Biography
I have been making art since the early eighties when I went to Art school in South Australia.
During that time I have also been a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology, in Auckland New Zealand, and a children's book illustrator.
I have exhibited many times in Australia and New Zealand and have works in public and private collections in these countries and internationally.
In 1997 I received my Master of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
I am primarily interested in using drawing and painting to interpret and respond to the landscape, although other elements often enter into the work as well.
Selected Exhibitions
2014 (Somewhere) Between Heavan and Earth (solo show) Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, NZ
2011 Hypothetical Portraits & Other Things (solo show) Laundromat Gallery Tauranga. NZ
2010 Miles Art Award Exhibition Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, NZ
2008 Petals (group show) Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, NZ
2007 Group Exhibition Harris Courtin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 Walking, Eating, Talking & Sex (solo show) Idiom Studio, Wellington, NZ
Tauranga Artists (group show) George Perry Gallery, Tauranga, NZ
2005 House of Humour & Satire Biennale 2005 Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Men’s Show (group show) Idiom Studio, Wellington, NZ
Kiwiana (group show) ArtStudio Gallery, Mt. Maunganui, NZ
2004 This Land – Large Drawings (solo show) Idiom Studio, Wellington, NZ
This Land (solo show) ArtStudio Gallery, Mt Maunganui, NZ
It’s the 99.95 Show (group show) Idiom Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2003 Mediterranean Dreaming & Women I Have Known (solo show) Mills Reef Winery, Tauranga, NZ
2002 Trevor Pye – Paintings, (solo show) The Art Studio, Mt Maunganui, NZ
Look at it From This Angle, (solo installation) Axiom Gallery Tauranga, NZ
2001 gsm – works on paper, (group show), Harrison’s Gallery,
Tauranga, NZ
2000 Paintings (solo show),Conversely, e-magazine, Los Angeles, USA, http://www.conversely.com
Paintings (solo show), Matua Valley Wines, Kumeu, Auckland
The Beginning (group show), Virtual Tart, http://virtual.tart.co.nz
1999 Deck the Walls – Christmas small works group show, Idiom Studio, Wellington
The End (group show), Virtual Tart, http://virtual.tart.co.nz
Paintings (solo show), Sabine, e-magazine, Tarzana, Calif., USA, http://www.sabine- mag.com
Trevor Pye: Paintings & Works on paper (solo show), Gallery Sixteen, Haupai, Auckland
Trevor Pye:Paintings (solo show), Gallery at the Crossroads, Inglewood, Taranaki
1998 Cartographies of the Soul (solo show), Virtual TART, http://virtual.tart.co.nz
1996 Sculpture and Related Drawings (solo show), Oedipus Rex
Gallery, Auckland
An Ethnography of the Soul, (solo show), Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland
1993 Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award Exhibition, Robert
McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
New Zealand Children's Illustrators' Exhibition, National Library, Auckland
1989 9th International Biennial of Humour & Satire in the Arts,
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
1988 Demolition Exhibition (group show), Artspace, Auckland
1987 Open All Hours (group show), S.A.C.A.E., Adelaide
Views of Points (solo show), Artspace, Auckland
1986 Wild Life (group show), Tete Gallery, Adelaide
Post Sculpture (group show), Contemporary Art Sociery, Adelaide
New New (group show), Tete Gallery, Adelaide
Stripping the Bed Bare (group show), Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
1985 Prix Sculpture (group show), Union Gallery, Adelaide
1984 Fresh Cut (group show), Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Awards/Grants
2001 Unesco Highly Commended Award for Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance. The AOK Project by Vivienne Joseph. Illustrated by Trevor Pye
1994 QEII Arts Council Grant. Children's Writing Bursary
1993 Aim NewZealand Children’s Book Awards. Picture Book Section, Honour Award. Grandma McGarvey Paints the Shed by Jenny Hessell. Illustrated by Trevor Pye
1992 New Zealand Children’s Book Awards. Picture Book Section, 2nd Prize. My Aunt Mary Went Shopping by Roger Hall. Illustrated by Trevor Pye
1990 ASB Trusts Grant for research into curriculum development
1988 QEII Arts Council Grant. New Artist's Promotion Scheme
BRL Art Award. Highly Commended Award
1985 Geoff Lloyd Memorial Award for Sculpture, S.A.C.A.E., Adelaide
Works held in public collections: City of Tauranga, NZ, Environment BOP, Whakatane, NZ
Works in private collections in UK, USA, Australia, Bulgaria, New Zealand