Meridith
McNeal

Meridith McNeal is a Brooklyn-based artist.  She has been a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in the spring of 2008, in the spring of 2009, in summer 2010, spring of 2013, summer 2014 and in the spring 2017.   Her work is represented by Figureworks Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.

Meridith’s recent solo exhibitions include Portrait of My Mother at Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn; Grand Windows at 705 Driggs in Brooklyn, Inside/Outside Windowphilia, Figureworks, Brooklyn, NY; The View from Here at FiveMyles Gallery in Brooklyn, NY and In Reflection, Torre Truglia, Sperlonga, Italy.  Also in 2017 Meridith represented Sperlonga Italy in the renown Fabriano Paper Festival. 

In 2019 Meridith was recognized with Artists of the Year by the Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France.  Her work was cited for top merit in 2019 Contemporary Art Survey at Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO and she received the jury top merit award for her work included in Loss, Redemption and Grace, EBD4, Chamblee, GA.  In 2017 she was a finalist in painting for Arte Laguna Prize International Art Award.  She is included in You Are Here/NYC: Mapping the Soul of the City, Katharine Harmon, Princeton Architectural Press, 2016; Map As Art, The: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, Katharine Harmon, published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. 

Meridith has curated over 90 exhibitions and is on the artist advisory board of Kentler International Drawing Space and has served on the Artist Committee of Coney Island Museum; and the Curatorial Committee of the Brooklyn Public Library.Her recent curatorial efforts include Transformers, St. Joseph’s College Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,  In Our Nature, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; and Natural Causes, 107 Bowers Gallery & Art Space, Jersey City, NJ.