Pitts was educated at the University of Auckland, gaining an MA in English and Art History.
In the 1980s, Pitts co-founded the magazine Antic, which focused on literature and visual arts.[1] She was also a frequent contributor to the journal Art New Zealand.[2]
From 1993 to 1998, Pitts was director of the Govett-Brewster Art GalleryinNew Plymouth. She then moved to Dunedin and from 1998 to 2007 she was director of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Otago Settlers Museum.[3] Between 2007 and 2014, Pitts had a managerial role at the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Since that time she has worked as a freelance writer and curator, working from Lower Hutt.
In 2017 she co-wrote a book on the history of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship.[4]
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