Born in Guyana in 1983 Neil Fortune lives and works in Amsterdam. Fortune started his former studies at Nola Hatterman Art Academy in Suriname. There he was trained as a painter before moving to Amsterdam to study Fine Arts at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Currently a part time sculpture instructor at Gerrit Rietveld Academy. In recent years Fortune has been the subject of groups and solo exhibitions at institutions such as M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, (Belgium), TENT Rotterdam (The Netherland), The annual Summer Show at kunstMuseum Den Haag (Netherlands), In 2017 his works were nominated winners at the annual Summer Show hosted at Nieuw Dakota and Francis Boeske Project (Netherlands). Galerie 23 hosted his first and second solo exhibitions in 2013-2016. Fortune’s latest solo exhibition, Distorted Reality, was exhibited in the Polar Room at W139 in Amsterdam. While his first international group and solo exhibition Colorful Ribs and Guts of Adam opened at Gray Contemporary, Houston Texas (US), and at Dedee shattuk Gallery in Westport Massachusetts US. Fortune is currently creating new project for upcoming exhibition in the Netherlands for 2023.
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Gerrit Rietveld Academy B.A Fine Art, Amsterdam
Nola Hatterman Art Academy Paramaribo – (Graduated Cum laude)
Sculpture instructor at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam
Invited as a guest instructor at ArtEZ University of the Art, Zwolle, NL
Winner of the Summer Show, Nieuw Dakota + Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam
Bilbao, Mongo, Venice, New York, London Barcelona, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Koln, Rome, Paramaribo,Bangkok, Oslo, Lanzarote, Athens,
Liminality, Summer residency at PARK Tilburg.
TRACES OF A CONVERSATION, Residency at PLANB, Amsterdam (NOORD)
Colorful Ribs and Guts of Adam, Gray Contemporary Houston Texas (USA)
Distorted Reality W139 polar room, Amsterdam
Friction in The Space Between Gallery 23, Amsterdam
What is on the other side of the moon? Gallery 23, Amsterdam
ONGEKEND ZEEDIJK currently on view in the etalage at Zeedijk, Amsterdam
1e Edition Summer exhibition at Grove Collective London, UK
ART ROTTERDAM with Josilda da Conceicao Gallery Amsterdam
Soft Art, 1/18 October 2020 SBK KNSM /Loods 6 Amsterdam
Matter, Gray Contemporary in Houston, TX, US
The Personal is Political, Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam
Dutch Colorist, Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport Massachusetts (USA)
How One Thing Leads to Another, Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam
Moengo Festival Triennial Tembe fu libi #2, Suriname, Exhibition was supported by Mondriaan Fonds, NL
Depth over Distance, VOX-POP Creative space of UVA, Amsterdam
The sky is no man’s land, at Adyen (new office building) Amsterdam
On Material Space project, Amsterdam
Textile Contemporary Manifactogaller, Amsterdam
A World Away winners edition Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam
30-Jaar CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam
Open Ateliers Nieuw market VOX-POP, Amsterdam
Summer Show Nieuw Dakota + Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam
Zuiver Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
Summershow Nieuw Dakota + Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam
Summershow Nieuw Dakota + Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam
Tekening op Tafel buiksloter kerk, Amsterdam
Light summer expo Gemeente Museum, Den Haag
AMFAD Amsterdam fashion, art & design, Amsterdam
Remy Jungerman and Friends, Studio Remy Jungerman, Amsterdam
Gallery artist-guest C&H art space, Amsterdam
Local Hero, CBK ZUID OOST, Amsterdam
Carr-Fortune-Holst VS. Hercules and the TETO PROJECT, Amsterdam
Hell and High water at Zeemanshuis, Amsterdam
Storage Space No.1, 2,3,4 at Heesterveld, Amsterdam
Graduation exhibition Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Lonely at the top: Parallel Doors of Perception, M HKA Antwerp
Paramaribo Perspectives at TENT, Rotterdam
Modernity and Aesthetics of the New Black Atlantic’, Smart Project Space Amsterdam
Exhibition ‘OK’ at Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam https://vimeo.com/8369904
Roots of migration at Museum Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo
Private collector – collection in NL, USA, SR
Wereldmakers, Bijlmer park theater en CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam
Sculpture in public space, HAVO klas 3 OSB Bijlmer, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam
Wall painting, Heesterveld Creative Community, Amsterdam
Curated: “The Window Show”, Heesterveld Creative Community, Amsterdam
MISTER MOTLEY
Textil Plus
De grote Amsterdamse kalender
I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING UNTIL I FEEL THE NEED, Jaarloze kalender, Amsterdam
MISTER MOTLEY, Nr 32 p. 182 – 186
Interview NRC Handelsblad (Een nieuwe generatie Surinaamse kunstenaars)
Conversation on Paramaribo Perspectives TENT, Rotterdam
Paramaribo SPANG (Hedendaagse beeldende kunst in Suriname )