Portrait photo credit: Brenton Sgro

After completing schooling in Geelong, Pye began painting in Melbourne, documenting
the alleys and terrace houses of North Fitzroy, Cartlon and was inspired by artists such
as Danila Vassilieff. Now based in El Dorado, North East Victoria, Pye works at prolific
scale and output into his mid career.

Pye seeks out sites which many would consider ‘inaccessible’, and produces not only
a pictorial record of the place, but an experience of the order and chaos, the variable
quality of light across seasons, and the character of the landmarks, vegetation and
wildlife that inhabit these spaces. In instances, Pye also records the fact that, as
‘inaccessible’ as these spaces may appear, many still show the signs of human
presence. But above all, the artist seeks to enliven the sacred in life and art through the
Australian landscape. Pye also has also had a multitude of Australian ‘front bar and
bush’ poetry published.

Pye’s works are included in several public galleries, and in private and corporate
collections across the world. Pye is represented by Leading Australian Gallery Martin
Browne Contemporary in Paddington, NSW.
‘Immersed in the vibrant life, dynamic sounds, and solitude of the
Australian bush, Pye effortlessly captures its unique beauty and terror.
In doing so, Pye carries the legacy of the pioneering Modernist painters
of the Australian bush, those who gave painterly form to our country,
such as Fred Williams, Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan.’
Dr. Lee-Anne Hall, Director Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery 

EDUCATION
2019 Master of Teaching (secondary literature) Charles Sturt University 
2009 BA Arts Deakin University (Literature, Politics double major sequences)
2000 BA Fine Art (painting) RMIT discontinued. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 Nudes and Vases / RMIT gallery, Melbourne 
2003 Trees from a distance / Gertrude St Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Victorian Landscapes / Boom Gallery, Geelong
2018 New Tree Scenes / Boom Gallery, Geelong
2019 Mad Blossom/ Milawa Gallery, Milawa
2019 Studio Direct / Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney 
2019 North East Tree Scenes /Wangaratta Art Gallery
2019 The Great Ocean Road /Boom Gallery, Geelong 
2020 Fringe Lyf / Boom Gallery, Newtown
2022 Bush Theatre / Martin Browne Contemporary
2022 Magma Gamma / Modern Times, Melbourne
2024 Cockies and Hot Rocks/ Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW
2024 Salon Hangs – Studies and Mud Balls / Singapore, Darwin, Sorrento, Online
2025 Cockies Casting Yabby Shadows / Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington,
NSW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Boom Gallery Annual show, Geelong
2016 Boom Gallery Annual show, Geelong 
2017 Summer Projects – Boom Gallery, Geelong 
2017 Boom Gallery Annual show, Geelong
2017 Terra Firma – Boom Gallery, Geelong 
2019 You Yangs – Boom Gallery, Geelong 
2019 Works in Progress on paper, CASPA gallery, Castlemaine, Vic 
2019 Southern Bouy Studios, Sorrento, Vic 
2021 Contemporary Landscape Perspectives – Wangaratta Art Gallery
2021 Radiant Dreams – Modern Times, Melbourne
2021 Sydney Contemporary – Martin Browne Contemporary
2021 Summer group show – Martin Browne Contemporary
2022 Autumn Group Show – Martin Browne Contemporary
2022 Sydney Contemporary – Martin Browne Contemporary
2022 Paddington Art prize (finalist) – Defiance Gallery, NSW
2022 A Tentative Unwinding – Modern Times, Melbourne
2022 Public Program Benalla Regional Gallery, Victoria
2023 Winter Group Show – Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington 
2023 Always + Altered – Benalla Regional Gallery, Victoria 
2023/24 Beauty and Fear (Rob Hirschman/ Andy Pye) Wangaratta Art Gallery
2024 Winter Group Show – Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington, NSW
2024 John Leslie art Prize, finalist – Gippsland Art Gallery, Vic. 

Andrew (Andy) Pye’s works are held in private and corporate collections in Australia, the USA, Canada, France and the United Kingdom