Neil Webb is a practicing artist based in Sheffield working predominantly with sound. His practice has moved from painting to include installation, performance, curation and CD releases under the name bocman. 2003 saw performances by bocman at Sheffield Hallam University, The MAXIS Festival, Leeds, the annual Sonic Artists Network Conference in Sheffield and the release of the CD Somewhere Nowhere.  He also co-curated the events Sounds Recorded for an Empty Nightclub as part of Sheffield 03 and Host 4 : Cinema in 2004.  In 2004 Webb's work continued to develop through collaboration including his work with Host Artists Group.  He has produced a range of audio and audio-visual installations, including Scramble, a collaboration with artist Michael Day.

In 2005 Webb undertook a residency at Hull Time Based Arts creating the installation and CD, The Inside Underneath.  He has also completed a long standing project, Solaristics inspired by Stanislaw Lem's book and Andrei Tarkovsky's film Solaris. This is due for a CD release on Post Office Records in 2006. In July 2005 he was awarded a distinction in MA Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University. This was followed by an artists residency in Neuhausen, Germany culminating in the exhibition Signal-to Noise Ratio.
Since then he has worked on the project Automated Meditations with artist Matt Butt and performed twice under the name bocman. Future projects include the exhibition Spool curated by Carl von Weiler at the Consortium Gallery, Amsterdam. He will be projecting the piece Tide Time and installing Invisible Resonance 2. The other artists in the exhibition are Tacita Dean, Imogen Stidworthy, Juan Cruz and Lucy Gibson.

Bloc, 198 Arundel Street,
Sheffield S1 4RE