Amalia Pica
Born 1978, Neuquén Capital, AR
Lives and works in London, UK
Amalia Pica’s work examines systems of communication and what brings people together. Using simple materials and found objects, her sculptures, works on paper, installations, performances, and videos often convey a feeling of levity and joy, which Pica embraces for its power to draw viewers into a conversation. More recently, she has turned her attention to investigating the structures that underpin contemporary society, especially administration and modes of assembly. Taking social interactions and play as lead subjects, she dissects and appropriates visual culture from the everyday with a strong influence of Latin American Concrete art.
Catachresis on paper #10 (face of the mirror, foot of the bed, spine of the book, face of the crystal, heel of the shoe)
2022
Collage
35 x 28 x 2.8 cm / 13.8 x 11 x 1.1 in, framed
rock comb, Brighton CCA, Brighton, UK, 2022
Catachresis on paper #25 (the teeth of zipper, the face of the crystal)
2022
Collage, artist's frame
35 x 28 x 2.8 cm / 13.8 x 11 x 1.1 in, framed
Catachresis on paper #10 (face of the mirror, foot of the bed, spine of the book, face of the crystal, heel of the shoe)
2022
Collage
35 x 28 x 2.8 cm / 13.8 x 11 x 1.1 in, framed
Quasi, Fondazione Memmo, IT, 2022
Promised Lands, Hacer Noche, Oaxaca, MX
Quasi, Fondazione Memmo, IT, 2022
Study for rearranging the conference table 24
2021
Wood and formica laminate
160 x 528 x 5 cm / 63 x 207.9 x 2 in
Ed. Unique
While inside (swinger)
2019
Object for animal enrichment, speckled yellow polyethylene, ropes, support shackle and carabiner
⌀134.6 cm / 53 in
Study for rearranging the conference table 13
2020
Wood and formica laminate
160 x 120 cm / 63 x 47.2 in
Ed. Unique
Joy, Wellcome Collection, London, UK, 2021
Study for rearranging the conference table 21
2021
Wood and formica laminate
160 x 160 x 3 cm / 63 x 63 x 1.2 in
Ed. Unique
Installation view, Private & Confidential, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, 2019
(un) heard (room)
2019
Plastered noisemaking objects of protest, metal hardware and rope
Dimensions Variable
Yerkish
2018-2019
Wood, paper and paint
251 items, each: 20 x 20 cm / 7.9 x 7.9 in
Overall: 220 x 600 x 30 cm / 86.6 x 236.2 x 11.8 in
Installation view, Round Table (and other forms), Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, 2020
Installation view, Private & Confidential, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, 2019
Installation view, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, 2019
While inside (scratcher)
2019
Object for animal enrichment, speckled Medium Adobe Polyethylene
101 x 101 x 32 cm / 39.8 x 39.8 x 12.6 in
Installation view, While inside, Herald St | Museum St, London, UK, 2019
Installation view, Is This Tomorrow?, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 2019
Installation view, Semaphores, King’s Cross, London, UK, 2019
If lemon make lemonade
2018
Timber, paper and paint
20 x 88 x 2.5 cm / 7.9 x 34.6 x 1 in
Installation view, (un)heard, Cc Foundation, Shanghai, 2018
Installation view, ears to speak of, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2017
please open hurry (in memory of Washoe)
2018
Gypsum
151 x 202 x 13 cm / 59.5 x 79.5 x 5 in
Ed. Unique
Hello Visitors look picture thank you
2018
Timber, paper and paint
20 x 108 x 2.5 cm / 7.9 x 42.5 x 1 in
Souvenir 12
2018
Bronze
19 x 14 x 4.5 cm / 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.8 in
Ed. 1/3 + 2AP
Unheard inventory (duo)
2017
Plastered noisemaking objects of protest, metal hardware and rope
Dimensions Variable
Double Edge, Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, UK, 2017
Sipping colors, De Pijp Station, Amsterdam, NL, 2018
A un brazo de distancia, NC Arte, Bogotá, CO, 2017
Soundtracks, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, US, 2017
ears to speak of, The Power Plant, Toronto, CA, 2017
ears to speak of, The Power Plant, Toronto, CA, 2017
Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, KR, 2016
Joy in Paperwork #218 - #257
2017
Ink on paper
40 parts, each:
29.7 x 21 cm / 11.6 x 8.2 in unframed
33.3 x 24.6 cm / 13.1 x 9.6 in framed
Catachresis ♯69
Head of the broccoli and elbow of the pipe
2016
Found materials
29 x 20 x 25 cm / 11.4 x 7.9 x 9.8 in
Catachresis ♯63
Tongues of the shoes, legs of the chair, legs of the
table, teeth of the fork and arm of the chair
2016
Found materials
100 x 78 x 103 cm / 39.4 x 30.7 x 40.6 in
Strangers (performance), Switch House, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2016
Katachrese, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, DE, 2016
Katachrese, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, DE, 2016
HTUOS/HTRON, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, CA, 2015
Device for mutual eavesdropping #9
2016
Drinking glasses, wood
30.5 x 20.5 x 10 cm / 12 x 8 x 3.9 in
Memorial for Intersections #15
2015
Colour coated steel and coloured perspex
154 x 186 x 60 cm / 60 x 72 x 23 in
Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US, 2014
Switchboard, Mostyn, Llandudno, UK, 2014
A ∩ B ∩ C, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX, 2013
Amalia Pica, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK, 2012
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US, 2013
A ∩ B ∩ C (line)
2013
Installation with perspex shapes and occasional performance
Dimensions variable
I am Tower of Hamlets as I am in Tower of Hamlets, just like a lot of people, Off-site project, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK, 2011
Chronic Listeners, Kunsthalle St Gallen, St Gallen, CH, 2012
For Shower Singers, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK, 2012
ILLUMInations, curated by Bice Curiger, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT, 2011