Neil Pittaway NEAC, RWS, RE, LFA Selected Biography / CV's
Neil Pittaway Short Biography
Neil Pittaway studied at the Royal Academy Schools (Royal Academy of Arts), London, University Bradford, the University of Huddersfield, the University of Seville, Spain and Cheltenham School of Art.
Neil has works in many public and private collections including; the Royal Collection, London, Ashmolean Museum of Arts and Archeology, Oxford, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Victoria and Albert museum, London, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, Guildhall Art Library, London, the Indian institute of Contemporary Art, Mumbai, India and Heritage Collection Malta, Valletta, Malta.
Neil is a Member of the NEW English Art Club (NEAC), Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), Leeds Fine Artists (LFA), Alumni Graduate Member of the Royal Academy Schools, (Royal Academy of Arts), London
Neil has and continues to exhibit his works in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally, venues have included the Royal Albert Hall, London, Waterstone’s Piccadilly, London, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Mall Galleries London, Bankside Gallery London, Christies, Mayfair, London, British Council Gallery New Delhi and the Museum of modern Art Nairobi, Kenya.
More Biographical /C.V. Details..
1973 Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire 1979 Started drawing from and early age entering many competitions including winning a BBC Blue Peter Competition badge
1992 -1996 Cheltenham School of Art, BA Hons painting
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) 1996-1998 Bradford School of Art, (University of Bradford), MA Printmaking (with Distinction)
1998 First works Exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London (Further numerous works exhibited)
1998 -2001 Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, London Royal Academy of Arts Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art 2000 Elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) 2001 Awarded the British Institution Prize for Drawing
2001 Contributor, The Great Artists series, Tim Marlow, Channel 5 Television First Aarticle published in Printmaking Today Awarded the British Institution Prize for Printmaking and first works aquired by the Ashmolean Museum Awarded the Excellence in Drawing Award by the Arts Club, Mayfair, London. (Served on the Excellence in drawing committee for a few years)
2002 Commissioned drawings for 'London in Poetry and Prose' first publushed in London by Enitharmon Press Elected to the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS)
2004 -2005 University of Huddersfield Post-Graduate Certificate in Education
2007 First trip to India and a cultural visit with the Royal Watercolour Society in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Contemporary Art. (Subsequent exhibtions in London and Mumbai followed)
2008 Royal Watercolour Anniversary Exhibition Bankside Gallery (With a visit by H.M. The Queen)
2012 First painting trek to Nepal, Visiting the Everest region, with subsequent treks later to Annapurna Base Camp and the Langtang Gosainkund Regions of Nepal. Exhibtied at the Royal Albert Hall, and my painting 'Last night of the proms is chosen and reproduced on the frist Royal Albert Hall Callendar cover and sold in their shop 2015 Elected an Associate Member of the Alpine Club London following participation in exhibtions and delivering workshops at the Mountain Arts Festival organised by Sir Chris Bonnington and Doug Scott CBE
2016 Elected a Member of New English Art Club (NEAC) based at the Federation of Birtish Artists and Mall Galleries, London
2017 In the Shadow of Giant's Paintings in and around the Mont Blanc circuit Exhibited in a Solo the Alpine CLub London following a previous Tour Du Mont Blanc circuit trip
2018 Trek and Painting Trip to the mountain region of Transylvania, Romania Works specially produced and exhibtied in Dean Clough's Brexit show in Halifax, Yorkshire
2019 Trek and Painting Trip to the Georgian Caucasus with subsequent paintings produced from this trip
Education and Qualifications
BA (HONS) Fine Art Painting, Cheltenham School of Art
Cirtificate of Merit in Lithography Printing, The University of Seville, Spain
MA in Printmaking with Distinction, The University of Bradford
Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Post-Graduate Cirtificate in Education (PGCE), The University of Huddersfield
Memberships and Societies
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)
Scholarships, Awards, Prizes
1995 University of Seville, Spain, Erasmus travel Scholarship 1999 The British Institution Prize for Drawing, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1998 Printmaking Prize, Bradford Open, Cartwright Hall, Bradford 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 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 2007 The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Vivien Leigh Bequest Printmaking Prize 2008 The Judges Choice Prize A1 Northern Open, Richmond, Yorkshire.
Selected Past Group Exhibitions
1995 Erasmus Show, Cheltenham school of Art, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK 1995 The Laing National Art Competition, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate and Mall Galleries, 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 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 1998 MA Graduation Exhibition, Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax 1998 Art Auction & Show, Bradford City Hall, Yorkshire, UK 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 2000 Post-it -Note Anniversary Exhibtion, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1999 Ida Branson Bequest Exhibition, The Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset, UK 1999 London North-Landscapes, Artmonsky 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 2001 Royal Academy Graduates Show, Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2001,2002,2003 Artists Member Show, Dover Street Arts Club, London 2002 Summer Exhibition, The Plus One Plus Two Galleries, Marylebone, London 2002 Art Into Landscape New British Artists, The Sheriden Russell Gallery, London 2003 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (Invited Artist) 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) 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 2005 Emblems and Icons, Burlington Fine Art, Piccadilly, London (Solo show) 2005 The Artist and Radio 4 Anniversary Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London (Including a feature on BBC Radio 4 website) 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 2007 Art for life Christies Contemporary Art, Mayfair, London 2007 Ten days in Aurangabad, Touring show in Mumbai and London 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 2009 LIoyd's TSB Journeys, Touring Exhibition, throughout the U.K. including Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 2010 Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhivbtion, Bankside Gallery, London 2011 Chung-Shan National Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, Robeson Gallery, The Penn State University and Carrollton Arts Centre, U.S.A 2012 A Year in the Life of the Royal albert Hall, Royal Albert Hall, London 2014 Rabley Sketchbook Prize and Exhibtion, Touring show throughout the West of England, UK 2015 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London (And many previous years) 2015 Mountain Arts Festival Exhibition, Rheged Centre, Penrith, Cumbria, UK 2015 LFA Northern Edition, Pannett Park Art Gallery, Whitby, Yorkshire, UK 2016 Big Draw, It’s our World Exhibition and Auction, Christies, Mayfair, London 2016 Shakespeare a celebration, Bankside Gallery in Parneship with the Globe Theatre, London 2016 Showcase, Dean CLough Galleries, Halifax, Yorkshire, UK 2017 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London 2017 LFA Northern Connections, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK 2018 Equinox, Felix and Spear Gallery, London 2018 New English Art Club (NEAC), Geedon Gallery, Colchester, Essex, UK 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 2020 The online Figurative Art Fair, Mall Galleries, London 2020 New English Arts Club at Chris Beetles, Chris Beetles Gallery, St James's, Mayfair, London 2020 /21 New Work by the RE: Printmakers In Lockdown,Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London
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 Past Places Exhibited At
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
Film, Television and Online
1999 Pulling in different directions, Neil Pittaway, Online Article by Miranda Mason 2001 Contributor to the Great Artists series, Tim Marlow, Channel 5 Television, U.K. 2002 Contributor to 'Serious Pleasure', Centro Mondigliani Exhibtion Film, Florence, Italy, Broadcast by ItalianRegional Television, Tuscany, Italy 2005 The Artist and BBC Radio 4, Sound and Vision, Listed online on BBC Radio 4 2011 Neil Pittaway BBC Interview for 'European Journeys and other Worlds', Exhibition, BBC Radio Norfolk, Broadcast January 2011 2011 Artists at Eden, D.V.D, Artist and Film, London 2015 Eastern Daily Press, Norfolk, UK, Article for King’s Lynn Arts Centre Solo Exhibition
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
Curwen and New Academy Gallery, London
Guildhall Art Library, Corporation of London, City of London
Guy’s Hospital, London
D.H. Lawrence Museum, Nottinghamshire, UK
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Heritage Malta Collection, Valletta, Malta
Indian Institute of Contemporary Art, Mumbai, India
St. Paul’s Cathedral Library, London
Royal Collection, London
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Royal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection, Bankside Gallery, London
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltneham, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
HRH Prince Michael of Kent
The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, (Former Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, Department of Education, London).
Brendan Coyle, (Actor)
Mark Hill, (Antiques Expert and TV Presenter)
Selected Publications
2002 Drawings published by Enitharmon Press in an Anthology of London in Poetry and Prose, Edited by Anna Adams ISBN 1 900564 03 3 2004 Contributor to Watercolour Expert, Published by Cassell Illustrated, London and New York ISBN: 9781844031498 2006 Contributor to Watercolour Masters Then and Now, published by Cassell Illustrated, London and New York ISBN 1 900564 03 3 2009 Contributor to Pintmakers Secrets, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi and Sydney ISBN 9780713689112 2015 Contributor Watercolour Secrets, Published, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Oxford, New york, New Delhi and New York ISBN 978140814271
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
Artist Statement
Neil Pittaway’s works reflect ideas from East and Western sources and perspectives such as Anglo-European heritage, Trans- Atlantic connections, Asian landscapes, gothic revival architecture, urban –ness, 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.
Read more about Neil's work and idas by clicking the link below to an interview Neil conducted with the New English Art Club: https://www.newenglishartclub.co.uk/news/interview-neil-pittaway-neac-rws-re
Neil has won many Awards for his work including the British Institution prizes for both drawing and printmaking, Ashmolean Museum Oxford Award and the Arts Club London Excellence in Drawing Award. His work has also been featured in many publications including drawings commissioned by Enithamon Press, London for an Anthology of London Poetry and prose. He has had some of his printmaking work featured in the Great Artist television series for Channel 5, (UK) and DVD film painting at the Eden Project in Cornwall (UK), also interviews and work broadcast on BBC Radio. Neil has won many Awards for his work including the British Institution prizes for both drawing and printmaking, Ashmolean Museum Oxford Award and the Arts Club London Excellence in Drawing Award. His work has also been featured in many publications including drawings commissioned by Enithamon Press, London for an Anthology of London Poetry and prose. He has had some of his printmaking work featured in the Great Artist television series for Channel 5, (UK) and DVD fil |