Nicola Neate

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nicola-neate-770b1a27

Visual artist, printmaker and educator based in Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Selected Exhibitions & Projects

2026 — A Tapestry of Connection, Ceann na h-Àirigh, Grimsay Community Association, North Uist
2026 — Highland Print Studio 20:20 Print Exchange
2026 — Selected to represent Uist Artists Association in the Highland Art Award
17 June–23 August 2026 — Eden Elegy, Lowood Arts, Cumbria — exhibiting IN this DAY and AGE with John Kippin
31 January–4 May 2026 — Common Ground: The Living Landscape, Visual Arts Scotland, Kirkcudbright Galleries
2025–26 — A Tapestry of Connection — research, printmaking and collaborative project, North Uist
2024 — Looking at Ourselves, Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre, North Uist
2024 — Landscape, Glasgow Gallery of Photography
2023 — Project 20:20, Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
2019–22 — IN this DAY and AGE, collaborative project with John Kippin, Outer Hebrides
2022 — IN this DAY and AGE, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2020 — IN this DAY and AGE: Work in Progress, Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre
2009–12 — Matter of Time Totems, commissioned residency and site-specific installation, Heartlands, Cornwall
2010 — Bitts Park Mural, commission for Carlisle City Council
2007 — Groundwork, solo exhibition, Man&Eve Gallery, London
2004 — Solo exhibition, Kingly Court, Carnaby Street, London
2002 — Solo exhibition, New Yard Space, Shoreditch, London
2000 — Solo exhibitions, Lamb’s Conduit Street and Workhouse Gallery, London

Awards, Funding & Selection

2026 — Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals
2025 — Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award (VACMA)
2026 — Shortlisted, Jon Schueler Scholarship
2026 — Selected, Highland Art Award, representing Uist Artists Association

Selected Publications & Media

2026 — Visual Arts Scotland, Artwork of the Month — Hebridean Tiger

2026 — Featured in Pressing Matters newsletter, Collecting Fragments — profile of my photopolymer gravure practice and process.

2025 — North Uist / Scolpaig campaign featured in an Arte documentary

2023 — Campaign Against the North Uist Spaceport featured in The Guardian

2022 — IN this DAY and AGE — The Outer Hebrides, Nicola Neate & John Kippin, Kerber Verlag

2020 — Work included in Studies in Photography

Residencies

2009 — St Michael’s Printshop, Newfoundland, Canada
2008 — Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland, Canada
2007 — Volunteer Artist in Residence, Woodlands Farm Trust, London
1999 — Print Residency, London Print Studio, London

Teaching, Workshops & Participatory Practice

2026 — A Tapestry of Connection, Craigard Day Care Centre / Grimsay Community Association — developed and delivered six tailored creative workshops with two non-speaking autistic adults and their carers. Work from the sessions was subsequently developed into photopolymer prints and a collaborative concertina artist’s book.

2024 — Printmaking programme with SEND students from Craigard, LEC Lionacleit, Uist

2023 — Learning and Living Wildness — workshops and exhibition, Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre

2019–24 — Visiting Art Lecturer, University of the Highlands and Islands / UHI North, West and Hebrides

2022–24 — Print and Darkroom Coordinator / Art Technician, Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre

2015–17 — Analogue Photography and Media Lecturer, Peterborough Academy / Peterborough Regional College

2014 — Teaching Assistant to Uta Kögelsberger, Newcastle University

2011–14 — Independent printmaking workshops including cyanotype, etching, collagraph and textile printing

2007 — Community art workshops, Woodlands Farm Trust, London

2000–03 — Artist workshops, Kimberley Hall Festival, Norfolk

1995 — Teaching, Photoshop for Art Foundation, Colchester Institute

1989–91 — Art Teacher, HM Prison Brixton, London

Alongside formal teaching roles, I have delivered artist-led workshops throughout my practice, working across printmaking, photography, drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and mixed media with a broad range of participants.

Selected Professional Experience

2022–24 — Social Media Manager, Campaign Against the North Uist Spaceport, Scolpaig — environmental and community campaign communications

2008 — Artist Consultant, Dransfield Owens de Silva Architects

2007 — Assistant to Ackroyd & Harvey — National Theatre Fly Tower grass installation, London

2003 — Assistant to Ackroyd & Harvey — grass installation, Dilston Grove, London

Selected Digital & Moving Image Work

2004 — Bird Land, experimental animation, Vibe Bar, London
2003 — Bird Land, Hat on Wall, London
2002 — Lenny Blue, commissioned digital title sequence, Granada Television
1998 — Photography and digital imaging for Sabina, Bush Theatre, London
1997 — Neo Boat, published by Creative Review

Education

MA Fine Art Printmaking — Camberwell College of Art, London
PGDip Photography — University of Sunderland
BA Fine Art Painting — Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, London

Professional Memberships

2026–present — Highland Print Studio
2021–present — Uist Artists Association
2023–24 — Steering Group, Printmakers of Scotland
2010–13 — Northern Print Studio
1997–2005 — Artichoke Print Workshop, London