DOMOBAAL

*1960 Harlech, Wales
lives/works in Twickenham

"Although Siân Pile's work is purely photographic, she presents – in almost minimalist style – a sense of gesture within the landscape. The red cordon ribbon holds nothing 'in' or 'out' other than the space it defines. The subject – as in other images of the same series – is not randomly chosen neither it is documentary in nature."

Clare Grafik, curator at the Photographers' Gallery, London, from 'Gesture: Subject and Object' an online exhibition curated by Clare Grafik for axisweb 2007.

Siân Pile: biography pdf

Education

2006:  MA Photography, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London.

2004:  PGC Professional Practice Photography (Distinction), St Martin's, London.

1982:  BA (Hons) Textiles, Goldsmith's College, Camberwell, London.

Exhibitions

2019

: Phytopia, Glynn Vivian Museum and Art Gallery, Alexandra Road, Swansea, SA1 5DZ, 15.02.19 – 26.05.19; artist conference on Saturday 16th February 2019.

2018

: Phytopia, Thames–Side Studios Gallery, Trinity Wharf, Harrington Way, Warspite Road, London.

2017

: Phytopia, curated by Edward Chell at The Milton Gallery, St Paul's School, Lonsdale Road, London.

2014

: Art in the Home #2 York, by invitation from the Contemporary Art Society North.

2011

: Your Garden Is Looking A Mess, Could You Please Tidy It Up, with Rupert Ackroyd, Peter Blake, Leon Chew, Nicky Coutts, Greg Day, David Gates, Sarah Hardacre, Gerard Hemsworth, Marie–Jeanne Hoffner, Dick Jewell, Peter Kennard, Gerhard Lang, Bruce McLean, Niall Monroe, Jack Newling, Dermot O'Brien, Siân Pile, Rudolf Reiber, Richard Rhys, Daniel James Wilkinson, curated by Andrew Curtis at PayneShurvell, London.

2010

: Sophisticated Boom Boom (in b&w), Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Peter Linde Busk, Lothar Götz, Heide Hinrichs, Steve Johnson, Sharon Kivland, Ansel Krut, Jeffrey TY Lee, Siân Pile, Felicity Powell, Mark Prince, Shaan Syed and Mhairi Vari, domobaal.

2009

: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) domobaal.

: Art Rotterdam, STAND projects, De Expeditie/Amsterdam, domobaal/London, Tatjana Pieters/OneTwenty/Gent.

2008

: Welsh Photography Open 2008, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK.

: STAND, De Expeditie/Amsterdam, domobaal/London, Tatjana Pieters/OneTwenty/Gent at Villa La Tourelle, Oostende, Belgium.

: Skolska 28, Family Archives Lost and Found, Prague, curated by Val Williams, supported by The British Council.

: Through the Lens, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.

: Siân Pile, (solo exhibition) domobaal gallery, London.

2007

: Art and Architecture, 129 Kew Road, Richmond.

: Gesture, Subject and Object, exhibition curated by Clare Grafik, axisweb.

: The Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London.

: I Know You Once Had Hairdos, curated by Damian Thompson, Islington Arts Factory, London.

: Map Reading, curated by Wiebke Leister, Bielefeld University, Germany.

: MA's All, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, UK.

2006

: Final Show, MA Photography, London College of Communication, London.

: Arts Exhibition, National Eisteddfod, Swansea, Wales.

: MA Interim Show, London College of Communication, London.

2005

: Family Archive: Lost and Found, curated by Professor Val Williams: Anna Fox, Joy Gregory, Hannah Guy, Mark Howarth-Booth, Sophie Howarth, Kevin Newark, Siân Pile, Marjolaine Riley, Kathrine Thurlow, Val Williams.

: Unfinished, Pavement Gallery, London College of Communication, London.

: Works on Paper, RK Burt, London.

: 24, Soho Square, London.

: 24, Mezzo, Wardour Street, London.

Artists Talks

2009

: Dev/Stop/Fix: Sarah James, Photography: Between Seeing and Knowing; Invited by Dr. Sarah James for a talk at The Photographer's Gallery.

2006

: Just One Image, Photography and the Archive, London College of Communication, London.

2005

: Family Archive: Lost and Found, London College of Communication, London.

Text

2008

: Siân Pile, Photography between the Known and the Unknown, Dr. Sarah James.