PATRICIA PICCININI

Patricia Piccinini’s visions of nature and science have drawn international attention to her work. She divides opinions with her hand-crafted hybrid objects using an array of materials to produce sculptures, photographs, drawings, videos and, most recently, balloons, which dissolve notions of pure entities or borders having ever existed. Since her Venice Biennale exhibition in 2003, millions of people worldwide have seen her work. ARTIST PROFILE spoke to her as she prepared for her new exhibitions.

WHAT IS PREOCCUPYING YOU IN 2017?

At the moment I am busily preparing new works for the exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery and a major Australian survey exhibition, which I hope will be announced very soon. This survey will be the most ambitious I’ve ever done. I’m combining new work with an in-depth survey. I’ve done both things before but never together. I’m working with new materials and new ways of presenting work. It’s really exciting but quite daunting. One space in this survey is entirely devoted to a huge installation of new works. Last year I had a survey show in Brazil, which toured to four