Neil Musson

In 2012 Neil established a collaborative arts practice which works internationally to create site specific artworks and events.

Neil’s work responds to conversations and inhabited landscapes by creating experimental interventions which affect the way people behave and interact. Those who experience and reflect on the interventions become an ever changing expression of the work. The finished work, therefore, remains an unfinished conversation.

Projects are inspired by, and sited in, specific locations with an emphasis on the people who occupy those spaces. This socially engaged practice moves between sculpture, soundscape, film, performance, interviews and archive. Installations explore social constructs in contemporary society to question our definition of belonging. 

Neil is interested in the notion that art holds the power of 'intermediate negotiation’, occupying spaces between established opinions and cultural boundaries. This dialogue becomes a unique form of exchange, based on honest reflection rather than predetermined agendas. The exploration of this hinterland requires open minded collaboration which often results in an action, or happening, being more valuable than the physicality of something produced.

Recent awards won

British Council Research Award, Saudi Now, 2025

Best Public Space Artwork Studio (Southern Enterprise Award), 2022

Thamesmead Open International Art Competition, 2020

Babraham Institute Collaborative Arts Prize, 2019

Compton Verney Art Gallery Award for Site Specific Installation, 2018

European City of Culture Public Engagement Art Award, 2018

Civic Trust Award for ‘Light Lines’, 2017

Areen Design Airport Light Sculpture Award, 2015