Biography
Doug Neal, a graduate of Western Michigan University,
has been a photographer since 1976. He has exhibited
his work in one-man shows in New York, Chicago, Germany,
as well as his hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Neal
has been the recipient of the 1994 Irving S. Gilmore
Emerging Artists grant and has had his work published
in such diverse magazines as Provocateur, Australia’s
Blue, XY, Genre, Contents, The James White
Review, and Metropolitan Home. And his work is in
the
new edition of Graphis Nudes 3 and Philip
Braham’s
British survey, Exposed. Neal is represented in New
York by the Leslie-Lohman Gallery (127-B Prince Street,
New York, New York, 10012, 212-673-7007 ).
Neal, who spent much of the 90s on the faculty of
the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, uses bleaching,
toning techniques and a soft, impressionist focus
to make his strongly personal and evocative photographs.
He has studied fine-art and commercial photography
with Chris Callis, Greg Gorman, Ernst Hass, Marc
Hauser, Michael Kenna, Jay Maisel, Ken Marcus, Kurt
Markus, Duane Michals, Sarah Moon, Elizabeth Opalenik,
Lilo Raymond, George Tice and Pete Turner. During
his tenure at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Neal’s
work was highly visible in their exhibition guides
and brochures, their annual reports, their monthly
newsletter (Forum) and their press releases. And
during that time, he has received awards and honors
from the Polaroid Corporation, The National Foundation
for the Advancement in the Arts, the Smirnoff Vodka
Recognition Award, Salem’s Emerging Artist
Award, and the grand prize image award for Planned
Parenthood for their 25th Anniversary. Neal lives
in New York and Kalamazoo.
Neal’s work is in the collection of Tracy
Chapman, Lucien Clergue, Greg Gorman, Christopher
Makos, Kurt Markus, Sam Shahid and Bruce Weber.
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