Patricia Piccinini

Exploring concepts of what is “natural” in the digital age, Patricia Piccinini brings a deeply personal perspective to her work.

Curator Rachel Kent notes: “Since the early 1990s, Piccinini has pursued an interest in the human form and its potential for manipulation and enhancement through bio-technical intervention.  From the mapping of the human genome to the growth of human tissue and organs from stem cells, Piccinini’s art charts a terrain in which scientific progress and ethical questions are intertwined.”

Visit the Breathblooms and Lighthavens online exhibition (2021).

Download the 2019 Chromatic Balance exhibition essay, written by Patricia Piccinini.

Bridged connection 2016
Graphite on paper, framed
57 x 76 cm (paper size), 72.5 x 91 cm (framed size)
Poised runner 2017
Graphite on paper, framed
57 x 76 cm (paper size), 72.5 x 91 cm (framed size)
Hanging garden 2016
Graphite on paper, framed
57 x 76 cm (paper size), 72.5 x 91 cm (framed size)
Self portrait 2015
Graphite on paper, framed
Two parts, each: 57 x 76 cm (paper size), 72.5 x 91 cm (framed size), Overall size: 148 x 91 cm
The Naturalist 2017
Silicone, resin, human hair
Figure: 26 x 34 x 27 cm
Edition 1/6
The Naturalist 2017
Silicone, resin, human hair
Figure: 26 x 34 x 27 cm
Edition 1/6
Teenage Metamorphosis 2106
Silicone, fibreglass, human hair, found objects
Overall dimensions: 137 x 25 x 75 cm
Edition 1/3
Teenage Metamorphosis (detail) 2016
Silicone, fibreglass, human hair, found objects
Figure: 25 x 71 x 52 cm, Overall dimensions: 137 x 25 x 75 cm
Edition 1/3
PATRICIA_PICCININI_Unfurled 2016_1
And colour is their flesh 2015
Installation view