Gary Pumfrey employs high realism to document the urban landscapes of Western Australia. Playing close attention to these shifting environments and the changes that have occurred there as a result of the economic and resource boom, Pumfreys’ works serve to comment on the nature of both contemporary culture and consumerism.  His trademark images of chaotic advertising graphics and the disappearing icon of the corner store have recently evolved to include depictions of somber corporate branding as found within the modern urbanscape. 

His current body of work Terraform is unmistakably ‘Perth’, yet they hold a broader thematic relevance - how the built environment serves to reveal our culture’s dilemmas and desires. Pumfrey admits that immerging himself in these sites has becomes something of an obsession as he documents the same location through as series of ongoing study paintings.

Garry Pumfrey studied art and design at the Claremont School of Art, before studying for a further twelve months at Edith Cowan University in 1999. He has participated in several group shows and art awards. He won an award in the 2004 Town of Vincent Art Award, won the Peoples Choice Award at the City of Joondalup Invitational Art Award in 2004 and has taken out first prize twice at the Gascoyne Biennale and once at the Kalgoorlie Boulder Art Exhibition. He was awarded ArtsWA funding for his Melbourne and Sydney exhibitions, and has work in several public collections, including Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University and the Town of Vincent.