Hubert Neal

I grew up in the city of Chicago to parents from Belize, Central America. From as far back as I can remember, my favorite activities were reading and drawing, incessantly. By the age of 9 I knew I was going to be an Artist, but I didn’t know how. As high school was approaching, I knew I could not go to a ‘regular’ school. I needed to be around kids like me, kids who danced, sang, painted, like the FAME school I saw on television.

Thankfully, my mother found The Chicago Academy for the Arts, where I studied Visual Arts, Music, Writing, and Theatre. After winning the first Headmaster’s Award at The Chicago Academy for the Arts at graduation, I went on to The School of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University where I studied Painting, Drawing, Photography, and Graphic Design in the Fine Arts department. By this time I’d decided to start having my own solo exhibitions every semester because I wanted to ensure that I was ready to be a ‘professional.’

For the longest time, I was concerned with being the most technically proficient Artist, but I evolved to realize that Artist’s have power; the power to influence. I decided I could do more, and so I use my Art to address social issues. I have exhibited at home in the U...

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2000
BFA, The School Of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Fine Art

The Chicago Academy for the Arts, Chicago, Illinois, 1995
Diploma, Visual Arts, Theatre, Music, Writing

2020 ‘Artists React to the Pandemic, George Floyd, and the Election’ Patricia Dahlman Gallery

2020 ‘Still Relevant’ Happy Gallery Chicago - Chicago, Illinois

2020 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Show - West Palm Beach, Florida

2019 ‘Activism + Art’ SoLA Contemporary - Los Angeles, California

2019 ‘American Art in Black’ Faulkner Performing Arts Center - Fayetteville, Arkansas

2018 ‘Elevate Group Show’ 21C Gallery - Bentonville, Arkansas

2018 ‘First Thursday’s Group Show’ Art Ventures - Fayetteville, Arkansas

2018 'Drew Gentle & Hubert Neal Jr On The Square' - Bentonville, Arkansas

2018 'Diastopian' at the visual poets society - Bentonville, Arkansas

2017 'GE' at the visual poets society - Bentonville, Arkansas

2017 'Happy Happy Joy Joy' Mural - Bentonville, Arkansas

2015 'black and blue: the police and black america' PP Gallery - Kochi, India

2015 'Artist in Residence' Palette People Art Residency - Vagamon, India

2012 ‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’

- Queens Museum of Art - New York, New York

- El Museo del Barrio - New York, New York

- The Studio Museum of Harlem - New York, New York

2012 'roots' the silver room - Chicago, Illinois

2012 ‘Belize...