NICHOLAS PYE was born in Torquay, England in 1976. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada. As a musician, Pye released and toured four albums in the mid-1990s. Moving from music to visual art, he completed his undergraduate degree at the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2002 and his Master of Fine Arts at Concordia University in Cinema Production in 2005.
Pye maintains an active art practice encompassing photography, cinema, performance, and sonic arts.
His work has been exhibited at institutions including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto; The Power Plant, Toronto; the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; and Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris.
His moving-image work has screened at international film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, and Les Rencontres Internationales in Paris, Berlin, and Madrid. His work has also been exhibited internationally in galleries in Toronto, Washington, London, New York, Berlin, and Madrid.