Every Saturday, dive into the world of stop-motion animation with the PICA team. Join us for an activity suitable for all ages that combines fun with learning in the PICA Hub. In the meantime, get inspired by Sal Cooper's stop-motion and hand-drawn animation, featured in 'While You Sleep' at PICA in 2022.
Drop in and out every Saturday until 21 Sept | 12–3pm | Free
Sal Cooper and Kate Neal, 'While you Sleep', 2018, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), 2022, video courtesy the artist
PICA's beloved exhibition 'Hatched: National Graduates Show' returns in 2024. The only exhibition of its kind in Australia, this year’s 'Hatched' presents the works of 22 artists from 21 art schools to a national audience and celebrates the next cohort of Australia’s most exciting emerging artists. Now in its 33rd year, Hatched continues to provide an essential platform for early-career artists, presenting their works to a national audience.
PICA is thrilled to announce this year's 'Hatched' artists!
Sophie Dumaresq (ACT)
André de Vanny (NSW)
Jamee Barker (NSW)
Kate McGuinness (NSW)
Thomas Hannah (NSW)
Vedika Rampal (NSW)
Melissa Stannard (QLD)
Ruby Stevens (QLD)
Alanah Kent (SA)
Katey Smoker (SA)
Lily Trnovsky (SA)
Tiarnie Edwards (SA)
Frances Malcomson (TAS)
Edie Duffy (VIC)
Ka Yan SO (Kelly)(VIC)
Michelle Prezioso (VIC)
Michelle Yuan Fitz-Gerald (VIC)
Steven Christou (VIC)
Emily J. Palmer (WA)
Esther Forest (WA)
Kasia Kolikow (WA)
Laura Ward (WA)
Congratulations to the selected artists!
'Hatched' is made possible by Major Exhibition Partner the Minderoo Foundation, Grace Fine Art and the generosity of PICA’s Art1000 Donors. The Dr Harold Schenberg Arts Awards are made possible by funds bequeathed to The University of Western Australia by Dr Harold Schenberg.
2025 Judy Wheeler Commission
Are you an artist interested in applying for the Judy Wheeler Commission?
PICA invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to register for a short 20-minute online meeting to discuss any questions they might have about their application.
Hear from members of PICA’s interim Aboriginal Advisory Group, including Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, Janine Oxenham and Stephen Gilchrist, and PICA’s Director/CEO Hannah Mathews.
Monday 6 May 2–5pm (AWST) & Wednesday 8 May 10am–12:30pm (AWST).
For more information visit:
Sarah Aikens's award-winning dance work 'Make Your Life Count' is taking over PICA's gallery from 17–20 April. Shifting scale in a heartbeat, don't miss Sarah use an onstage camera to minimise, expand and alter her image in real-time.
17–20 April | 2pm & 7pm
Tickets available at https://pica.org.au/whats-on/sarah-aiken-make-your-life-count/
We've got a new look!
We’ve got a new look! 💚
We’ve been working with Block Branding to reimagine PICA’s look, drawing inspiration from PICA’s history, its building and the artworks within.
Using the architecture of the building as a catalyst for our new identity, the design of PICA's new logo draws on the shapes and forms of the building's distinctive clock tower and iconic arches. Our new look also features familiar colours, from the difficult-to-miss red brick of the building's exterior to shades of green that can be found throughout PICA's history.
Only two shows left for 'At the End of the Land!' ⏱
Experience a poetic, non-linear solo performance that transforms our Performance Space into a portal to another dimension, lifting the veil between our world and the afterlife.
Join PICA for inspiring encounters with creative practices across contemporary art, performance and dance! In 2024 experience artist-led class workshops, guided exhibition tours, in-person and digital learning activities and resources. We are proud to offer free entry to ticketed performances and events as part of our pay-it-forward system to increase access for students and educators experiencing financial barriers.
For more information about our re-imagined Creative Learning Program visit pica.org.au/learning
Images: Curu Mai: Community Day, 2023, photo: Albertina Ncube; Penrhos and Wesley School Tour, ‘Hatched: National Graduate Show’, 2019, photo: Daniel James Grant; Perth Modern School Tour, ‘Hatched: National Gradaute Show’, 2021, photo: Annie Harvey
Joining us in 2024 as our Company-in-Residence is pvi collective This three-year residency makes space for an arts company or organisation, inviting solidarity and sector collaboration by sharing resources, ideas and spaces. Founded in 1998, pvi collective is a tactical media art group who create agitational participatory artworks intent on the creative disruption of everyday life.
We are thrilled to have them in the building!
images courtesy pvi collective
In 2024 PICA remains dedicated to sharing space and nurturing practice through a reimagined and expanded studio and creative development program. We are thrilled to welcome 22 local artists through our Hyper Local and Quick Response residencies. These residencies aim to contribute to the cultural life of Perth by providing much-needed space, equipment and time for artists to develop work.
Images: ‘The Elders Project Ours’, image courtesy the artist; Izzy McDonald, photo: Dylan Le’Mon; Daisy Sanders, ‘A Resting Mess’, photo: Emma Fishwick; Cassandra Tytler, ‘Oops!’, 2020, image courtesy the artist Digital; Sarah Nelson, ‘Into the Fog’, image courtesy the artist; Muriel Hillion, image courtesy the artist; Susan Hauri-Downing, ‘Contact zones: soliciting the lip’, 2014, image courtesy the artist; Josten Myburgh, photo: Dean Fuller; ‘FAKE’, image courtesy the artist; School of Critical Arts, image courtesy the artist.
In 2024 PICA’s International Exchange Program offers WA artists cross-cultural experiences in Taiwan, Makassar, Marseille and New Delhi. Each location and host venue has been carefully chosen in acknowledgement of the values, histories and relationships its shares with PICA.
We are thrilled to announce the selected WA artists:
Lucille Martin
Perth–Marseille��
Tom Blake
BLEED: Perth–Taipei
Ilona McGuire
BREEZE: Perth–Makassar��
Sid Pattni
Cross Hatching: Perth–New Delhi
International artists:�
Andi Nur Azimah
BREEZE: Makassar–Perth
More artists to be announced in 2024!
In our final season artist Paul Knight presents new and recent photographic, textile and machine-learning works that embody his relationship with this partner. WA-trained artist Jack Ball returns to Perth in an intimate yet ambitious series of sculptural works made in situ. Playing in our Screen Space Shannon Te Ao's meditative film follows an elite athlete swimming across Taupo-nui-a-Tia (Lake Taupō) in Aotearoa, New Zealand. In our final performance of the year, we are taking over the Rechabite Hall to bring you on a journey of self-discovery and liberation in Joel Bray's ‘Homo Penetcostus’.
📸 Paul Knight: ‘L’ombre de ton ombre (The shadow of your shadow)’
💜 Jack Ball
🏊♀️ Shannon Te Ao: ‘what was or could be today (again)’
✟ Joel Bray: ‘Homo Pentecostus’
Kambarang/Birak Season: 26 October 2024 – 19 January 2025
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Images: Paul Knight, ‘Untitled’, from the series ’Chamber Music’, 2009, image courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc, Naarm/Melbourne; Jack Ball, ‘Cold press’, 2023, image courtesy the artist; Shannon Te Ao, ‘what was or could be today (again)’, 2019, image courtesy the artist; Joel Bray Dance, ‘Homo Pentecostus’, 2023, photo: Kristian-Gehradte
‘Hatched: National Graduate Show’ returns in 2024 to present the works of the next generation of Australian artists. ‘Hatched’ addresses some of the most compelling issues of our time through painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video and various experimental forms. For the first time ever PICA will also participate in ‘BLEED – a Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital’, a festival that looks at the issues between the digital and the real.
🐣 ‘Hatched: National Graduate Show 2024’
💻 ‘BLEED – a Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital’
Djilba/Kambarang Season: 3 August – 31 October 2024
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Images: Hatched Opening Night, 2023, photo: Danika Zuks; Yuiko Masukawa, Sam Mcgilp, Harrison Hall, Makoto Uemura and Kazuhiko Hiwa, ‘Running Machine’, BLEED 2022; Jodie Whalen, ‘Endless Blue Edge’, BLEED, 2022; Studio Kiin, ‘Kafai e he kitea e koe ni ata ko tona uiga ko tō tino e he ia iloa fakalogo ki ona laloga’, BLEED, 2022
