Patricia Piccinini

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My practice is focused on bodies and relationships, the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between creatures and the environment, between the artificial and the natural. I am particularly interested in the way that the everyday realities of the world around us change these relations. Perhaps because of this, many have looked at my practice in terms of science and technology, however, for me it is just as informed by Surrealism and mythology. My work aims to shift the way that people look at the world around them and question their assumptions about the relationships they have with the world.

b. 1965, Sierra Leone
Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia

Patricia Piccinini is an internationally acclaimed Australian contemporary artist. Working in a broad range of media, she has produced an extraordinary body of work since graduating from Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts in 1991. Prolific in output, Piccinini’s exhibition history is extensive, with shows in notable museums, galleries, and art fairs in many different parts of the world. Through this, she has developed a global profile.

Piccinini is best known for her anthropomorphic figurative sculptures, though her practice extends into a diverse range of media including drawing, photography, video, and large-scale installation. Her work explores contemporary technologies and their implications for human culture and ethics. Her position on this field of enquiry is not didactic, retaining an inquisitive view of human relationships with technologies and other species.

Piccinini’s major accomplishments include the exhibition We are Family, which was shown in the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2003, and her museum survey exhibition ComCiência, which toured Brazil, showing in São Paulo, Brasília, Rio De Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. It was named the most popular contemporary art exhibition in 2016 by The Art Newspaper.

Gow Langsford Gallery has represented Patricia Piccinini since 2023.

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  • Patricia Piccinini, The Sage, 2025
    The Sage, 2025
  • Patricia Piccinini, Cobalt Engagement, 2023
    Cobalt Engagement, 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, The Bridge, 2023
    The Bridge, 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, The Pacifist, 2023
    The Pacifist, 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, The Protégé, 2023
    The Protégé, 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, Within expanding warmth (Foundation), 2023
    Within expanding warmth (Foundation), 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, Within expanding warmth (Mesh Topologies), 2023
    Within expanding warmth (Mesh Topologies), 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, Within expanding warmth (The Audience), 2023
    Within expanding warmth (The Audience), 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, Within expanding warmth (The Suitors), 2023
    Within expanding warmth (The Suitors), 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, Within expanding warmth (Unfolding), 2023
    Within expanding warmth (Unfolding), 2023
  • Patricia Piccinini, Ardent Goldfinch, 2022
    Ardent Goldfinch, 2022
  • Patricia Piccinini, Halcyon Rose, 2022
    Halcyon Rose, 2022
  • Patricia Piccinini, Safely Together, 2022
    Safely Together, 2022
  • Patricia Piccinini, Abiding Aspect, 2021
    Abiding Aspect, 2021
  • Patricia Piccinini, Wine Darkness, 2021
    Wine Darkness, 2021
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