www.allisonneal.com
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.
She has taught painting and printmaking at all levels, finally as Course Leader for the BA in Fine Art at Hereford College of art.
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 Mabinogion. 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
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.
She has taught painting and printmaking at all levels, finally as Course Leader for the BA in Fine Art at Hereford College of art.
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 Mabinogion. 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
