JONATHAN T. D. NEIL

Writer, educator, creative strategist, and leader with 25 years of experience in startups, higher education, media, editorial, and artist services.

From 2021 to 2024 I was Co-Founder of Inversion Art, a Y-Combinator-inspired accelerator and investment program designed to give visual artists the means and methods to pursue their most ambitious work.

Prior to Inversion, I was an Associate Provost at Claremont Graduate University and the Founding Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art’s Los Angeles campus and partnership with Claremont. I also serve as an Editor-At-Large for The Brooklyn Rail (NY) and for many years was on the editorial masthead of ArtReview magazine (UK).

I write a Substack called Consecutive Matters. My essays and criticism have been published in ArtForum, Hyperallergic,The Brooklyn Rail, e-Flux Criticism, The Art Newspaper, ArtReview, Art-Agenda, Modern Painters, and in a number of museum and gallery catalogues. You can view the archive of my writing here.

I advise contemporary artists on studio strategy, communications, and partnerships as well as provide critical feedback on their creative practices. I’m also an advisor to the fractional auction platform AShareX.