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; 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 and Jordan where he created work following the Spice Trails of Jordan from Wadi Rum to Petra.     

 

 

 

In-depth  

Bigraphy

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 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

 

Higher Education 

Cheltenham School of Art (The University of Gloucestershire), UK, Bachelor or Arts with Honours, (BA), (HONS) in Fine Art Painting 

The University of Seville, Spain (Certificate of Merit in Fine Art LIthography Printing)

The University of Bradford, UK , Master of Arts, (MA)in Printmaking with Distinction 

Royal Academy Schools, (Royal Academy of Arts), Mayfair, London, Completed a three year Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art 

The university of Huddersfield, UK, Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, (PGCE) 

 

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 
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, 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.

 

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 21^st 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, 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 Mason

 

 

	Some Selected Press
		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
	To view the Article click on the image above
		Link to former King's Lynn Arts Centre article published on TV Presenter, Mark Hill's offical website     (Image) link button Neil Pittaway with TV presenter, Mark Hill presenting his original etching
	To view the Article click on the image above
	To view the Article click on the image above	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
	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       To view the catalogue click on the image above	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.