About Biography - Summary 
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.
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
2001 Contributor, The Great Artists series, Tim Marlow, Channel 5 Television
1998-2001 Royal Academy Schools, London Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art
1996-98 University of Bradford, MA Printmaking
1992-96 Cheltenham School of Art, BA Hons Painting
1998 First works Exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London (Further numerous works exhibited)
1995 D.H. Lawrence Museum Commission, Awarded by Broxtowe Borough Council, Nottinghamshire, Studied
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
Memberships and Societies, NEAC, RWS, RE, LFA, AC, RASALUMNI
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 Archeology, 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
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, Waterstones, 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 Mondigliani, 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 Scharborough Art Gallery, Yorkshire, UK and The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University Library Gallery
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 NEAC at Chris Beetles Gallery, St. James's, Pall Mall, Mayfair, London
2021 Then and Now 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, London
2020/21 New Light, Curators choice Exhibition, Scharborough 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 PrintFest, Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Lake District
2017 In the Shadow of Giants, (Solo Exhibition), Alpine Club, London
2017 The Northern Connection, Inspired by Gallery, The Moors National Park Centre - Danby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
2017 Shakespeare - A Celebration, Kwan Fong Gallery Californian Lutheran University, USA
2017 LFA Showcase, Deanclough Art, Halifax, Yorkshire
2016 Big Draw, 'It’s our World' Exhibition and Auction, Christie's, Mayfair, London
2015 Solo Visual Histories, Dean Clough Arts, Halifax, Yorkshire
2015 RA Summer Exhibition (and in previous years)
2014 Rabley Sketch Prize and Exhibition, Touring show / Locations throughout the west of England - Rabley Barn, Mildenhall, Marlborough, UK
2013 The Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, United Kingdom
2012 Royal Watercolour Scoiety Spring Exhibtion, bankside Gallery, London
2011 'A year in the life of the Royal Albert Hall', Royal Albert Hall London (Image reproduced on the cover of their calendar)
2011 International Watercolour Touring Exhibition, Chung-Shan National Gallery Taipei, Taiwan, Robeson Gallery, The Penn State University & Carrollton Cultural Arts Centre, Georgia, USA.
2010 Fabriano International Prize / Fabriano Museum, Museo della Carta e della Filigrana - Fabriano, Italy, USA
2009 LIoyd’s TSB Journeys, Touring show throughout the UK including Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
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 Ten Days in Aurangabad, Touring show in Mumbai and London
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 Prize winners 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 Exhibtion, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1999 Opposites, Wakefield Artsmill 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 Exhibtion, 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 Rothenstein 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
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, 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 Mondigliani Exhibtion Film, Florence, Italy, Broadcast by ItalianRegional 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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NEAC Interview with Neil Pittaway on his work - click on the image to read Read an interview Neil gave with the New English Art Club by clicking on the left hand side image to access the Article |
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Link to former King's Lynn Arts Centre article published on TV Presenter, Mark Hill's offical website
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2016 The Art of Travel The Tour Du Mont Blanc In Paintings, Published online by Exodus Travels (Image) link button Neil Pittaway painting in Switzerland on the Tour Du Mont Blanc circuit
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Neil Pittaway's Painting of last Night of the Proms featured on the first Calendar published and sold by the Royal Albert Hall, London in 2012
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RWS and the Royal Albert Hall, London - Past Exhibition Link to the past exhibition Neil exhibited in 2011, which was held at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011 and was entitled 'A year in the life the Royal Albert Hall', where Neil alongside other RWS Members was given free access to events and concerts (over the period of one year to create and record work based on this. Neil created several images of the BBC 'Last Night of the Proms' and one of these was selected and used on the cover of the Royal Albert Hall's official first calendar and was sold in their shop. Some images of Neil's work at the Royal Albert Hall, London 2011.
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