About
Neil Pittaway NEAC RWS RE LFA was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1973. He studied at Cheltenham School of Art from 1993-96, the University of Bradford from 1996-1998, the Royal Academy Schools, London, 1998-2001 and the University of Huddersfield, 2003-04. Neil is a Member of the New English Art Club (NEAC), the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), Associate Member of the Alpine Club, London, and an exhibiting Member of Leeds Fine Artists (LFA). His work is in public collections including the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Bankside Gallery, RWS & RE Collection, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; St. Paul’s Cathedral Library, London; Guild Hall Art Library, London; The Arts Club, Dover Street, London; the D.H. Lawrence Museum and Birthplace, Nottingham; the Indian Institute of Contemporary Art, Mumbai, India; and H.M. The Queen, the Royal Collection Trust and The Collection of Heritage Malta. In Neil’s work travel, discovery, the Enlightenment, Gothic revival, satire and historical heritage, are used to create a labyrinth of visual histories.
Travel
Neil's passion for travel started at a very early age and continues to this day where he has travelled to over 30 countries. The artist draws most of his inspiration from these travels including journey's in the Himalaya's, The Andes, Georgian Caucuses, The mountains of Transylvanian, The Alps, Northern and central India, China, Syria and most recently Africa where he completed a road trip from the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe through Botswana, Namibia and South Africa to Cape Town and Cape Point.
In-depth Born Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1973 2003-04 University of Huddersfield, Post-Graduate Certificate in Education 2002 Commissioned drawings for 'London in Poetry and Prose' first published in London by Enitharmon Press 1992-96 Cheltenham School of Art, BA Hons Painting 1998 First works Exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London (Further numerous works exhibited) Lithography at the University of Seville, Spain (Awarded a Certificate of Merit) 1979 Started drawing from and early age entering many competitions including winning a BBC Blue Peter Competition badge
Professional Memberships Member of the New English Art Club (NEAC) Elected 2016 Member of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) Elected 2002 Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) Elected 2000 Member of Leeds Fine Artists (LFA) Associate Member of the Alpine Club, London, (AC) Elected 2015 Member of the Alumni Association of Graduates of the Royal Academy Schools, London, (since graduation in 2001)
Collections Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford Alpine Club, London
Selected Places Exhibited at include The Arts Club, Mayfair, London, Bankside Gallery, London, Curwen and New Academy Gallery, London Royal Academy of Arts, London, Geedon Gallery, Colchester, UK, Royal Albert Hall, London, Nehru Centre, London, Mall Galleries, London, Christies, Mayfair, London, Felix and Spear Gallery, London, Water stones, Piccadilly, London, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, UK, Dean Clough, Bradford, UK, Leeds City Art Gallery, UK ,York City Art Gallery, UK, Rheged Centre, Penrith, Cumbria, UK, St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Pannett Park Art Gallery, Whitby, Yorkshire, UK, Inspired By Gallery, North York Moors National Park, Danby Near Whitby, Yorkshire, UK, Lloyd’s TSB touring show to various TSB banks and Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK, Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston- Upon- Hull, UK, North Light Gallery, Near Huddersfield, UK, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, Yorkshire, UK, Robeson Gallery, The Penn State University, USA Carrollton Cultural Arts Centre, Georgia, USA, Heritage Malta, Valletta, Malta, Fabriano Museum, Italy, Centro Modigliani, Florence, Italy, British Council Gallery, New Delhi, India, National Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya, Chris Beetles Gallery, St. James's, Mayfair, London, Blossom Street Gallery, York, UK and Scarborough Art Gallery, Yorkshire, UK and The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University Library Gallery, UK, Horsham Museum and Art Gallery, UK and The Creative Arts Hub Mirfield, Yorkshire, UK.
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2019 Pathway's in Time, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley, Yorkshire 2017 In the Shadow of Giant's Paintings in and around the Mont Blanc circuit, Alpine Club, London 2015 Recalling Nepal and Visualizing History, King’s Lynn Arts Centre Galleries, U.K. 2015 Visual Histories, Dean Clough Arts, Halifax, Yorkshire, U.K. 2014 Time and Place, Shine Arts, Leeds, U.K. 2013 Journeys in line and colour, The Yorkshire Gallery, Bradford College of Art, U.K. 2011 European Journeys and other Worlds, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk, U.K. 2005 Emblems and Icons, Burlington Fine Art, Piccadilly, London 2003 London Journeys, Arts mill, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, U.K. 2003 Urban Dreams, Mansion Galleries, Southhill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, U.K.
Selected Group Exhibitions 2022 Less is More, Bankside Gallery, London 2022 RWS At Horsham, Horsham Gallery and Museum, Horsham, UK 2022 Leeds Fine Artists (LFA), at The Creative Arts Hub, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, UK 2022 London Lives, Bankside Gallery, London 2022 RE Originals 2022, Bankside Gallery, London 2022 NEAC Annual Exhibition 2022, Mall Galleries, London 2022 Leeds Fine Artists at Dean Clough, Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough Arts, Halifax, Yorkshire, UK 2022 Reflections, Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhibtion, Bankside Gallery, London 2022 Art Fundraiser in aid of Ukrain, Online Exhibtion organised by the Bankside Gallery, London 2022 NEAC at Chris Beetles Gallery, St. James's, Pall Mall, Mayfair, London 2021/22 Mini Picture Show, Bankside Gallery, London 2021 Now and Then RWS, Bankside Gallery, London 2021 Look Again Leeds Fine Artists, The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University Library Gallery, UK 2021 RE Originals 2021, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London 2021 Leeds Fine Artists Online Spring Exhibition, Online through the LFA Website, UK Art in the time of Corona, Bankside Gallery, London 2021 LFA in York, Blossom Street Gallery, York, Yorkshire 2020 / 21 Online Mini Picture show, Bankside Gallery, London 2020 /21 New Work by the RE: Printmakers In Lockdown, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, and London 2020/21 New Light, Curators choice Exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery, Yorkshire, UK 2020 The online Figurative Art Fair, Mall Galleries, London 2020 New English Arts Club at Chris Beetles, Chris Beetles Gallery, St James's, Mayfair, London2019 2019 New English Art Club (NEAC), Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2019 RWS Art in the time of Corona, Bankside Gallery, London 2018 Equinox, Felix and Spear, London 2018 Print Fest, Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Lake District 2017 The Northern Connection, Inspired by Gallery, The Moors National Park Centre - Danby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom 2013 The Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, United Kingdom 2012 Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhibition, bankside Gallery, London 2010 Fabriano International Prize / Fabriano Museum, Museo Della Carta e Della Filigrana - Fabriano, Italy, USA 2008 The Watercolours and Drawings Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2008 The A1 Open, North Eastern England exhibition, The Station, Richmond, Yorkshire, Awarded, Judges choice 3rd prize 2007 Art for life Christies Contemporary Art, Mayfair, London 2006 The Sunday Times Singer Friedlander Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London & Sculpture Hall, Manchester Town Hall, UK 2006 The Prizewinners show, The Dover Street Arts Club, Mayfair, London, UK 2005 The Artist and Radio 4 Anniversary Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, Including a feature on BBC Radio 4 website 2004 The Watercolour and drawings fair, Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London 2004 The Post card Auction and Exhibition, South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, Exeter, UK 2004 Summer Show, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey, UK 2004 The Koestler Trust Exhibition and Auction, The Chapel, H.M.P. Wormwood Scrubs, Prison, London 2004 Landscape and Heritage, jersey Galleries, The National Trust, Osterly Park, London (Three Artists from one Family) 2003 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (Invited Artist) 2002 Summer Exhibition, The Plus One Plus Two Galleries, Marylebone, London 2002 Art Into Landscape New British Artists, The Sheriden Russell Gallery, London 2001,2002,2003 Artists Member Show, Dover Street Arts Club, London 2001 Royal Academy Graduates Show, Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2000 Inka’s 3rd Summer Extravaganza, Knighton Mill, Broad Chalk, Nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK 2000 Imagination for Cancer, The Imagination Gallery, London 2000 Premiums, Sackler Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2000 R.E. Members Exhibition, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conway, Wales 2000 Yorkshire Print Exhibition, York City Art Gallery, York, Yorkshire, UK 2000 Post-it -Note Anniversary Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1999 Opposites, Wakefield Arts mill Gallery, Yorkshire, UK, (Two person Exhibition) 1999 Artists Show ‘99, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK 1999 International Student Print Exhibition, Falmouth College of Arts, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Art (Touring to other venues), UK 1999 Ida Branson Bequest Exhibition, The Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset, UK 1999 London North-Landscapes, Artmonsky Arts, London 1998 Art Auction & Show, Bradford City Hall, Yorkshire, UK 1998 MA Graduation Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax 1997 First time exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, London (Exhibited regular since) 1997 The Salon Des Graphiques, Curwen Gallery, London 1997 Winter Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery & Museum, Yorkshire, Hull, UK 1997 National Open Print Competition & Michael Rosenstein Trophy Whitley’s, London 1996 Final Degree Show, Cheltenham School of Art, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK 1996 The Making of Print, Elizabethan Gallery & Power House 11, Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK 1995 Erasmus Show, Cheltenham school of Art, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK 1995 The Laing National Art Competition, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate and Mall Galleries, London
Awards Prizes and Scholarships 2020 The Arthur Wise Award, Royal Watercolour Society, London 2008 The Judges Choice Prize A1 Northern Open, Richmond, Yorkshire 2007 The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Vivien Leigh Bequest Printmaking Prize 2001 Whatman International Papers Award, National Print Exhibition, London 2001 The British Institution Prize for Printmaking, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2001 The Excellence in Drawing Award, The Arts Club, Mayfair, London 2001 The New Academy Gallery Commission Award, RWS Open, London 2001 The John Smith Award, RWS 21st Century Watercolour RWS Open 2000 John Purcell Award, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2000 Celia Walker Award, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2000 The Gwen May RE Prize, National Print Exhibition, London 2000 The Joseph Webb Prize, National Print Exhibition, London 1999 The British Institution Prize for Drawing, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1998 Printmaking Prize, Bradford Open, Cartwright Hall, Bradford 1995 University of Seville, Spain, Erasmus travel Scholarship1998
Published Books 2018 'Print Rebels, Haden, Palmer, Whistler and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers', ISBN 978-1-5272-1775-1 Selected Published Articles 2001 Ambit 164, Longitude Etching, Published by Ambit 164, UK 2001 The London Connection, Printmaking Today Magazine, Cello Press, Oxfordshire, UK 2005 Artists notebook, Trafalgar Anniversary Article, Illustration Magazine, UK 2010 The Poetry Magazine, image published with an article on the Poet Louis McNeice, The Poetry Magazine, UK 2010 An Eye to the Past, Exhibition review article, Printmaking Today Magazine, Cello Press, Oxfordshire, UK
Film, Television and Online 2020 Online Interview with New English Art Club, (Please see link on some selected press) 2016 The Art of Travel The Tour Du Mont Blanc In Paintings, Published online by Exodus Travels 2015 Eastern Daily Press, Norfolk, UK, Article for King’s Lynn Arts Centre Solo Exhibition 2011 Artists at Eden, D.V.D, Artist and Film, London 2011 Neil Pittaway BBC Interview for 'European Journeys and other Worlds', Exhibition, BBC Radio Norfolk, Broadcast January 2011 2005 The Artist and BBC Radio 4, Sound and Vision, Listed online on BBC Radio 4 2002 Contributor to 'Serious Pleasure', Centro Modigliani Exhibition Film, Florence, Italy, Broadcast by Italian Regional Television, Tuscany, Italy 2001 Contributor to the Great Artists series, Tim Marlow, Channel 5 Television, U.K. 1999 Pulling in different directions, Neil Pittaway, Online Article by Miranda Mason
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