{"aliases":[],"awards":[],"biography_summary":"thumb|250px|Nest. 2006 sculpture in the 'automotive' works series. 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\", 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. Natasha Bieniek's portrait of Piccinini was a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Prize.","birth_date":"1965-01-01","birth_place":"Freetown","birth_place_coordinates":{"latitude":8.487222,"longitude":-13.235556},"birth_place_wikidata_id":"Q3780","birth_place_wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3780","canonical_name":"Patricia Piccinini","canonical_url":"https://zh-cn.instaget.online/people/0b2040b70f3c5103bb5bce58","citizenships":["Australia"],"death_date":null,"description":"Australian artist (born 1965)","external_ids":{"isni":{"id":"0000000110395980","url":"https://isni.org/isni/0000000110395980"},"loc":{"id":"no2006120023","url":"https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006120023.html"}},"full_name":"Patricia Piccinini","height_cm":null,"names":{"aliases":[],"birth":[],"native":[],"official":[]},"native_name":null,"notable_works":[],"occupations":["sculptor","photographer","artist","video artist","installation artist","painter"],"official_websites":[],"photo":null,"profile_url":"https://zh-cn.instaget.online/people/0b2040b70f3c5103bb5bce58","provenance":{"catalog":"wikidata_wikipedia","fetched_at":"2026-08-29T06:31:16Z","social_archives_included":false,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462603"},"public_hash":"0b2040b70f3c5103bb5bce58","schema_version":"1.1","socials":{"instagram":{"handle":"patricia.piccinini","url":"https://www.instagram.com/patricia.piccinini/"}},"tags":[{"key":"category:arts-and-culture","label":"Arts and culture","type":"category"},{"key":"category:journalism-and-media","label":"Journalism and media","type":"category"},{"key":"occupation:sculptor","label":"sculptor","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:photographer","label":"photographer","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:artist","label":"artist","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:video artist","label":"video artist","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:installation artist","label":"installation artist","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:painter","label":"painter","type":"occupation"},{"key":"country:freetown","label":"Freetown","type":"country"},{"key":"citizenship:australia","label":"Australia","type":"citizenship"}],"wikidata_id":"Q462603","wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462603","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Piccinini"}