Born in Reading. Lives and works in London.
Education - Art
MA Chelsea School of Art, recipient of the “Herbert Read Scholarship”
BA Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames
Solo exhibitions include:
“Misplaced” Vertigo Gallery, London 2004
“Pub Wallpaper” The Royal Oak, London, 2003
“Terra Di Matraia” Colle Verde, Italy, 2001
“The Rec” Grey Space, London, 2000
“Barren” Battersea Central Mission, London, 1997 (funded by Wandsworth Arts)
Curating
”Encounters with Scale” Portman Gallery, London, March 2009 (co-curated with Andrew Cooper)
“GHost” St Johns on Bethnal Green, London, December 2008 (co-curated with Ricarda Vidal)
“Chutney 2 – The Rot Sets In” co- curated with Marq Kearey. On Camberwell Green for Camberwell Arts Week, London, June 2008 (Funded by Camberwell Arts)
“Real Life” Portman Gallery, Morpeth School, Bethnal Green, London, March 2008
“Driven”, Fieldgate Gallery, London 2007 (funded by Classic Car Club and City Citroen)
“42” Three Colts Gallery, London 2006
“The First Chutney Preserves” co-curated with Marq Kearey, Lambeth Country Show, London, 2005 (Funded by Lambeth Arts, Lambeth Parks and Artist’s Studio Company)
“Estate” Osterley Park House, Middlesex, 1999 (Funded by English Heritage)
Up-coming Exhibitions
Up-coming solo exhibition “Never Afraid”, Crimestown Gallery, London October 2009
“Transendenz inc”, .Ausstellung Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, Germany, April 2009
“May Day May Day, The Dark Times Are Coming” Fish Gallery, Hastings, Sussex, May 2009
“Good News” Alexandra Palace Park, London, May 2009
“Domestic” Braziers, Oxfordshire, date to be confirmed
Recent Group exhibitions include
”Scope London 2008” Lords Cricket Ground, London, Vertigo Gallery, October 2008
“Fresh “Air Machine” Calvert 22, 22 Calvert Place, Shoreditch, London, opens 18th September 2008
”A Walk in the Park” Queens Woods, Highgate , London, 6th and 7th September 2008
“Start Your Collection” Contemporary Art Projects, Rivington Street, London, August 2008
“Chutney 2 – The Rot Sets In” On Camberwell Green for Camberwell Arts Week, London, June 2008 (Funded by Camberwell Arts)
“Poetic License” Crimes Town Gallery, Stoke Newington, London, June 2008
“Walpurgisnacht” Crimes Town Gallery, Stoke Newington, London, May 2008
“00 Nature”, Contemporary Art Projects, Rivington Street, London May 2008
“No Letters” Nettie Horn, Vyner Street, London, April 2008
“New Dark Age” Hats Plus, Kings Cross, London March 2008
“Real Life”, Portman Gallery, Bethnal Green, London March 2008
“Mothers” Sartorial Art Gallery, Kensington Church Street, London March 2008
“London Art Fair 2008” Business Design Centre, Vertigo Gallery, Islington, London, January 2008
“Planchette” The Residence, The Verger’s Cottage, Eastway, London November 2007
"Spectre V Rector" The Residence, The Verger’s Cottage, Eastway, London November 2007
"I Love Peckham Shop Windows", artist residency, London 2007 (Funded by University for the Arts)
"It Takes Two - Part Two", Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2007
“It Takes Two”, The Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton 2007
“Border line”, Patriot Hall Gallery, Edinburgh 2007
“Driven”, Fieldgate Gallery, London 2007 (funded by Classic Car Club and City Citroen)
“Winter Exhibition”, Contemporary Art Projects, Rivington Street, London
“The Marmite Prize”, Residence Gallery, Hackney 2006
“Never be seen”, Performing Arts Centre, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey 2006
“For Peel”, Nomoregrey, London 2006
“42” Three Colts Gallery, London 2006
“Summer Show” Contemporary Art Projects, London 2006
“David Beckham” A&D Gallery, London 2006
“Local” Wine Gallery, London 2006
“30 x 30” Vertigo Gallery, London 2005
“Mrs Lavers 5 year Diary”, The Hat On Wall, London 2005
“Real Strange”, Lounge Gallery, London 2005
“East in 2 West” Alma Enterprises and The Wine Gallery, London 2005
“Night on Earth” The Oxford House, London, 2005
“Long Weekend” The Scholars House, London, 2005
“Vyner Street Village Fete” London 2005
“The Prosperous Reapers” Alma Enterprises, London, 2005 (Funded by Artist’s Studio Company)
“The First Chutney Preserves” Lambeth Country Show, London, 2005
“Landscape” Vertigo Gallery, London, 2005
“Open Market” Brixton Village Market, London, 2004 (Funded by Artist’s Studio Company)
“Mothers” The Oxford House, London/Northern Edinburgh Arts Centre, Edinburgh 2004
“Lost Weekends” Vertigo Gallery, London, 2004
“Shed Summit” Welcome Barton, Devon, 2003
“Paperwork” Vertigo Gallery, London, 2003
“One week wonders” Vertigo, 2002
“Onederful” Vertigo, 2002
“Multi- story”, Lounge, London, 2001
“Colle Verde Residency” Beatrice Royal, Hampshire, 2001
“Urban Heights” Vertigo Gallery, London 2000
“DIY” 19 Glengall Rd, London, 2000
“Removal” Penny School Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, 1999
“X-hibit” Battersea Arts Centre, London,1999
“Bankside Browser” Tate Gallery Project, 1999
“Dinner Party ‘99” Pittshanger Manor, 1999
“Estate” Osterley Park House, Middlesex, 1999 (Funded by English Heritage)
Residencies
University of the Arts "I Love Peckham Shop Windows" Keegan’s Regeneration, London, August 2007
Southern Arts’ “Colle Verde Residency” Lucca, Italy, Dec 2000/Jan 2001
Selected Articles
“Harry Pye’s London Diary” ‘(Real Life’) Epifiano (Estonia Art Magazine) March 2008
”Driven to Distraction” ‘Driven’ reviewed by Rebecca Feiner, Telegraph, July 2007
‘The Culture Show’ BBC Radio Scotland, March 2007, interview at Borderline show in Edinburgh
“42” Chris Schuler, The Independent, November 2006
“A Natural World Made Modern” Chris Schuler, The Independent, June 2005
“Harry Pye’s London Diary” (‘First Chutney Preserves’) Epifiano (Estonia Art Magazine) September 2005
“Mothers”, Interview on Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, March 2004
“Happy Viewing” Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator, December 2003
“Wallpaper” Italian Vogue, December 2001
Selected websites:
http://chutneypreserves.blogspot.com
http://www.host-a-ghost.blogspot.com
http://www.thebelfry.org.uk/
http://www.fieldgategallery.com/fieldgatedriven3.html
http://bettingonshorts.com