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About Neil
Biography and C.V. 
Overview
Neil Pittaway is a British printmaker, painter and draftsman, born in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Artist Statement Neil’s works reflect ideas from East and Western sources and perspectives such as Anglo-European heritage, transatlantic connections, Asian landscapes, gothic revival architecture, urbanness, satire, illustration and narrative. His work incorporates and explores these identities through direct and indirect observation creating complex and seemingly agoraphobic, perspective spaces; a labyrinth, which reflects the built and natural environments and echoes the monumental histories that make up our collective European and International identities, our heritage
Method of Working Neil’s drawings, paintings and prints are developed from extensive research and sketches produced from direct and indirect observation. He uses many different skills, methods, techniques and processes to create richly layered tapestries on the pictures’ surfaces. His drawings and etchings employ a detailed network of line, bitten deep into copper plate or drawn using traditional dip pen and ink whilst his paintings employ more spontaneous yet complex layered marks drawing on the luminous qualities of the paint’s pigments. Everywhere Neil travels he works directly from the subject using sketchbooks to record a journey; in recent years this has included trekking extensively in the Nepal Himalayas. These records are then used directly and indirectly to create finished works that capture the essences of time and place.
Biographical Details
About Neil Pittaway The Artist 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; 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.
Neil's Travels The 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 and Jordan where he created work following the Spice Trails of Jordan from Wadi Rum to Petra.
Society Memberships
 New English Art Club (NEAC)
(Currently serves of the Executive Committee of the NEAC where he is responsible for the NEAC Digital Archive)
 Royal Watercolour Society (RWS)
(Previously servered on the Council of the RWS and Served as a Trustee of the RWS)
 Royal Society of Painter–Printmakers (RE)
(Previously servered on the Council of the RE)
 Associate Member of the Alpine Club, London (AC)
 Leeds Fine Artists (LFA)
(Previously served on the Executive Committee of LFA)
 Alumni of The Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, London (RASA)
(Neil Joined as a Member just after graduation in June 2001)
Higher Education
Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts London
(Awarded a Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art aft 3 years of study)
Bradford School of Art (University of Bradford)
(Awarded an MA, Master of Arts in Printmaking with Distinction, after two years of aprt-time study)
Cheltenham Schools of Art (University of Gloucestershire)
(Awarded a BA (Hons) Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fine Art Painting after three years of study)
University of Seville, Spain
(Awarded an Erasmus Travel Scholarship as part of the Artists undergraduate studies at Seville University Spain where
he was awarded a certificate of Merit in the Art of Lithography Printmaking)
Works in Collections Highlights
(To access each of the museums information click on the individual images below)
Ashmolean Museum, oxford
(Works in the department of Western Art)
The Victoria And Albert Museum, London
(Works in the department of Word and Image)
The Guildhall, City of London
(Works in The Guildhall Art Library,
Corporation of London, City of London)
St. Paul's Cathedral, London
(Works in St Paul's cathedral Library, London)
Collections
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford
Alpine Club, London
Arts Club, Mayfair, London
Art House, Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK
Bradford School of Art, Bradford College, Yorkshire, UK
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
​Guildhall Art Library, Corporation of London, City of London
Guy’s Hospital, London
D.H. Lawrence Museum, Nottinghamshire, UK
Heritage Malta Collection, Valletta, Malta
Indian Institute of Contemporary Art, Mumbai, India
St. Paul’s Cathedral Library, London
Royal Collection, London
Royal Air Force, UK
Royal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection, Bankside Gallery, London
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Britannia Square, Etching Window of Dreams, Etching The Cutty Sark, Etching
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
Publications
2018 'Print Rebels, Haden, Palmer, Whistler and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers', ISBN 978-1-5272-1775-1
2015 'Watercolour Secrets' (Contributor) ISBN 9781408184271
2009 'Printmakers Secrets' (Contributor) ISBN: 0713689110
2006 'Watercolour Masters, Then and Now' (Contributor) ISBN: 184403447X
2002 'London in Poetry and Prose' (Drawings featured) Edited by Anna Adams, ISBN 1900564033
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, University
Film, Television, Radio 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 Maso
Selected Places Exhibited at include The Arts Club, Mayfair, London, Brick Lane Gallery, 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 and The Victoria Art Gallery in Bath .
Selected Solo Exhibitions include The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley, Yorkshire, The Alpine Club, London, King’s Lynn Arts Centre Galleries, U.K., Dean Clough Arts, Halifax, Yorkshire, U.K, Shine Arts, Leeds, U.K., The Yorkshire Gallery, Bradford College of Art, U.K., Burlington Fine Art, Piccadilly, London, Arts mill, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, U.K. and The Mansion Galleries, Southhill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, U.K.
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