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.”

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

No fear unmingled with hope 2017
Installation view
No fear unmingled with hope 2017
Installation view
No fear unmingled with hope 2017
Installation view
Unfurled (detail) 2017
Silicone, fibreglass, human hair, found objects
Figure: 71 x 25 x 52 cm, Overall dimensions: 108 x 89 x 80 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
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
No fear unmingled with hope 2107
Installation view
No fear unmingled with hope 2107
Installation view
The Osculating Curve (detail) 2016
Silicone, fibreglass, human hair, Overall dimensions: 103 x 128 x 103 cm
Figure: 54 x 72 x 30 cm
Edition 2/3
Guarded entrance 2016
Graphite on paper, framed
57 x 76 cm (paper size), 72.5 x 91 cm (framed size)