Pippa Hale

Pippa Hale is a contemporary British artist, founder of the Northern Art Prize and co-founder of Leeds contemporary art gallery The Tetley.

Early life

Hale studied for a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Warwickshire College of Further Education in Leamington Spa, graduating in 1991 and going on at Leeds University graduating with BA (Hons) Fine Art in 1996. It was unveiled in 2024 in Quarry Hill, Leeds, and includes the names of 383 women chosen for the sculpture by vote.

Exhibitions

2019-20 Play Rebellion at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead originally commissioned as part the MAPS festival by Chalk. 2019 PlayShapes for the MAPS festival by Chalk at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. 2019 Exhibition of shortlisted artists for Feminist Public Sculpture, Leeds Arts University Gallery In 2015 she stepped down as co-director of The Tetley and joined the board of trustees of its management company, Leeds Project Space, where she served for a further three years, resigning from this role in 2018. She is currently a trustee of the education charity IVE.