Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA; B.A., 1970
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH; A.A., 1966
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship Program, County Mayo, Ireland, 2004, 2001, 1998
Polaroid Grant, Artist Support Program, 20 x 24 Studio, New York, 1995
Edna Saint Vincent Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY, 1991
Artist in Residence, Earthwatch Expedition, 1987
Klingenstein Grant, British Trust for Ornithology, Scotland, 1987
Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, Finalist: Painting, 1986
Massachusetts Artist Foundation Grant, Finalist: Painting, 1986
Blance E. Coleman Award, Painting, Boston, 1982

"Going West," Catherine Hammond Gallery, West Cork, Ireland, 2005
"The Edge of the World," Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY, 2005
"Recent Paintings," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2003
"Circuits: New Paintings," Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003
Open Studio, New York, NY, 2002
"Garden of Memory," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2001 (catalogue)
"Seven Landscapes for the Millennium," Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, 2000
"Still Life/Landscape: 1993-1997," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1997
"Paintings from 1984-1995," Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA,1995
"Monoprints and Paintings," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1994
"Breathing in Memoriam: Monoprints," New Work/New England Exhibition, DeCordova Museum,
Lincoln, MA, 1993
"The Maine Paintings," Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME, 1993
"Recent Paintings," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1992
"Recent Paintings," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1989
"Paintings," Victoria Monroe Gallery, New York, 1988
"New Work," Fine Arts Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1987
"Paintings," Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
Impressions Gallery, Boston, 1983, 1981
Pine Manor College Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1979

"Curator's Choice: Painting Structure," Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, 2006
"Boston Ten," Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, 2006
"Group Show," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2006
"Group Show," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005
"Summer Selections," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2004
"Celebrate Summer," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004
"Images from North Mayo," Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, North Mayo, Ireland, 2004
"Summer Show," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004
"Leisure," curated by Sheila Gallagher, North Haven Gallery, North Haven, ME, 2004
"Images from North Mayo," Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland, 2004
"Points of View: New England Artists in Ireland," New Art Center, Newton, MA, 2003
"Leisure," curated by Sheila Gallagher, North Haven Gallery, North Haven, ME, 2003
"Eire/Land," McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, MA, 2003
"Maine Juried Biennial," Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, 2002
"Celebrating Contemporary Art in New England: Recent Acqusitions," Decordova Museum,
Lincoln, MA, 2000
"Visual Memoirs: Selected Paintings and Drawings," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA, 2000
"Ballinglen Artists," Mary McGowan Gallery, Concord, NH, 1999
"Immortalized," Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, 1998
"From the States," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, 1998
"Shifting Grounds: A Dialogue in Print," Boston University, Boston, MA, 1997
"Fiftieth Anniversary North American Print Exhibition," Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 1997
"Eigth Triennial," Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA, 1996
"Inspired by Nature," Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1995
"Artwalk Event," Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, VA, 1995
"Invitational," G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, N.Y. 1995
"The Unique Print," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME, 1994
"Small Scale,"Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1993
"Critics Choice," Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, 1992
"After 25 Years A New Beginning," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1992
"Works on Paper," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 1991
"Works on Paper," Maxwell Davidson Gallery, NY, 1990
"Landscape of the Spirit," The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, 1989 (catalogue)
"In Bloom," BMW Gallery, New York, 1988
"Lands of Enchantment," Simmons College, Boston, 1987
"The Beautiful, The Sublime, The Picturesque," Newton Art Center, Newton, MA, 1987
"Painters on Paper," Victoria Monroe Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
"50 Works: E.F. Hutton Collection," Metropolitan Museum and Art Complex, Coral Gables, FL, 1986
"Plein Air," Bank of Boston, 1986
The Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 1986
"Ardent Gestures," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1985
"Romantic Landscapes," Boston College Gallery, 1985
"A Sense of Place," Victoria Monroe Gallery, New York, NY, 1984
"New Vistas: Contemporary American Landscapes," Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, 1984
(traveled to Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ, 1984)
"Triennial," Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA, 1983
"Elements of Landscape," Boston University Art Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1983
"Color it Pastels," University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1982
"Views," Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA, 1981
"Scapism," Boston College Art Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1981
"Works on Paper," Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, 1981
"Still Life and Beyond," Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT, 1981
"Still Life," Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA, 1980
"Drawings Now," Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA, 1978
"Drawing Show," Wheelock College Gallery, Boston, MA, 1977
"New England Drawings Competition," Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1974
"Berkshire Annual," Berkshire Museum, Pittsford, MA, 1971

AT& T, Newark, NJ
Amerada Hess, Woodbridge, NJ
Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, MA
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Citibank Corporate Art Program
David Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
E.F. Hutton, New York, NY
The Farnesworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA; New York, NY; Singapore
Grenwald Center for Graphic Arts at UCLA, Arman Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Gund Collection, Cambridge, MA
Hamilton Arts, Inc., Boston, MA
Jurys Hotel, Boston, MA
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, New York, NY
Milton Academy, Milton, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Pappas Properties, Boston, MA
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
The Putnam Companies, Boston
Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Rita Rich Collection, New York, NY
Resource Planning Associates, Cambride, MA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Salomon Brothers, New York, NY
Shearson Lehman, New York, NY
Simmons College, Boston, MA
Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett, New York, NY
Sonesta International Corporation, Boston, MA
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dore, Boston, MA

Aidan Dunne, review, The Irish Times, August 12, 2005
Joseph Walentini, review, "New York Views," Abstract Art Online, March 1, 2005
David Spiher, review, Galleries, "Defying Gravity," Gay City, Issue 9, March 3 - 9, 2005
Cynthia Nadelman, Review, ARTnews, March 2004.
William Corbett, Review, artsMedia, December 2003.
Cate McQuaid, "Taking Landscapes to a New Horizon," The Boston Globe, November 21, 2003.
New American Paintings: Northeast Region, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2003.
Ellen Howards, "Ireland's Hold on Boston's Artists," artsMedia, March 2002.
Cate McQuaid, "Through Neely's Eyes, Garden of Transformation," The Boston Globe,
January 5, 2002.
Charles Giuliano, Review, Art New England, Volume 20 # 2, April/May 2000.
Cate McQuaid, " A Haunting Poetic Vision," The Boston Globe, February 3, 2000.
Christine Temin, "Artists Share Feelings About Their Dearly Departed," The Boston Globe,
January 8, 1999.
Cate McQuaid, "Still Lifes with Inner Lives," The Boston Globe, April 10, 1997.
Cate McQuaid, "Memento Mori," The Boston Globe, December 5, 1996.
Christine Temin, "Best of Show: Fuller Surveys Art Scene," The Boston Globe, December 3,1997.
Alexi Worth, Review, Art New England, Vol. 16, No. 5, August- September, 1995.
Miles Unger, Review, The New Art Examiner, Janaury 1995.
Nancy Stapen, "Neely Evolbes Naturally," The Boston Globe, October 20, 1994.
Christine Temin, "Neely's Breathing Series: At Once Personal and Universal," The Boston Globe,
March 10, 1993.
Charles Giuliano, Review, Art New England, Vol. 16, No.5, August-September, 1993.
Lois Tarlow, Interview Profile, Art New England, Vol. 13, No. 5, August-September 1992.
William Zimmer, "Spiritual Side of Art," The New York Times, April 2, 1989.
Bonnie Barrett Stretch, "The New Age of Corporate Art," ARTnews, June 1988.
Henry Gerrit, Review, ARTnews, June 1986.
Kay Larson, "New Faces of '86," New York Magazine, March 1986.
Charles Giuliano, "Six Neo-Romantic Artists," Art New England, April 1985.
Charles Giuliano, Review, The Patriot Ledger, February 19, 1985.
Robert Guillemin, Review, The Heights, February 11, 1985.
Nancy Stapen, "Painters at the Rose," Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 1985.
Susan Stoops, Catalogue Essay, "Ardent Gestures," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA, 1985.
Robert Taylor, "Brandeis Show Provides Six Different Styles," The Boston Globe, April 7, 1985.
Sally Yarde, Catalogue Essay, "An Architect's Eye: Selections from the Gund Collection," Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, 1985.
Janice Oresman, Catalogue Essay, New Vistas: Contemporary American Landscapes, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY and the Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ, 1984.