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Born: 13 May 1952, Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Education:

Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Master of Arts (Fine Art) 1st Class Honours. 1995-6

South Australian College of Advanced Education, Adelaide, Australia
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) 1982-5

North Adelaide School of Art, Adelaide, Australia

Selected Exhibitions

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, www.conversely.com

Paintings (solo show)
Matua Valley Wines, Kumeu, Auckland

The Beginning (group show)
Virtual Tart, virtual.tart.co.nz

1999

Deck the Walls - Christmas small works group show
Idiom Studio, Wellington

The End (group show)
Virtual Tart, virtual.tart.co.nz

Paintings (solo show)
Sabine, e-magazine, Tarzana, Calif., USA, 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, 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 Society, 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

Art Related Employment History

1988 - 2005

Exhibiting artist/ illustrator

1989 - 2005

Produced illustration for over 200 children's books.
Publishers include: Scholastic(NZ), Oxford University Press(NZ), Shortland Publications(NZ), Wendy Pye Ltd.(NZ), Random Century(NZ), Harper Collins(NZ), Learning Media(NZ), Mallinson Rendel(NZ), Omnibus Press(Aust), Lands End(NZ), Hazard Press(NZ), Scott Foresman(USA), Quarasan (USA), Penguin (NZ), Upload Publishing (Aust)

2000

Auckland University of Technology, School of Art & Design.
Part-time lecturer, final year illustration students.

1997

Auckland Institute of Technology, School of Art & Design.
Part-time lecturer Master of Art & Design programme.

1993 - 1996

Auckland Institute of Technology, School of Art & Design.
Part-time lecturer Bachelor of Graphic Design programme.

1988 - 1992

Auckland Institute of Technology, School of Art & Design.
Part-time tutor Foundation (sculpture/drawing) and Contextual Studies.

1986

North Adelaide School of Art.
Part-time tutor in Sculpture.

Professional Development

2004, 02, 00,
1998, 96

Visited Sydney Biennale

2001

Visited Venice Biennale, Italy

1996 - 2002

Member Artist's Alliance, Auckland

1987 - 1989,
2001 - 2002

Member Artspace, Auckland

1998 Artist / Illustrator in residence, Melons Bay Primary School

Howick, Auckland

1996

Attended 2nd NZ Children's Writers' & Illustrators' Hui, Wellington

1996

"Ben and the Alien Invasion" written and illustrated by Trevor Pye (Harper Collins, NZ) - dramatized for television by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, Australia

1994 -1997

Member: PEN(NZ), NZ Book Council, NZ Children's Book Foundation

1994 -1997

Workshops & lectures on illustration & sculpture in primary, intermediate & secondary schools in Auckland area

1994 - 2000

Participant NZ Children's Writers' & Illustrators' Festival, Auckland

1994

Guest Lecturer Bay of Plenty Children's Literature Association

1994 - 1998

Participant Writer's in School's Scheme, NZ Book Council
Workshops & lectures on illustration & sculpture in primary, intermediate, & secondary schools in Auckland, Bay of Plenty, & Whangarei areas

1993

Attended National Children's Writers' & Illustrators' Hui, Picton

1993

Taranaki Polytechnic, New Plymouth.
Accreditation Panel with John Harre (Chair) & Phillipa Blair, Diploma of Fine Art course

1993

Auckland Reading Association. Guest Lecturer

1992 - 1993

Workshops & lectures on illustration & sculpture in primary, intermediate, & secondary schools in Gisborne & Auckland areas

1992

Auckland Institute of Technology. Co-organized, with Elizabeth Serjeant & Carole Shepeard, the First NZ National Bookworks Symposium. Funded by ASB Trusts Grant & QEII Arts Council

1990 - 1991

AucklandTechnical Institute. Research into Curriculum Development for Contextual Studies for Diploma/Degree level. Funded by ASB trusts Grant

1990

Attended National Arts Educator's Conference, Christchurch

1989 - 1990

Member Artspace Trust Board, Auckland

1988 - 1990

Auckland Technical Institute. Curriculum Development for Foundation Studies

1986

Member Roundspace Artist's Collective, Adelaide

South Australian College of Advanced Education, Guest Lecturer


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