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Nicholas and Sheila Pye Biography
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Nicholas Pye
1976 Born in Torquay, EnglandEducation
2003-2005 M.F.A., Concordia University, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
1998-2002 AOCAD, Ontario College of Art and Design; AOCAD, BFA, thesis in studio arts photography Awards and Scholarships
2006 Ontario Arts Council, film and video grant; Canada Arts Council, travel grant
2005 Ontario Arts Council, film and video grant; De Seve Graduate Award; Selected for the 55th Berlin International Film Festival’s Berlinale Talent Campus; European Media Arts Festival, Best of Selection, for “The Paper Wall”
2004 Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival, best experimental film; Ontario-Quebec exchange fellowship, full graduate school scholarship; Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Cinematic Excellence Award
2003 Ontario Arts Council, film and video grant; Ciam (Centre interuniversitaire des arts médiatiques), media arts grant; Ontario-Quebec exchange fellowship, full graduate school scholarship
2002 Toronto Outdoor art exhibition, best in show photography; Photography Faculty Award, thesis year fine art photography, OCAD
2001 Photography Students Choice Award, contemporary photography award, OCAD
2000 George A. Reid Award, for excellence in fine art photography, OCAD
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Sheila Pye
1978 Born near Hamilton, OntarioEducation
2001-2003 M.F.A Concordia University, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal
1997-2001 AOCAD, Ontario College of Art and Design, Integrated Media, Toronto Awards and Scholarships
2005 Short listed for the Cannes Festival du Residence, France; Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab, Toronto; Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin, Germany
2004 Best Experimental Film, Worldwide Short Film Festival “The Paper Wall”; European Media Arts Festival, Best of Selection Tour, “The Paper Wall”
2003 Vision Globale Graduate Award (film production), Concordia University; JW McConnell Memorial Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University
2002 Sir Edmund Walker Scholarship, Graduate studies, OCAD; Mudge Massey Scholarship, Graduate studies, OCAD; William F White Award, excellence in film production
2000 Best Experimental Film, TVO Telefest Canada, The Lesson; George A Reid Award, contemporary photography, OCAD; Ross Fletcher Film Video Scholarship, OCAD; Integrated Media Faculty Award, OCAD; William F White Award, excellence in film production, OCAD
1999 George A Reid Award, contemporary photography; Sully Corth Scholarship, drawing and painting, OCAD; William F White Award, excellence in film production
1998 George A Reid Scholarship, excellence in integrated media
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Love/ Hate, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
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2007
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Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
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2007
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Galerie Adler subZONE, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Like There Is No Tomorrow, Gallery Caprice Horn, Berlin
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2007
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Highlights of the Permanent Collection, Smithsonian Institute’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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2006
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Rare Plus Gallery, New York City (solo)
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2006
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A Life of Errors, Curator’s Office, Washington DC (solo)
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2006
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A Life of Errors, Kasia Kay Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2006
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The Inside Game, Portland Art Centre, Portland, Oregon
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2006
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Satellite Valencia, La Sala Naranja Gallery, Valencia, Spain
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2006
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Non-Celestial Bodies, Begoña Malone Gallery, Madrid, Spain
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2006
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TheSkinWe’reIn, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
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2005
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Blame Canada, Harve Levine Gallery, Los Angeles
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2005
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Almost Young, Angell Gallery, Toronto (solo)
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2005
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The Paper Wall, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York City (solo)
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2004
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Black Haired Sister, Blonde Haired Brother, Angell Gallery, Toronto (solo)
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2004
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The Next Wave, Contact Photographic Festival, Toronto Image Works
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2003
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Proof 10, Gallery 44, Toronto
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2003
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Best Of Group Exhibition, 1st Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto
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2002
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Intermission Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto
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