EDUCATION
1970 BA Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
AWARDS / HONORS / RESIDENCIES
2012 & 15 Cill Rialaig Residency, County Kerry, Ireland
2009 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Finalist Painting
2007 Artist Resource Grant Recipient, Berkshire Taconic Community Trust
2001 & 04 Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship Program, County Mayo, Ireland
1991
1986
Edna Saint Vincent Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, Finalist Painting
Massachusetts Artist Foundation Grant, Finalist Painting
1982 Blanche E. Coleman Award, Painting, Boston, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
2015
2014
Water, The Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Gallery, Old Dominion U, Norfolk, VA
Transforming Place, The Brooks School, Andover, MA
Water Stories, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
Water Stories: Conversations in Paint & Sound, Museum of Science, Boston, MA (book)
2012
2010
2005
Counterpoint 111, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME (catalog)
Waterlines, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Going West, Catherine Hammond Gallery, West Cork, Ireland
2005-11 Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue for all 4 shows)
2003 Circuits- New Paintings, Karen Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Seven Landscapes for the Millennium, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
1993 Breathing In Memoriam, Monoprints, New Work/New England Exhibition
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1992-08 Recent Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA (catalogues for 7 shows)
1987 New Work, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
2002
2000
1988-96 Paintings, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Rethink Ink, Mixit Studios Celebrates 25yrs, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
MA Cultural Council Fellows, Shipyard Gallery, Hingham, MA
Large/Small, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, New York
Water, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum , Idaho
Drawing Atlas, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Resonance of Place, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Boston 10, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
Summer Group Show, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, New York
Curator’s Choice. Painting Structure, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Boston 10, Lucano Gallery, Great Barrington MA
The Long View:Selections from the Norma Marin Collection,Museum of Art, UM,Bangor,ME
Leisure, Curated by Sheila Gallagher, North Haven Gallery, N Haven , ME
Points of View: New England Artists in Ireland, New Art Center, Newton,MA
Eire/land McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, MA
2002 Juried Biennial Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Celebrating Contemporary Art in NE:Recent Aquisitions,DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Visual Memoirs:Selected Paintings and Drawings, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
1998
Waltham, MA Curated by Carl Belz
Immortalized, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
From the States The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1997 Shifting Grounds: A Dialogue in Print, Boston University, Boston,MA
Fiftieth North American Print Exhibition, MA College of Art, Boston,MA
1996
1995
1994
The Eighth Triennial, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Inspired by Nature, Boston College Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, MA
The Unique Print, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1992
1989
Critics Choice, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Landscape of the Spirit, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT (Catalog)
1986 50 Works. E.F. Hutton Collection, Metropolitan Museum and Art Complex,
Coral Gables, FL (Catalog) Curated by Henry Vazquez

1985 Ardent Gestures (Six Painters), Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA (Catalog) Curated by Susan Stoops
1984 New Vistas: Contemporary American Landscapes, Hudson River Museum,
Yonkers, NY Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ Curated by Janice Oresman
2014
2011
2010
2009
SELECTED ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS
2015 Little, Carl, One World: Two Visions, Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, 2015 Issue 2015
Wei, Lilly, Painting Water, Essay for book, Water Stories, Museum of Science, Boston. MA
Postal, Sandra, Water, Essay for book, Water Stories, Museum of Science, Boston, MA
Einspruch, Franklin, Waterworks: Anne Neely at Lohin Geduld, Review, Artcritical
Franzen, Jonathan, Happening, Catalog Essay,Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY, NY
McQuaid, Cate, Variations on space,depth, shadow, Art Review, Boston Globe, 4/18
Decker, Elisa, New York Review, Art in America, September
S ilver,Joanne, National Review, ArtNews, April
2008
Suzette, McAvoy, The Canvas, Interview, Maine Home & Design, July
McQuaid, Cate, Elements pushes landscape to its boundaries, The Boston Globe, 10/8
2008
2007
Giuliano, Charles, The Boston Ten at Ferrin Gallery, Maverick Arts Magazine, 7/21/08
Stoops, Susan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Worcester Art Museum, Essay: Breezing Up,
Ripple, Squall, Floe,) What the Weather Brings, March ( Cat)
2007 Walentini, Joe, Review, Abstract Art on Line, March 15
2005 Dunne, Aidan Review, The Irish Times, August 12
Mathews-Berenson, Margaret, Essay: Sojourner, The Edge of the World March (Cat)
Spiher, David, Review, Galleries, Defying Gravity, Gay City, Issue 9, March 3-9
Walentinii, Joseph, Review, New York Views March 1 st , Abstract Art On Line
2004
2003
Nadelman, Cynthia, National Review, ARTNews, , March
Corbett, William, Review, artsMedia, December
McQuaid, Cate, Review The Boston Globe,Taking Landscapes to a new…Nov 21
New American Paintings, Northeast Region, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA. (publication)
2002 Howards, Ellen, Article, artsMedia, Ireland’s Hold on Boston’s Artists, March
Sherman, Mary, Review, ARTNews, National Reviews, March
McQuaid, Cate, Review, The Boston Globe, Through Neely’s Eyes…Jan. 5
2000 Giuliano, Charles, Review, Art New England, Vol. 20 #2 April/Ma
McQuaid, Cate, Review The Boston Globe, Galleries A haunted, poetic vision... Feb.3

1999 Temin, Christine, Review,The Boston Globe, Artists... about their dearly
1997 McQuaid, Cate, Review The Boston Globe, Still Lifes with inner lives” Apr.10
1996 McQuaid, Cate, Review The Boston Globe, “Memento Mori” December
1996 Temin, Christine, Review The Boston Globe, “Best of Show” September 20 departed, Jan. 8
1995 Worth,, Alexi, Review Art New England, Vol. 16, No.5 Aug/Sept
Unger, Miles, Review, The New Art Examiner January Ed.
1994
1993
Stapen, Nancy, Review The Boston Globe, Neely evolves naturally” Oct. 20
Temin, Christine, Article “Neely’s Breathing Series: At once personal and universal.” The Boston Globe March 10
Giuliano,Charles, Review, Art New England, Vol.16 No. 5, August/September
1992 Tarlow, Lois Interview profile Art New England Volume 13, No. 5 Aug/Sept
Temin,Christine, Boston Sunday Globe, Talented, determined leadership made
1992 a good year for art, 10 Best in Visual Arts, December 27,1992
1988
1988
1986
1985
Zimmer, William, Review The New York Times “Spiritual Side of Art” April 2
Stretch, Bonnie Barrett “The New Age of Corporate Art” ARTnews January
Henry, Gerrit “New York Reviews”, ARTnews June
Larson, Kay “New Faces of 86’,” New York Magazine March
Giuliano, Charles, “Six Neo-Romantic Artists”, Review, Art New England April
Giuliano,Charles, Review, The Patriot Ledger, February 19
Guillemin, Robert, Review, The Heights,, February 11
Stapen, Nancy, “Painters at the Rose”, Christian Science Monitor, March 29
Stoops, Susan, Catalogue Essay, “Ardent Gestures”,Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
Waltham,MA
Taylor, Robert, ”Brandeis Show Provides Six Different Styles”, The Boston Globe, April 7
Yarde, Sally, Catalogue Essay, An Architect’s Eye: Selections from the Gund Collection,
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
1984 Oresman, Janice, Catalogue Essay, New Vistas: Contemporary American Landscapes,
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY and the Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Water Stories, Conversations in Paint and Sound, Published by Edition One, in conjunction with
2010 the exhibition at the Museum of Science, Boston, MA July 2014- January 2015
New American Paintings, Juried Exhibitions in Print, #86, Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Curator

2007 Zoland Poetry, Edited by Roland Pease, Steerforth Press, Hanover, NH, Cover Art
2003 New American Paintings, Juried Exhibitions in Print, #44, Charlotta Kotik, Curator
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Amerada Hess, Woodbridge, NJ
AT&T Longlines, Newark, NJ
Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Berkshire Partners, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
The Farnesworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA, New York and Singapore
Grenwald Center for Graphic Arts at UCLA, Arman Hammer Museum,Los Angeles, CA
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Perry Corp., New York, New York
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Reader’s Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Simmons College, Boston, MA
Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett, New York, NY
Sonesta International Hotels, Boston, MA
The Smithsonian, The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
The Gund Collection, Cambridge, MA
The Putnam Companies, Boston, M
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
2004 Visiting Artist, Westminster School, Simsbury, Ct.
1999 Visiting Artist, MASS College of Art, Boston, MA
1998 Juror For Traveling Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1997 Visiting Artist, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Recipient; Thomas Lamont Teaching Chair in the Humanities, Milton Academy, Milton, MA to present
Visiting Artist, MASS College of Art, Boston, MA
1996 Visiting Artist DeCordova Museum, Educational Program, Lincoln, MA
1995
Visiting Artist, Roxbury Latin School, Roxbury, MA
Visiting Artist, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
1992 The Talbot Baker Award for Teaching Excellence, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
Visiting Artist to Graduate Students, Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1981-94 Nesto Gallery Director, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
2005-12 “
1974- 2012 Art Instructor, Milton Academy, Milton, MA