Garry Pumfrey employs high realism to document the urban landscapes of Australia. Paying close attention to these shifting environments and the changes that have occurred as a result of economic climates, 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 sombre corporate branding as found within the modern urbanscape.

Pumfrey’s recent move to Melbourne work inspired him to depict Melbournes’ forgotten and dwindling industrial area surrounding the now chic suburb of Port Melbourne. With his latest works, Pumfrey has combined images from both Melbourne and his hometown of Perth, uniting them in darkness to explore the quiet and stillness of the night.

Pumfey’s body of work holds a broader thematic relevance - how the built environment serves to reveal our culture’s dilemmas and desires. Pumfrey admits that immersing himself in these sites has becomes something of an obsession as he documents the same location through a series of ongoing studies.

Although Garry Pumfrey’s first solo at FLG was a bleak portrayal of Melbourne’s Port Melbourne and heavily urbanized areas it was a critical and commercial success. He has won the Town of Vincent Art Award, Peoples Choice Award at the City of Joondalup Invitational Art Award, 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. Recently his work was acquired for the Parliament House Collection.