Photo credit: Ros Kavanagh
Neva Elliott is an artist and writer based in Dublin with an MA from Central Saint Martin’s, London. She has exhibited throughout Ireland and internationally, including at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, the VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow and the National Galleries of Ireland and South Africa. After a decade as CEO of Crash Ensemble, Ireland’s leading contemporary music group, Elliott returned to her art practice full-time in 2021.
Highlights from 2023 include her solo exhibition, How to create a fallstreak, at the Linenhall Arts Centre, being an invited artist at the 193rd RHA Annual Exhibition and showing at VISUAL’s ARTWORKS 2023 Remembering The Future, where she secured an award for ‘outstanding work’. In 2024, she was Artlink Fort Dunree’s 2024 artist-in-residence and had a solo exhibition at Pallas Projects/Studios Dublin as part of their Artist Initiated Projects series.
Her writing has been commissioned by Highlanes Gallery, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, The Luan Gallery, the South Tipperary Art Centre, VISUAL Carlow, RTÉ Culture Online and published by Banshee, Unapologetic Magazine, Visual Artists Newsheet, and Source Photographic Review, earning runner-up in their New Writing Prize for 2023.
Looking ahead, her work will feature in Out of the Strong, Came Forth Sweetness, an exhibition by Gay Health Network, curated by Brian Teeling and Aisling Clark, and a two-person show at The Courthouse Gallery in 2025.
Elliott is an Irish Hospice Foundation signature artist. She is supported by The Arts Council.
Current and Upcoming
Exhibitions
- 28 November 2025- 25 January 2026: Two-person show with Ciara O’Connor, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
- 28 May – 5 July 2026: Solo, The Customhouse Gallery, Westport, Co Mayo.
Other
- Irish Hospice Foundation signature artist
Writing and publications
Recent
Solo exhibitions
2024: Notes on Being Human, PALLAS Projects/Studios, Dublin.
2023: How to create a fallstreak, The Linenhall Arts Centre.
2022: Rua Red café, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght
Group Exhibitions
- Out of the Strong, Came Forth Sweetness, Gay Health Network, curated by Brian Teeling and Aisling Clark, 2025
- Ballinglen Arts Foundation Biennial, 2023-24
- Artworks 2023 Remembering the Future, VISUAL, Carlow.
- RHA Annual Exhibition 2023, Invited Artist.
- National College of Art and Design Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging Graduate Show, 2023
- The permanence of change, 126 Gallery, 2022
Residency
- Artlink Fort Dunree 2024 artist-in-residence.
Performances
- Crashed, Spoken word performance with Crash Ensemble at the National Concert Hall, 2022.
Awards
- Bursary, Carlow County Counci, 2025.
- Arts Council Agility Award, 2024.
- ARTWORKS Award for Outstanding work, Visual Carlow, 2023.
- Source Photographic Review, New Writing Prize, Runner up, 2023.
- Arts Council Agility Award, 2023.
- Bursary, Carlow County Counci, 2023.
- Irish Hospice Foundation signature Artist, 2022.
- Irish Hospice Foundation Seeds Award, 2021.
- Arts Council Agility Award, 2021.
Commissions
- Creative narrative for spoken word commissioned by Crash Ensemble with Arts Council support, 2022.
- The Dock Arts Centre Winter Commission, 2020.
Writing and publications
- Column: Notes on being human. Jan/Feb 25 Visual Artists Newssheet.
- Source Photographic Review, Spring 2025
- Review: Debbie Godsell, ‘Flail’, Source Arts Centre. Nov/Dec 24 Visual Artists Newssheet.
- Exhibition text: Olivia O’Dwyer and Feral Styles, South Tipperary Arts Centre, 2024
- Catalogue essay: Niamh McGuinne, Highlanes Gallery, 2024
- Speak your griefs softly, Unapologetic Magazine, Issue 3, Spring 24
- Review: Olivia O’Dwyer, ‘Homebird’ March/April 24 Visual Artists Newssheet.
- Exhibition text: Olivia O’Dwyer, ‘Homebird’ at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, 2024.
- Review: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at Kerlin Gallery, Source Photographic Review, Spring 2024
- HOLD ON, Source Photographic Review, December 2023
- Jornada del Muerto, VISUAL Carlow commission, VISUAL art and ideas online.
- Catalogue essay: Niamh McGuinne, Highlanes Gallery, 2023.
- Column: ‘Saying Hard Things’, May/June 23 Visual Artists Newssheet.
- ‘ of the spaces you left’ Horizon Magazine. Issue 6/ May 23.
- Column: How to Create a Fallstreak. Neva Elliott discusses her recent solo exhibition at Linenhall Arts Centre. Visual Artists Ireland newssheet, March/April 2023.
- Catalogue essay: ‘The Trash Heap has Spoken’, The Midden Collective, the Luan Gallery, 2022.
Talks
- Artist Talk: Donegal Visual Artists Network, 2024
- Visiting lecturer: Fine Art, NCAD, 2024
- Culture Night tours ‘Notes on Being Human’, PALLAS P/S, 2024
- Interview: Olivia O’Dwyer, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, 2024
- Visiting lecturer: Photography BA/MFA/PhD, Ulster University, 2023
- Interview: Niamh McGuinne, Highlanes Gallery, 2023
- Irish Hospice Foundation Creative Engagement Roundtable, 2023.
- How to Apply for Funding, Quiet Lights Festival, 2022
- Artist talk: The Midden Collective, Luan Gallery, 2022
- How to Apply for funding, Luan Gallery, 2022
Full CV available on request from info@nevaelliott.com