ABOUT
Tom Neill is a California-based artist and designer whose multidisciplinary practice moves fluidly across mediums. He uses absurdity and distortion to reframe everyday environments—exploring connection, disconnection, and the role of technology in shaping both. Blending material experimentation with conceptual play, his work challenges the boundaries between art and design to imagine new ways of seeing and relating to the world.
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EDUCATION
● University of California,Davis: College of Letters and Science, Davis, CA Double Major: Art Studio and Design, specializing in painting and drawing, June 2025
● University of California,Santa Cruz: Global Learning Program, Czech Republic/Germany Art and Globalization (immersive studio art program), July August 2023
● Maryland Institute College of Art: Baltimore, MD. Figure drawing program, Summer 2020
● School of Motion,After Effects Kickstart Program: Virtual Online design and animation training with focus on Adobe After Effects. Summer 2024
EXPERIENCE
● DRC Creative Agency: Davis, CA • Creative Director of music and event production agency •Role involves design, art, and overall creative direction • 2022-present
● Delusional Ambition Clothing: Davis, CA • Co-founder and lead designer for clothing company •2024-present
● Open Walls Art Collective: Davis, CA • Founder of artist collective utilizing different physical and online spaces to platform local and emerging artists • 2024-present
● Amplifire Strategies: Washington, DC • Summer intern/Assistant to Creative Director, produced short animations for media campaigns • Summer 2024
● Sitar Arts Center: Washington, DC • Participated in Mural Arts Program • Painted community focused mural with team of artists from across the city • Summer 2019
AWARDS
●Crocker Art Museum:Friedman Art Award: Won student art contest for “Burnt”, Sacramento, CA Nov. 2022
●GALEX56 National Juried Exhibition: accepted into exhibition for “Environment,” Galesburg, IL. Feb 2023
●Sitar Arts Center,”RED”:Won award for student art competition, theme: Red July 2019
EXHIBITIONS
● EMERGING ARTIST SHOW:PENCE GALLERY AND OPEN WALLS ART COLLECTIVE. DAVIS CALIFORNIA, 2025
● Childish Dream: UC Davis Basement Gallery.Student run gallery show at the University of California, Davis. Accepted for “Can’t”, February 7-9th 2023.
● In the Abstract: San Fernando Arts and Culture Center,Online juried art exhibit, In the Abstract: accepted for “Can’t”, February-March, 2023
● GALEX56 National Juried Exhibition: Accepted into exhibition for “Environment”, Galesburg,IL February 2023
BIBLIOGRAPHY
● Davis Dirt:“Meet the Artist: Tom Neill: Exaggerating The World”, Febuary 28,2024. https://thedirt.online/artist-tom-neill/
● UC Santa Barbara Spectrum Literary Journal:Published piece in “Spectrum, Volume 66”, 2023