Pippa Hale is a contemporary British artist, founder of the Northern Art Prize and co-founder of Leeds contemporary art gallery The Tetley.
[1] 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.
[1] In 2019, as part of a joint project developed by Rachel Reeves in partnership with Leeds City Council and Leeds Art University, Hale's sculpture Ribbons was commissioned from a shortlist of three other artists to redress the imbalance of women portrayed within the public sphere.
[2] It was unveiled in 2024 in Quarry Hill, Leeds, and includes the names of 383 women chosen for the sculpture by vote.
[7] 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.