.
Lives: Abergavenny, Wales.
Selected exhibitions:
2025: Spring Exhibition - Cardiff Made
2024: Royal Cambrian Academy Annual open exhibition – Conwy
2023: Winter Exhibition 2023 - Cardiff Made
2023: Royal Cambrian Academy Annual open exhibition, Conwy
2023: Pentecost - group exhibition, Kingsland
2022: Hibernators - group exhibition The Art Shop Abergavenny
2022: Royal Cambrian Academy Annual open exhibition, Conwy
2022: The Key to all Mythologies solo exhibition Repton School
2021: Track & Trace - group exhibition The Art Shop, Abergavenny
2021: Royal Cambrian Academy Annual open exhibition, Conwy
2020: Into the Meadows - group exhibition Apple Store Gallery, Hereford
2019: Mari Lwyd - Chepstow Museum and Art Gallery
2019: Shetland Drawing Book - 2. Apple Store Gallery, Hereford
2018: Shetland Drawing Book. The Apple Store Gallery, Hereford
2017: 40 Days - Discoed.
2015: PhD exhibition – Hardwick Centre of Art & Photography, University of Gloucester
2013: The Last Supper - Discoed
2012: Derwent Drawing Prize Exhibition. Mall Galleries
2012: The Stations of the Cross - Discoed
2011: h. Arts Selected Exhibition - Hereford Kia Steele h. Arts Prize
2009: Paintings & Prints Oriel Barker Gallery, Pontypool
2009: Royal West of England Annual Exhibition
2008: Royal West of England Annual Exhibition
2008: Colours You Can’t Imagine St David’s Hall, Cardiff
2008: Showborough House Spring Exhibition
2007: Telling Stories solo exhibition Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff
2006: Royal West of England Annual Exhibition
2006: Birmingham Soc. Of Artists Open Print Show, Tanner Prize
2006: Spring Show Galanthus Gallery, Herefordshire
2005: Art in Action, Oxford
2005: Group Exhibition - The Gallery Upstairs, Abergavenny
2004: The Thin Line – group exhibition Oriel Barker, Pontypool
2004: New Work - solo exhibition - The Rodd, Presteigne
2004: New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2004: Beyond the Borders - Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Cardiff
2004: New Works on Paper - Burt’s Gallery, London
2004: Originals - Contemporary Print Exhibition - Mall Galleries, London
2004: Hot off the Press - Curwen Gallery, London
2004: Encore - Royal West of England Academy Exhibition
2003: The Midland Grand Christmas Show, London
2003: Royal West of England Annual Exhibition
2003: Hill Court Gallery Summer Show, Abergavenny
2003: National Print Exhibition - Mall Galleries:
Fabriano Mill Paper Prize
Artichoke Print Workshop Award
Galleries Magazine Prize