Ana Grace Neifeld (b. 1999, Oakland, California) is an artist based in Queens who works primarily in oil painting. She combines observation, memory, imagination, and narrative in her practice.
“I’d say there exists in Ana Neifeld’s work a special energy. She once told me that to her, a painting wants to live: that a painting is a radiant object, and for it to come alive, she must listen to it, converse with it. Which figures: paintings like Ana’s could not be coerced or foisted or instructed into being. On the contrary, only the keenest sense of freedom, an openness to experience, and the will to circumvent tradition in favour of something bigger, will do. I think this approach has great strength: not only is the outcome thrilling, but it also tells me that in painting, anything is possible.” – Alex Rossiter with Platform Art and curator of Augustnoon.
Neifeld received her BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2022. She has participated in residencies at the Charles Demuth Museum (2025) and Art at Kings Oaks (2024). In 2025, her work was acquired by the Charles Demuth Museum.
Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (2023) and multple grants and prizes from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Neifeld has exhibited in solo and group shows across the United States and internationally, with recent exhibitions at the Charles Demuth Museum, Platform art, and Procession Gallery (Philadelphia), and upcoming shows at Steven Harvey Fine Arts Gallery (New York) and Richter Galeria (Rome).