Piney's first venture into art curation was in 2016 co-curating an event with food artist Alice Straker at the White Conduit Gallery in Islington, London, the exhibition was called "Violet's Gum" inspired by the iconic moment when character Violet Beauregarde chews the gum that tastes of a 3 course meal before turning into a blueberry, in Roald Dahl's children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The exhibition was launched in the wake of what would have been Roald Dahl's 100th birthday.