EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2023
Easy Fun - Tatjana Pieters Ghent, BE
A Dangerous Lesson - Shipton London, UK
2022
New Horizons - Pineapple Black as part of The Middlesbrough Art Weekender, UK
Vampire hope - PRP Dallas, USA
2021
CORPORATE SCULPTURES - D-Contemporary London, UK
*meatballs not included - Artvisor London, UK
2020
PROBLEMATIC PAINTER - Tatjana Pieters Ghent, BE
2019
FLAGGED - it’s that gallery Kentucky, USA
REALITY APATHY - Tatjana Pieters Ghent, BE
2018
soft play - LUNGLEY London, UK
I'm sure they have very different painting on their own walls Jelato Love, Palma, Mallorca Spain
2017
Anything can happen in life, especially nothing... Tatjana Pieters Ghent, BE
HOLLOW Thierry Goldberg NYC, USA Pretend the world is funny and forever - Amor, Mexico City, MX
PEAK HUMAN - Depart Foundation LA, USA
A Hollywood Garden - The Cabin LA, USA
HIVE MIND - Jonathan Hopson Gallery Houston, USA
2016
CRUMPLE ZONE - Tatjana Pieters Ghent BE
Karaoke - Carl Kostyal Stockholm, SWEDEN
Nowhere - Savingy Hotel Frankfurt, DE
2015
IF IT WORKS, IT'S OBSOLETE - Johannes Vogt NYC, USA
hubcaP sMiley - Evelyn Yard London, UK
OUTDOOR SCULPTURE - Sol's Back Yard, Bushwick, NYC, USA
2014
In 3D the basil never wilts - Simon Oldfield Gallery Grosvenor art commission, London UK
2013
WEAK END ohmydays, Singapore
QUICKSAND - Artereal Project Space, Sydney Australia
2012
WHITE GOODS - Schwartz Gallery Project Space, London UK
2011
just doing something - ANDOR, London UK
GROUP
2024
Forthcoming Manchester Open - HOME Manchester, UK (3rd Feb - 28th Apr)
2023
Brush Muscle Presents!!! - PRP Dallas, USA
Well Worn - SET London UK
2022
In Absentia X: Property from a Private Collection - Ashes/Ashes NYC, USA
2019
Turtle Sandbox - Tatjana Pieters Ghent, BE
JELATO FOR ALL - Jelato Love, Palma, Mallorca Spain
CLOSER - HERO Amsterdam, NL
The Flat Files - The Pit LA, USA
2018
Vende Noticias 2007 - 2018 - Fundacion Calosa Irapuato, Guanajuto, MX
Market Forces - HERO Amsterdam, NL
Crypto Currency - TOR Frankfurt, DE
XMAS COMA - Jelato Love, Palma, Mallorca Spain
Coccaro on Paper - Carl Kostyal Offsite Puglia, Italy
Fatal Attraction - Thamesside Gallery London, UK
Paper Works - Tatjana Pieters Ghent, BE
2017
Summer Hang Tatjana Pieters Gent, BE
Flowers - Plus One Antwerp, BE
In 3D the basil never wilts REMIX - Castor NYC, USA Group show David B Smith Gallery Denver, USA Searching for magic and the distorted image falling from your iCloud - The Dot Project London, UK
2016
Finally - Castor Gallery NY, USA
Thirsty Garten - The Composing Rooms, Berlin DE
The Names - Transition Gallery London, UK
2015
People You May Know - Bosse + Baum London, UK
I refuse to participate in failure - Spreez Munich, Germany Business as Usual - Turf Projects, London, UK Drops of Jupiter - Bannerette NYC, USA
Dimensions Variable - 84 Hatton Gardens London, UK
Business as usual - STCFTHOTS Leeds, UK
2014
The Drawer Col 7 The Drawer Paris, France
BOND STREET BAR - Max Wigram Gallery, London UK
BASIC BITCHES - Skylab, Columbus USA
EVENT HORIZON curated by Gino Saccone - Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam NL
Zinger Humdinger - Canal, London UK
The Honeymoon Suite - 'Michael Pybus KNOCK OFF SHOP feat Keith Allyn Spencer' Simon Oldfield Gallery, London UK
#Artistsbelike - Nurtureart, Brooklyn USA
Ride the Judd Act II - Hardy Tree Gallery, London UK
Ride the Judd Act I - Hardy Tree Gallery, London UK
Hangwoman - Schwartz Gallery, London UK
2013
CLICK + SPILL Artemis House Project Space, York UK
Apartment 4 - Clermont-ferrand FR
THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU/I DID NOT CHOOSE TO BE HERE (Schopenhauer recalls the abrupt moment his mother was fertilized)-Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas USA
2012
Angelika Open - Angelika Studios, High Wycombe UK
2011
The Marmite Prize for Painting - The Nunnery, London UK (Touring) The Marmite Prize for Painting - Lancaster Gallery Projects, Coventry UK (Touring)
2010
The Marmite Prize for Painting - Central Art Gallery, Tameside UK (Touring)
The Tomorrow People - Elevator Gallery, London UK
2009
Parade - Hamilton House, Bristol UK MILL - Monika Bobinska, London UK
Breaking New - Five Hundred Dollars, London UK
2008
Robert Dowling - Tim Ellis - Nick Goss - Michael Pybus - Jia Jia Wang - Alexandre Pollazzon, London UK
An Experiment in Collaboration - Jerwood Space, London, UK
2007
New Build - Terrace gallery, London, UK
2006
Clincher - Cafe Space, Jerwood Space, London, UK neon flips malibu crash - Dazed & Confused Gallery, London, UK
The Birthday Show - The Foundry, London, UK
Future First - The Residence, London, UK
Summer Sale - Fosterart, London, UK
Way out East - Tram Depot Gallery, London, UK
Works on Paper - Flux Factory, Long Island, New York, USA
Hallelujah! - The Tab Centre, London, UK
2005
Blue Tac and Chimney Sweeps - The Seabright Arms, London, UK
A Collection The Tab Centre - London, UK The Hackney Artists - The Foundry, London, UK
The Housewarming - The Residence, London, UK
Summer Show - Fosterart London, UK
Summer Salon - Hackney Museum, London, UK
Island Art Film and Video Festival - Prenelle Gallery, London, UK
EDUCATION
2006 - 08 Sculpture MA Royal College of Art, London UK
2001 - 04 Fine Art BA (Hons) Goldsmiths College, London UK
INTERVIEWS / PRESS
Go with Yamo interview Feb 2019
Time Out review of soft play at Lungley Gallery Jan 2019
soft play at Lungley Gallery in Go London Evening Standard Jan 2019
soft play at Lungley Gallery - Secret London Jan 2019
GQ FEATURE “15 best artists working today” September 2018
How to navigate social media interview - Works o Mercy June 2018
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN LIFE, ESPECIALLY NOTHING... - Artland Nov 2017
Art Zealous Interview March 2017
HARNESSING ABUNDANCE - Don't Do It 2016
YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION 2015
ARTIST IN FOCUS - The Monocle Cat Oct 2015
CURATORIAL
FOUNDER / DIRECTOR WELCOME SCREEN - Gallery, London UK (2013 - 2015)
2019
'There's something about painting' - Tatjana Pieters Gallery Ghent, BE
2016
Millington Marriot - Tatjana Pieters Gallery toilet Ghent, BE
2015
F ·R ·I ·E ·N ·D ·S ✓Friends - Evelyn Yard London, UK
ebaE - Evelyn Yard Gallery toilet London, UK
ARCHIE FRANKS NIGHTMARES + dreamscapes - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
DEBORA DELMAR CORP. & PERCE JERROM 'Club de Golf' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
ebaE 'SALVAGE BEAUTY' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
ALEX BIENSTOCK & JENNYFER HADDAD 'indifferent to buildings' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
2014
NICO COLÓN / FRANCISCO CORDERO-OCEGUERA / PUPPIESPUPPIES 'Increasingly Skeptical Bodies Begin to Come Forward' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
KEITH J VARADI 'Bear in Mind' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
ANDREW BIRK 'HAWAIIAN SHIRT N DSTROYED JEANS' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
DAVID KIRSHOFF 'COCONUT TELEGRAPH' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
RAQUE FORD 'RAQUE' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
BRADFORD KESSLER 'Stink by Instinct'
GINO SACCONE '90% Proof' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
AARON GRAHAM 'Herbert Hoover On Mount Rushmore' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
JOSIP NOVOSEL 'Expired permissions' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
2013
IAN SWANSON 'studios pretty much an office rn' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
HENRIK OLAI KAARSTEIN 'Isn't' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
PETER SHEAR 'Dragon Express' - WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
KEITH ALLYN SPENCER 'Google Search WHAT God Wants For You'- WELCOME SCREEN London, UK
michael.pybus@gmail.com
Lives and works in Manchester, UK
EDUCATION
2006 - 08 Sculpture MA Royal College of Art, London UK
2001 - 04 Fine Art BA (Hons) Goldsmiths College, London UK