Pie Herring is a figurative artist whose work explores themes of identity, culture and human connection. Primarily based in Guildford, UK, she graduated from The Edinburgh College of Art in 2018 with a BA(Hons) in Painting.

 

In 2019 her degree show work was awarded the Carnegie Scholarship at the Royal Scottish Academies New Contemporaries Exhibition. Later that year, her work was featured in the group show ‘Young London Painters’ held at Arthill Gallery.

 

In 2020, on a quest to gain new inspiration Pie began to travel and paint, collecting local materials and techniques along the way. She wanted to explore the impact that different environments and cultures could have on her painting practice. She was invited to Kenya with a group of artists to create work highlighting the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on rural communities in the North of the country. Subsequently, her work was exhibited in a group show at The High Line Nine Gallery in New York. 

 

In 2021-2022, the artist moved to the oldest Swahili settlement in East Africa. Whilst here, she produced work for an exhibition which benefited the local children’s orphanage - Anidan Children’s Home. Later that year, she was invited by a small charity called The Milgis Trust to stay with the Samburu Tribe nestled within the Ndoto Mountains of Northern Kenya. Pie created a collection of paintings which were exhibited alongside photographer Migwa Nthiga at Matbronze Gallery, Nairobi in November 2022.

 

In 2023, Pie was invited to live in Marrakech as an artist in residence with Riad Alena. The residency culminated in a solo-exhibition which raised funds for the local Fiers y Fort children’s home. Most recently, the artist has been in Ghana taking part in the AATC Artist Residency.