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1988-89 Foundation Course Croydon College of Art and Design, London
1989-1993 BA Hons Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
2006-2008 MFA at Goldsmiths College, London
Neil Hedger is a contemporary British artist known for his figurative sculptures. Featuring fractured bodies and often comical imagery he recontextualises the tradition of figurative sculpture. Referencing compositions from Old Masters and the ancient Greek fragments that inspired them, he blends their imagery and techniques with aesthetics that echo Willem de Kooning, Rodin and Cartoon Network.
He was selected for The New Contemporaries 2008, then awarded the Matt Roberts Salon award 2009 and selected by Nigel Cooke for ArtReview Future Greats 2011. He was awarded membership to Royal Society of Sculptors 2019.
He is married with three children, and lives and works in London.
Solo shows include:
2014 DEVORABIT, HIX ART London;
2012 Scary Monsters, Alma Enterprises, London;
2009 A Day at The Races, Alma Enterprises, London;
2009 Time is a Sausage (solo), DOMOBAAL, London
Group exhibitions include:
The Royal Society of Sculptors 2021 Summer Show curated by Sigrid Kirk
Exhibiting artists: Madi Acharya-Baskerville, Simon Allison, Nicola Anthony, Helen Barff, Lucy Barlow, Mark Beattie, Maurice Blik, Lise Bouissière, Clare Burnett, John Clark, David Cooper, Dido Crosby, Lynn Dennison, Chris Dunseath, Emma Elliott, Nicole Farhi, Jill Gibson, Cheryl Gould, Camilla Hanney, Alexandra Harley, Neil Hedger, Joseph Hillier, Steve Hines, Linda Hubbard, Dilys Jackson, Andrew Kearney, Clare Kenny, Millie Laing-Tate, Sandra Lane, Hywel Livingstone, Briony Marshall, Melissa Murray, Christy Symington, Almuth Tebbenhoff, Sarah Villeneau, Sheila Vollmer, Poppy Whatmore, Emma Woffenden.
https://sculptors.org.uk/awards/summer-show/past-exhibitions/summer-show-2021
Proud Places project alongside the Heritage of London Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogbg7Wmuf4&t=1s
Saatchi Art Spring Fever 2014 curated by Rebecca Wilson, At Hyatt Churchill, London https://www.facebook.com/saatchionline/photos/a.10152329364253447.1073741834.143517328446/10152329464728447/
2011: Art Verona, Italy;
2010: She awoke with a Jerk: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.
Curated by Nigel Cooke- George Condo, Nigel Cooke, Armen Eloyan, George Grosz, Neil Hedger, Paul Housley, R.B. Kitaj, Ansel Krut, Sean Landers, René Magritte, Manuel Ocampo, Pablo Picasso; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.http://m.andrearosengallery.com/exhibitions/she-awoke-with-a-jerk_2010-05-08
Vicissitude, Kabin Art Collection, London;
Il alla a lai de l'ail, Crimes Town, London;
2009: Throw ‘em out, they break my heart, curated by Jonathon Houlding, SE8 Gallery, London; http://se8gallery.org/projects/cabinet-series/cabinets-5
Time is a sausage (group show), DOMOBAAL, London;
Salon09, Matt Roberts, London;
Modern Times, Vegas, London;
2008: Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, Liverpool & London
Film credits from 2000 onwards include:
Tombraider,
Phantom of the Opera,
Troy,
The Golden Compass,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
The DaVinci Code,
Beauty and the Beast,
Wonder Woman,
The Justice League,
Fantastic Beasts and where to find Them,
Mary Poppins,
The Kid Who Would Be King,
The Nutcracker
Avenue 5
Morbius,
The Great,
The Crown season 5
The Nevers 1 & 2
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