1940        Born in Lancashire

1953        Junior Art School, Bolton

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1962        Queen’s University, Belfast

1963        Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester

1964        Queen’s University, Belfast

1965        Neil Shawcross: Recent Paintings, New Gallery, Belfast, December - January 1966

1966        Royal Watercolour Society Gallery, London

1968        Neil Shawcross: Recent Paintings, New Gallery, Belfast, November - December

1970        Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast

                Octagon Theatre, Bolton

1972        Octagon Gallery, Belfast

1974        Neptune Gallery, Dublin

                Neil Shawcross, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast

1977        Neil Shawcross: Recent Watercolours, Bell Gallery, Belfast, October

1979        Neil Shawcross: Recent Watercolours, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin, November

1982        Neil Shawcross: Bell Gallery, Belfast, November

1983        Peacock Gallery, Craigavon

                Visitor’s Centre, Enniskillen

                Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin

1984        The Gordon Gallery, Derry

                Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

                Grant Fine Art, Newcastle

1985        Neil Shawcross: Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin, November

1986        Neil Shawcross: Views from twenty-two Watercolours, Art and Research Exchange, Belfast, August

1987        Neil Shawcross; New Works, The Gordon Gallery, Derry, October

1988        Neil Shawcross; New Paintings, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin, March

1990        Neil Shawcross: Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, March

                Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin

                Clifford Street Fine Art, London

1992        Industrial Development Board Office, London (exhibition sponsored by the Arts Council)

1993        Neil Shawcross, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, November

1998        Neil Shawcross, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, May - June

2000        Neil Shawcross: Peppercannister Gallery, Dublin, October

2001        Recent Portraits, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, September - October

                Recent Work, Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, September - October

2002        Neil Shawcross; New Paintings, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, March

2003        Neil Shawcross: Peppercannister Gallery, Dublin, May

2005        Neil Shawcross: Peppercannister Gallery, Dublin, August

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1962        Two-man show, Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast

1964        Six Ulster Artists, New Gallery, Belfast, June - September

1966        The Gallaher Portrait Prize, Belfast

1968        Art in Worship Today, Ulster Museum

1969        Art in Worship Today, Building Centre, Dublin

1970        Ulster faces by Ulster Artists, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, touring

1971        Art Spectrum Ulster, Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast, May - June

1973        Artist’s Choice, Ulster Museum, June - August

1975        Some Recent Acquisitions, Ulster Museum, February - November

1978        Tenth Anniversary Celebrations, New University of Ulster, November - December

1979        Modern and Contemporary Art from the Ulster Museum, Wexford Arts Centre, October - November;

                Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, November - December

1980        Hbernian Inscape, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, December

1981        Portraits of Irish Writers, Chicago (travelling)

1987        Works on Paper, Hong Kong

1987-88   Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts, Virginia, USA

1988-89   Irish / German Exchange

1989        New Works by Neville Johnson, Neil Shawcross, Dennis Westwood, Clifford Street Fine Art, London, November - December

1990        Aer Rianta Arts Festival, Dublin

1991        Aer Rianta Arts Festival, Dublin

                European Institute of Watercolour, Dublin / Belfast

                Art Inc., Guinness Hop Store, Dublin

1992        Aer Rianta Arts Festival, Dublin

1993        Monaghan Open Competition, The Market House Gallery, Monaghan, May - June

2000        Christmas exhibition, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, November - January 2001

2003        Christmas exhibition, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, December - January 2004

                New Gallery Artists, Hillsboro Fine Art , Dublin, December

2004        Springtime, Gallery M, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, April

                Autumn Exhibition, The Loft Gallery, Hillsborough, Co. Down, September

2005        Summer Exhibition, Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, June - August

EXHIBITS REGULARLY AT THE FOLLOWING

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

Royal Watercolour Society, London

Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London

Contemporary Art Fair, Bath

Peppercannister Gallery, Dublin: Spring Summer and Christmas since 2000