•Galleria Miomao, Perugia, Italy. "Teddy Bear Style: The Art of Neil Swaab & Mr. Wiggles". Solo show. July 2010.
•Dabora Gallery, NY. "Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles Vol.2". Solo show. September 2005.
•Local 138, NY. "Skull Show". Group show. October 2004.
•Human Rights Festival, Mantova, Italy. Group show. June 2004.
•RKL Gallery, NY. "PG-13". Group show. June 2004.
•Zero To One Studios, Canada. "Thoughtcrimez Art Show: We Will Destroy". Group show. Jan 2004.
•GV-AS, NY. "Tits and Art 3". Group show. September 2003.
•Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, NY. "Comic Art". Group show. April 2003.
•Dabora Gallery, NY. "Mortis Dabora: Tall Tales of Death". Group show. Oct 2002.
•Dabora Gallery, NY. "Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles: Vol.1". Solo show. Sept 2002.
•Movie script, EDDIE FANTASTIC! placed in:
+Nicholl Fellowship - Finalist
+Bluecat - Quarterfinalist
+ASA - Quarterfinalist
+Austin Film Fest. - 2nd Rounder
+Zoetrope - Quarterfinalist
•Juror, Society of Illustrators 51st Annual.
•Inclusion into the following Annuals:
+Society of Illustrators 49th, 48th, 47th, and 46th Annuals.
+American Illustration 2007
+Communication Arts Illustration Annual 46
+Print Magazine's Regional Design Annual 2004
•Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles included in The Comics Journal's Best Comics of 2005 Issue.
•Featured in Print Magazine's New Visual Artist Review 2003.
•Guest Reader, Writers and Music hosted by Liam McEneaney, Ochi's under Comix, NY, 2008.
•Featured Guest/Speaker, Internazionale Festival, Ferrara, Italy, 2008.
•Guest Reader, Smyles and Fish Pocket Edition Launch Party, The Strand, 2006.
•Guest Reader, The Strip Show, Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction, 2006.
•Guest Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, 2006.
•Guest Reader, Angels on the Bowery: A Reading With Neil Gaiman, Kyle Baker, Fly, John Homlstrom, And Neil Swaab, CB's 313 Gallery, 2005.
•Interviewee, Happy Ending Reading Series: Suicide Girls Night, Happy Ending, 2005.
•Panelist, Film in the City, Virgin Megastore, NY, 2005.
•Guest Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, 2004.
•Guest Lecturer, Syracuse University, November 2003.
Bio
Neil Swaab is a freelance illustrator, art director, cartoonist, animator, writer, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. As an illustrator, Neil's work has graced the covers and interiors of magazines, CD's, newspapers, and books for clients throughout the world including The NY Times, The Utne Reader, The Village Voice, and Simon & Schuster. As an art director, Neil worked for years at HarperCollins Publishers where he oversaw the design of many bestselling children's books and young adult novels for Laura Geringer Books and Joanna Cotler Books and continues to freelance art direct for them and other book clients on a regular basis. As a cartoonist, his weekly alternative comic strip, Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles, has been published in newspapers in over six countries, has been collected into books in America, Russia, and Italy, and is currently under option by Aboriginal Entertainment where it is being shopped around as an animated TV show. As an animator, Neil served as a character layout artist on the shows, Superjail! for Adult Swim and Ugly Americans for Comedy Central where he created and drew many characters and key frame poses for the first season and pilot respectively. Additionally, as a writer, Neil's first screenplay, Eddie Fantastic!, was a finalist for the prestigious Nicholl Fellowhsip and he's currently hard at work on its follow-up. Finally, Neil is an adjunct professor at Parsons The New School For Design, where he teaches in the illustration program. Neil's work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators, Print Magazine, Communication Arts, and American Illustration.
Photo © Cat Cutillo 2007