Neil Hamon
 
 
 
James Newman, German Infantry Man, 1917 Steve Franklin, Soviet Naval Infantry, 1944 Joost Van Dyke & Sean VatcherHrvastko, Vijece Orbane (Croatian Defense Council), 1992 - 95 Jame McCarroll, John McClaren, Chris & Denise Chance, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards & U.S., Persian Gulf, 1991  
John Walker - Company B, 9TH Kentucky Infantry, 1863, 2002-2004 Albert Springer, Unteroffizer, 1941 - 1944 Christian Towers. Germany Infantry. 1917, 2002 - 2004 Graham Humprey, Field Police Officer, Gross Deutschland, Romania, May 1944  
Lure (Gus Corani, Company B, 9th Kentucky Infantry, 1863), 2002 - 03 Nymph (Ben Roberts, C Companie, 5th Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam, 1968), 2004 SPAM (Anthony Fornella and Andrew Killik, 29th Infantry Division, 116th Regiment, 6th Engineers Special Brigate, U.S.), 2005 Fish Head (James White, Schutze Gross Deutschland, Romania, May 1944), 2004  
The City Lights Shine Brigtly in their Eyes, 2005 Fly Catcher I, 2006 Fly Catcher II, 2006 Dark was the Night / Cold was the Ground, 2006  
Randsburg, 2006 Suicide Self-Portrait - Hanging, 2006 Suicide Self-Portrait - Overdose, 2006 Suicide Self-Portrait – Slashed Wrists, 2008  
Fly II, 2008 SpoiltSpill, 2007 Priest, 2008 Lost Liberty - (Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning), 2008  
My Heart Struck Sweet Sorrow - exhibition view My Heart Struck Sweet Sorrow - exhibition view Argus, 2009 Argus, 2009 (detail)  
Resurrection, 2009 Resurrection, 2009 (detail) Resurrection, 2009 (detail) Resurrection, 2009 (detail)  
Keep your Lamplight Trimmed and Burning, 2009 Been Drinkin' Water out of a Hollow Log, 2009 Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground, 2009 My Heart Struck Sweet Sorrow, 2009  
Guiding Light, 2009 Guiding Light, 2009  (detail) Guiding Light, 2009  (detail) Invasion, 2008 (stills)  
Let Your Heart Catch on Fire, 2009 Kicked the Bucket, 2009
 
 
Neil Hamon
Born in Jersey, Channel Islands, 1975. Lives and works in London, UK

Education
2001 - 2002
MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK

2000 - 2001
Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK

1995 - 1998
Honours BA Fine Art (Sculpture), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK

Selected Exhibitions
2010
Everything is Real: After Life..., Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India
The Library of Babel, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London UK

2009
V-Effekt / In and Out of Place - Moving Image Works from the Zabludowicz Collection London, Anna-Catharina Gebbers Bibliothekswohnung, Berlin, Germany
Pete and Repeat, Project Space 176, London, UK
New London School, Galerie Schuster, Berlin. Germany
My Heart Struck Sweet Sorrow, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2008
Portrait 2, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
Replications, Belfast  Exposed Photography, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Future can Wait, The Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
L’Après Moderne, Project Midi, Brussels, Belgium
Three by Three, organised by Yinka Shonibare,1 Andrews Road, London, UK
Tonight forget about your houses and cars, Union Gallery, London, UK
Neil Hamon – PhotoEspana08, Galeria Fucares, Madrid, Spain
Lucifer’s Greatest Work of Art, Fred [Leipzig], Germany
Still Cinema, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Latitude – emerging artists London, Minneapolis, New York City, traveling group show, NYCAMS, New York, USA
Gothic, Fieldgate Gallery, London, UK

2007
European Triennale of Small-Scale Sculpture, Gallery Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
SIX FEET UNDER, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
When We Build Let Us Think That We Build Forever - An Exhibition of the Zabludowicz Collection,
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
The 52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Citadel 1. Front Room / Kiling Room, David Risley Galley, London, UK
Latitude – emerging artists London, Minneapolis, New York City, traveling group show, Fieldgate Gallery, London, UK
BEHEMOTH, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London, UK

2006
SIX FEET UNDER, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Germany
Neil Hamon, Blanca Soto Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Davidson Contemporary Inaugural Show, New York, USA
Right On - Write Off, Chapman Fine Arts, London, UK
8 X 8 X 8 – LON / MSP / NYC, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, USA
Neil Hamon, Fernanda Chieco, Benji Whalen, Renato Dib, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2005
Larry's Cocktails, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
Portrait, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2004
Guy Allot, Neil Hamon, Claire Pestaille, London, UK
The Great Unsigned, Zoo Art Fair, Regents Park, London, UK
Cinderella, Tower Bridge Business Complex, Bermondsey, London, UK
Platform for Art, Ealing Broadway Station, London, UK
Trackers, Pitzhanger Manor House, London, UK
After Life, curated by Simon Morrissey, Bowes Museum, County Durham, UK

2003
Souvenir, Transition Gallery, London, UK
Godzilla, Trailer, 2-10 Hartford Road, London, UK
Home Sweet Home , National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Neil Hamon / David Van Royan, McNamara Gallery, New Zealand
Mostyn 13, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales, UK
Chockafuckinblocked, Jeffery Charles Gallery, London, UK

2002
The Way to Happiness, VTO Gallery, London, UK
Goldsmiths MA Show, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Guns and Roses, in association with Trailer, 86 Brick Lane, London, UK
Lend us a Million, Trailer, 4 Dingley Place, London, UK

Awards
2003
BOC Emerging Artist, Finalist Award

2002
Woo Foundation Bursary Award

Bibliography
2006
Baker, Steve. "Nanoq: flat out and bluesome", Black Dog Publishing, ISBN 1-904772390
Starace, Alex. "8X8X8", Twin Cities Daily Planet, May

2005
Coomer, Martin. "Larry's Cocktails", Timeout No. 1828, August

2004
Morrissey, Simon. "Trackers", PM Gallery  House, ISBN 0-9538583-5-9
Morrissey, Simon. "After Life", The Bowes Museum, ISBN 0-9502375-7-4
Ogden, Rachael. "Dealing With the End", Newcastle Metro
Louisa, Buck. "Frieze...", The Art Newspaper, No 152, Nov
Clarkin, Andrew & Pittuck, Simon. "Trackers", a-n Magazine, July
Sumpter, Helen. "Trackers", Timeout, June 16-23,
Waller, Rosie. "Dead Matters", North East Exclusive, March
Whetstone, David. "Exploring the Undying Fascination", The Journal, Feb
Roberts, David. "Museum Defends Death Display", The Northern Eco, Feb
Roberts, David. "Art and the Power to Shock", The Norther Eco, Feb

2001
Baker, Steve. "Animal Rights and Wrongs", Tate Magazine, no. 26 , P44