Meridith McNeal 

Meridith McNeal is a Brooklyn-based artist represented by Figureworks Gallery (Kingston, NY), the Flat Files of Kentler International Drawing Space (Brooklyn, NY), and Embrace Creatives (Detroit, MI).  She has been a frequent Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.  Her work has received numerous awards, most recently Curators Award in All The World’s a Stage, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA, Association Award Winner, Brand 49, Brand Library& Art Center, Glendale, CA; Shortlist Finalist, Visual Art Open 2021 UK & International Emerging Artist Awards; Best of the Net 2021, nomination by The Lumiere Review; Silver Medal, Curators Award, PAPERWORKS 2021, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY; Jurors Top Choice in Arizona Aqueous XXXV at Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ; Meridith was honored as a 2020 Artist of the Year by the Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France.  Meridith regularly exhibits her artwork throughout the US and abroad.  Her extensive solo exhibition Brooklyn Queen: Magical Things e altri dipinti  is on view at laDama de Capestrano, Capestrano, Italy, June 18 – August 13, 2023. 

Meridith is the co-founder and Director of ART YARD BKLYN.