Nicola Neate

Nicola Neate is a multidisciplinary artist working across fine art printmaking, photography, sculpture, and socially engaged practice. Trained in painting, printmaking, and photography (MA Fine Art Printmaking, Camberwell; PGDip Photography, Sunderland; BA Fine Art Painting, Ravensbourne), her work explores landscape, ecological relationships, and the social histories embedded in place. Alongside her two-dimensional work, Neate creates sculptural assemblages using found and sourced materials, often drawing on environmental narratives and site-specific research. These sculptural works frequently accompany her photographic and print-based projects, extending her interest in materiality, memory, and the layers of human and non-human presence within landscapes.

From 2019–2024 she undertook a collaborative photographic residency in the Outer Hebrides with John Kippin, culminating in exhibitions at Taigh Chearsabhagh and NGCA and a publication with Kerber Verlag. Her long-term engagement with island communities informs both her artistic and activist practice, including her role as Social Media Manager for the Campaign Against the North Uist Spaceport (2022–2024).

Neate’s work has been exhibited widely in the UK, Canada, and Europe, with selections for major print exchanges, group shows, and environmental commissions. She was awarded a Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award (VACMA) in 2025 and has recently been awarded a Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals grant.

As a dedicated educator, she has taught across universities, colleges, art centres, and community settings, including extensive workshop delivery and technical support in print and darkroom processes. Collaboration, experimental making, and an ongoing inquiry into place and material are central to her practice.