Patricia Piccinini | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Telopea Park High School, Narrabundah College, Australian National University |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
| Spouse | Peter Hennessey |
| Children | Roxy Hennessey, Hector Hennessey |
| Website | www |
Patricia Piccinini (born 1965 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is an Australian artist who works in a variety of media, including painting, video, sound, installation, digital prints, and sculpture. Her works focus on "unexpected consequences",[1] conveying concerns surrounding bio-ethics and help visualize future dystopias. In 2003, Piccinini represented Australia at the 50th Venice Biennale with a hyperrealist sculpture of her distinctive anthropomorphic animals. In 2016 The Art Newspaper named Piccinini with her "grotesque-cum-cute, hyper-real genetics fantasies in silicone" the most popular contemporary artist in the world after a show in Rio de Janeiro attracted over 444,000 visitors.[2] Natasha Bieniek's portrait of Piccinini was a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Prize.[3]
- ^ Smith, Terry (September 2011). "Currents of world-making in contemporary art". World Art. 1 (2): 171–188. doi:10.1080/21500894.2011.602712. ISSN 2150-0894. S2CID 191639109.
- ^ "Top ten contemporary shows in 2016". Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 2022 work: Patricia Piccinini by Natasha Bieniek". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2022.