BORN: - - Britain, 1976 - - - - - LIVES/WORKS: - - London, England - - - - - EDUCATION: - - 1995-1998 BA Painting Chelsea College Of Art, London 1994-1995 Foundation Surrey Institute Of Art, Farnham - - - SOLO EXHIBITIONS: - - 2007 Piers Secunda, Paint Assemblages Nettie Horn Gallery, London - - - SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2008 1996The Future Can Wait II Old Truman Brewery, London 2008 Mashups DACS, London 2008 Counterpoint British Sculpture Now and Then, Robin Katz, London 2008 Space Now The Triangle, London 2008 Superscope Lounge Gallery, London 2007 Piers Secunda, Paint Assemblages Nettie Horn Gallery, London 2007 The Lucifer Effect Gallery Primo Alonso, London 2007 Happy Days John Jones, London 2007 Texting Wallspace, London 2007 Dorian Gray Vegas Gallery, London 2007 Delicate Situations Online exhibition, London 2006 Double Happiness Hollow Gallery, London 2005 Secret Royal College of Art, London 2005 The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (Catalogue, work illustrated) 2005 Salon Show Hollow Gallery, London 2005 Yabadabadoo Cell Project Space, London 2004 Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London 2003 Paint In 2003 Century Gallery, London. Catalogue 2003 Selected Works, Vogue House Conde Nast, London 2003 Nth Art Opening Exhibition London 2003 Ryder Truck Exhibition (solo show) touring art galleries, New York 2002 Mobile Exhibition No. 4 London 2002 Ryder Truck Exhibition (solo show) touring art galleries, New York 2002 Kiosk The Kiosk Project, London 2001 Ryder Truck Exhibition (solo show) touring art galleries, New York 2000 Paint Tivoli Arts Co-Op, Tivoli, New York 1998 Painting In New York Tivoli Arts Co-Op, Tivoli, New York 1998 The Temporary Museum (with Chris Ofili, Gavin Turk, Peter Blake, Richard Long, Bob and Roberta Smith and Cornelia Parker, London). Catalogue 1996 Roll On-Roll Off exhibition inside a Double Deck Bus, touring art museums, London 1995 August Exhibition Sotheby’s, London 1994 ---- Nicholas Thorp Gallery, London 1994 ---- Nicholas Thorp Gallery, London - - - AWARDS & RESIDENCIES: - 1994 The John Lewis Partnership Prize - - - BIBLIOGRAPHY: - 2008 Art Monthly "Superscope", Cherry Smyth, March 2008 Houston Press "Paydirt: Thames Mudlarks", Troy Schulze 2008 Time Out "Rainbow Straightener" Martin Coomer 2008 The Guardian Guide "Rainbow Straightener" 2007 Celeste Art Prize. Catalogue 2007 Fash’ N Riot May 2007 Edition (work Illustrated) 2007 Jack Wakefield, Paint Sculpture (press release) 2007 Martin Holman, Piers Secunda: No Tub To A Whale…(catalogue essay) 2007 David Ryan, Noel Forster and Piers Secunda Paintings and Constructions (catalogue) 2005 Andy Collard The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (work illustrated) 2003 Dr. Tom Learner, Head Conservator, Tate. Modern Paint (catalogue) 2002 James Bainbridge, Mobile Art, The Guardian 2000 Selma Young, Young Painters, Poughkeepsie Journal. New York 1996 Mobile Art, South London Press - - - COLLECTIONS: - - The University of The Arts, London Alannah Weston, London Aquest International, New York Borsetti Architecture, New York Findlay Asset Management, New York Howard Corporation, New York John Jones, London Khulman Collection, New York McWilliams Collection, Santa Barbara Moore and Moore Arts, Shanghai and London Rachel Whiteread, London Private Collections in the UK and US - - ARTIST STATEMENT: - Piers Secunda’s work has developed over the last twelve years, out of a desire to remove paint from its traditional support. In his words, “as far as possible to separate paint from the restraints of the applied 2D surface.”  Secunda has developed a wide range systems for using his industrial paint, amongst which are pouring, smashing and casting with moulds to produce industrial fixtures made of paint, which have their own structural integrity and are increasingly used to hold the works together. As a result the works seamlessly merge painting and sculpture as they steadily develop their own language.