Bio
Rob Lye (1982) is an Artist and Musician born in Wiltshire currently living in London. He graduated from the RCA in 2011.
Born: 1982, Wiltshire.
Education:
MA, Royal College of Art, Sculpture 2009-2011.
BA, Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam, 2001-2004.
Solo Shows:
Rain' APT Gallery, London, 2018.
‘Speculative Field Recordings of the Near Future’ Outpost, Norwich 2017
‘Mute Outtakes’, Dyehouse 451, London 2017
‘Early Confessions’ STORE/ASC, London 2014
‘Treetops’ Winter Project Space, 2013.
‘The hand you have been dealt’ Supplement Gallery, London 2008.
Selected Group Shows:
'Sunscreen' Lux, 2023.
‘Members Show’ Selected by Andy Holden, Outpost, Norwich, 2017.
‘A Laborious Dedication to Useless Tasks’ The Debtford Project, London 2016.
‘Movements One, Two and Three’ (w/Hania Stella Sawicka) Bond House Gallery,
London, 2016. MOSTYN OPEN, Mostyn, Wales, 2015.
Transmètic : Ordonnance, Lewisham Arthouse, London,2015.
Open File: ‘Sounding’ Modern Art Oxford, Oxford 2014.
‘FFOAM’ Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, 2014.
‘FFOAM’And/Or, London 2014.
‘’FFOAM’ P/N, London, 2014.
‘Notes On An Autobiography’ ASC Gallery, London 2014.
Quantum Leap, Embassy Gallery Edinburgh & Malmö Konsthall Sweden,2013.
Outpost offsite exhibition, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, 2013.
‘May it keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds’ MEXICO, Project Space, Leeds 2012.
‘Working on the inside’, The Drawing Room, London, 2012.
‘Accidental Purpose’, Online, 2012.
‘(Screening)’ Studio One, Tannery Arts, London 2012.
‘Notes on an Autobiography’ Limoncello Gallery, 2012.
‘Casting Glances in all Direction’ Supplement Gallery, London 2012.
‘Young British Art 2’, (curated by Ryan Gander and Christina von Rotenhan), DIENSTGE-BÄUDE, Zurich 2012.
‘Checklist’ Mousse Magazine, 2011.
‘Screening’ SSE Space, London, 2011.
‘We Worked in Squares and Loved in Triangles’, SSE Space, London.
‘BYTS’ Stedelijk Museum’s-Hertogenbosch, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 2011.
Curated Projects
Benedict Drew, Human Heads, Rob Lye, Marc Matter/Tom White, Cafe Oto, London, 2017.
‘Notes On An Autobiography’ ASC Gallery, London 2014.
‘Notes on an Autobiography’ Limoncello Gallery, 2012.
(Screening), Studio One, Tannery Arts, London 2012.
‘Screening’ SSE Space, London, 2012.
‘and...and...and...’ Sylvester Space, Sheffield, 2007.
‘Chris Watson and TOUCH 25’, Sheffield, 2007.
Select Performances:
Rob Lye, Tom White, TEARS/OV Iklectik, London 2022
Kelly Jayne Jones, Chora, Food People, The Heads and the Golds, Cafe Oto, 2021.
Gaël Moissonnier, Rob Lye, Oliver Sutherland, Fay Nicolson Cafe Oto, 2021.
Gael Moissonier, Rob Lye Sonoscopia, Porto, Portugal 2019.
Gael Moissonier, Rob Lye, Desterro, Lisbon, Portugal 2019.
Gael Moissonier, Rob Lye FUSE Project Space, Bradford 2019.
Gael Moissonier, Rob Lye Caraboo Gallery, Bristol,2019.
Gael Moissonier, Rob Lye Iklectik, London 2019.
Cam Deas, Rob Lye, Philomene Pirecki, Cafe Oto, London, 2019
‘Open Sound’ selcected by Paul Purgas, Outpost, Norwich, 2018.
‘From the Dorsal to the Tail’ Bondhouse Projects, London 2017.
‘Open Window’ The Greenwich Pensioner, London 2017
Benedict Drew, Human Heads, Rob Lye, Marc Matter/Tom White, Cafe Oto, London,
2017. Apologies in Advance, IKLEKTIC, London, 2016.
‘Enter the Dragon’, ICA, London, 2015.
W/Part Wild Horses Mane of Both Sides ,Tate Britain 2015.
W/Part Wild Horses Mane of Both Sides De La Warr Pavillion, 2015.
‘PARK ACOUSTICS’, SLG/ Cafe Gallery Projects,, 2013.
‘A Dying Artist’, Curated by Ed Atkins and Sion Parkisnson ICA, 2011.
Graves Art Gallery Sheffield, 2009.
‘Calling out of Context’, London, ICA, 2009.
‘Colour Out of Space’ Brighton, 2009.
Scala, London opening for Sonic Youth, London, 2009.
Resonance FM session, London 2009.
VPRO Radio Session and DWARS Performing Arts Festival, Amsterdam, (2008) and (2009).
Discography (Select)
‘Modern Living’ Takuroku, 2021
‘UN’ Stairwell Editions, 2021.
‘Soft Subject’ Stairwell Editions, 2021.
‘Peal’ Rob Lye, Stairwell Editions, 2018
‘Ink’ Rob Lye, Stairwell Editions, 2017
‘Songs from the Husk Hair Malt,’ Chora, Winebox Press, Tape, 2011.
‘The Wax Heel’ Chora, CD 2011
‘Ruined Parabola’ Chora, Chironex, LP, 2010.
‘Split’ Chora/Quivers, Ultramarine, LP, 2010.
‘From the shape and contents of a sheeps stomach’ Chora, Chocolate Monk,
CD 2009. ‘Le Drapeau Noir’, ‘Le Drapeau Noir, LP, 2009.
Publications/Reviews
Live Review, WIRE, Bobby Jewell, Feb 2017.
‘Critcs Choice’ by Chris Sharp, Art Review April 2012.
‘BYTS’ Catalogue, 2011.
‘The Now Sound of Sheffield’, WIRE, By David Keenan, 2009.
‘and...and...and’ Catalogue 2008.
WIRE: On Location review March 2006.
Awards/Residencies :
UAL 2019
Arts Council England Grant 2019
Outpost, Gildensgate Residency, Norwich, 2017.
Arts Council England Grant 2014.
Arts Council England Grant 2007.
Teaching:
Visiting Artist Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture (2017),
Bath Spa University (2017),
University of Creative Arts (2017),
London College of Fashion (2013-2017)
Harris and Westminster Sixth Form College (2016),
Camberwell College of Art (2011)
Central Saint Martins (2011)