Biography

Neil Degney is a visual artist based in Brisbane (Meanjin), who primarily works with photography. Neil has been an avid photographer since a young age, pursuing formal studies at Griffith University’s Queensland Camera Arts (QCA) and graduating in 1982. In addition to exhibiting as an artist, he has worked as a professional photographer and is a skilled master of photographic printing. The subject matter of his photographs is diverse, ranging from everyday life to the grand and exceptional. He has received multiple grants, and his work is proudly showcased in several private collections. He has also self-published several books of his work. Neil has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally, and continues to find inspiration in the world around him, always seeking out the extraordinary in the mundane.

Exhibitions

Selected Individual Exhibitions 2026 BLOOM, Redlands Art Gallery, Cleveland. 2020 YOU ARE HERE (plus) The Condensery, Somerset Regional Gallery, Toogoolawah 2017 YOU ARE HERE Maud Street Photo Gallery, Brisbane 2013 IN UNCHARTERED PLACES Qld. Centre for Photography, Brisbane 2010 CHRONOKINESIS Qld. Centre for Photography, Brisbane 2004 THE BEAT GOES ON Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane 2003 RESTORATION Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane 1994 PLAGIO POP ORRORE Pictilia Gallery, Pisa, Italy Selected Group Exhibitions 2022 Pola | Pola (Polaroid Exhibition) A Reminiscence of the transient and the original Oberfett Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 2021 Why Landscape? Glen Rock Gallery, Esk 2010 STREET SALON Geelong Arts Alliance, Geelong 2006 DOUBLE TAKE Museum of Brisbane 2005 PHOTOGRAPHIC SKIN Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane