Mark Neville

Neville lives and works in London. He studied Fine Arts at Reading University, Berkshire (B.A.), Goldsmiths' College in London (M.A.) and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[5] As an artist he is known for working at the interface of art and documentary utilizing photography and films to capture the unique face of working communities.

Neville is best known for his Port Glasgow Book Project,[1] after he spent a year as artist in residence in Port Glasgow in 2004 portraying the town's hardship of Scotland's post-industrial decline in a photographic book which was distributed as a free gift to all members of the community. He has worked on commissioned projects by The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh (Braddock/Sewickley, 2012)[6] and Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute (Fancy Pictures, 2008). His work Deeds Not Words,[7] which addresses the Corby community involved in the toxic waste disposal court case,[8] exhibited in 2013 at The Photographers' Gallery in London.[9][10][11] Neville created a body of work based on a three-month residency with the British Army in the Afghan province of Helmand as the UK's official war artist in 2011.[12][13] Part of The Helmand Work showed at London's Imperial War Museum's Contemporary Art Gallery during its relaunch in Summer 2014.[14][15]

• 2018: Shortlisted, Daiwa Foundation Art Prize along with Kate Groobey and Keith Milow[16]
• 2019: Nominated, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020, London for his exhibition The Blue Skies Project at Fitzrovia Chapel, London. The other nominations were Clare Strand, Mohamed Bourouissa and Anton Kusters.[17][18]

• Port Glasgow. Self-published, 2004. Edition of 8000 copies.
• Deeds Not words. 2011. Edition of 500 copies.
• London/Pittsburgh. London: Alan Cristea Gallery, 2014. ISBN 978-0957508576.
• Battle Against Stigma. 2015. Two volumes, one volume has photographs by Neville and text by Neville and Jamie Hacker Hughes, the other volume contains written testimonies from various soldiers.
• Child's Play. 2017.
• Fancy Pictures. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2016. ISBN 978-3-86930-908-8. Includes work from six of Neville's projects. With an interview between David Campany and Neville, "Fancy Pictures".

• Moira, Jeffrey (4 May 2006). "Throwing himself into it Three odd films by one artist are as funny as they are sad, finds Moira Jeffrey". The Herald (Glasgow). Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
• Moira, Jeffrey (1 June 2008). "Land of Confusion The new show at Mount Stuart has invited the locals in, but what does it leave them with, asks Moira Jeffrey". Scotland on Sunday. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
• Bannerman, Lucy (29 November 2004). "Artist's photos put real people of Clydeside back in the frame; Unique project documents town for future generation". The Herald (Glasgow). Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
• "Art and politics - can photos of Corby change public policy?". Channel 4. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
• Barron, Joanne (20 April 2012). "Photog from U.K. here to document steel heritage". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
• MacDonald, Kerri (1 March 2012). "Postcard From a New London". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
• Baker, Stacey (25 June 2012). "Pittsburgh, After the Steel Mills". New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

• Official website