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Amalia Pica Artist Profile Photo

Amalia Pica


Amalia Pica uses sculpture, performance, installation and photography to explore the nuances of communication.

Amalia Pica lives and works in London (UK).

  • Artworks/Exhibitions
  • Solo Shows
  • Group Shows

Solo Shows:

2016 Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, DE (forthcoming)
2016 El Nuevo Museo de Arts Contemporaneo, Cludad de Guatemala, GT (forthcoming)
2016 Mark Foxx, Los Angeles, US
2014 Switchboard, MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales, UK.
2014 One Thing After Another, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL. 
2014 One Thing After Another, La Criée, Rennes, FR.
2014 A ∩ B ∩ C (Line), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL.
2013 Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX
2013 Herald ST, London, UK
2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA.
2013 Galerie Johann Konig, Berlin, DE
2013 Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, Neuquen, AR
2013 Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, PT
2013 MIT List Visual Arts Centre, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2012 Amalia Pica, Basis, Frankfurt, DL.
2012 Art Basel Statements, Galerie Diana Stigter
2012 Amalia Pica, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK.
2012 Amalia Pica, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK.
2012 Amalia Pica and Karsten Födinger, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, CH
2011 ‘I am Tower of Hamlets, as I am in Towers of Hamlets, just like a lot of other people are’, ChisenhX
2011 ‘Endymion’s Journey’, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA. 
2011 ‘Umma Projects’, University of Michigan Museum of Art, USA.
2011 Skor Inkijk, Amsterdam, NL.
2010 ‘Alongside' (with Leonor Antunes), Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2010 ‘babble, blabber, chatter, gibber, jabber, patter, prattle, rattle, yammer, yada Malmo Konsthall, SE
2010 ‘babble, blabber, chatter, gibber, jabber, patter, prattle, rattle, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
2010 ‘Alon Levin presents Arte Shows: Amalia Pica’, Klemms, Berlin, DE.
2009 'Some of that colour', Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL. 
2009 'On Education', Project Space Galerie Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK.
2008 ‘Sorry for the metaphor’, Artis, Den Bosch, NL.
2007 ’Grayscale’, BijlmAIR, Amsterdam, NL.
2006 ‘Si no estas tu’, PlayStation of Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL. 
2003 ‘Final Insomne’, INTER / medio, Cordoba, AR.
2002 ‘Colectivo-Colectiva’ with M Cordiano, L Green y T Espina, Arguibel Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, AR.

Group Shows:

2015 Un Nouveau festival / Expanding the Field of Play, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
2015 Asamble, performance on Plaza de los dos Congresos, BP.15 Performance Biennale, Buenos Aires, AR
2015 Epur Si Mouve: Art and Technology, a Shared Sphere, MUDAM Luxembourg, LU
2015 San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial, Intituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, San Juan, PR
2015 Pipe Dream, WUK / Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, AT.
2015 Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, Solomon R. Guggenheim, NY, US
2015 Do it, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Adventures of the Black Square, Whitechapel Gallery, London, GB
2015 Display Show, curator Celine Condorelli, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, GB
2015 Display Show, curator Celine Condorelli, Stroom den Haag, NL
2015 Vienna Biennale, MAK, Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartkunst
2015 Beauty Codes, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, IT
2015 Frieze Projects 2015: Tribute to Flux-Labyrinth (1976/2015), Frieze, New York, US
2015 Repetition and Difference, The Jewish Museum, New York, US
2014 BEYON THE PROCESS – Werke aus der SAMMLUNG LENIKUS im Kunstraum Innsbruck, AT
2014 From Speaker to Receiver - Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
2014 Histories: Works From The Serralves Collection-Museu Serralves- Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
2014 do it Moscow - Garage Center for Contemporary Culture - GCCC, Moscow, RU
2014 Call me on Sunday - Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, AT
2013 When Attitude Became form Became Attitudes,CCA Wattis, San Francisco, US
2013 When Attitude Became form Became Attitudes, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, US
2013 Ruins in Reverse, Tate Modern project Space, London, GB
2013 Ruins in Reverse, Museo De Arte De Lima, PE
2012 Silence, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, US
2012 Material Information, Permanenten Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen, NO
2012 New Works, Herald Street, London UK
2012 Silence, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, US
2012 Common Ground, Public Art Fund, New York, US
2012 Ritual without Myth, Royal College of Art, London, GB
2012 On Geometry and Speculation, Marrakech Biennale, MA
2012 The Ungovernables, The New Museum, New York, US
2012 ‘Au loin, une ile!’, Fondation Ricard, Paris, FR
2011 ’Au loin, une ile!’, FRAC Bordeaux, FR
2011 ‘Coup d’eclat’, Fort du Bruissin, Francheville, FR
2011 ‘Distant Star’, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, US
2011 ‘Estrella Distante’, Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, MX
2011 ‘CIFO Grants and Commissions Program’, Cisneros Fontanais Art Foundation, Miami, US
2011 ’ILLUMInations’, Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
2011 ’Wallpaperism’, Motel Campio, Geneva, CH
2011 ’WELTRAUM/SPACE: ABOUT A DREAM’ Kunsthalle Wien, Aut
2010 ’To the highest mountain’, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, DK
2010 'With words like smoke', Chelsea Project Space, London GB
2010 ‘Buen viaje’ for ‘Hey, we are closed’, Hayward Gallery, London, GB
2010 Aichi Triennial 2010, Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, JP
2010 ’The Chained Lady, the Microscope and the Southern Fish', SoFA Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
2010 Figures don’t lie but liars can figure’ (performance with Mariana Castillo Debal), Serpentine,LN,UK
2009 'Every version belongs to the myth'’, Project Arts Center, Dublin, IE
2009 'Pete and repeate', 176 Zabludowicz Collection project space, London, GB 
2009 'Manifestacion Internacional de performance', CEIA, Belo Horizonte, BR.
2009 'Deceitful moon', Hayward Gallery project space, London, GB
2009 'Amalia Pica & Felix Gmelin', Vilma Gold Gallery, London, GB
2009 ‘Street of Sculptures’, Open Source, Public Realm, Amsterdam, NL.
2008 ‘Word Event’, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
2008 ‘Nothing of North’, curated by Alexandra Saheb Gallery, Berlin, DE
2008 ‘Robinson Crusoe’, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES
2008 ’Certamen Explum’, Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, ES
2007 ’Drawing typologies’ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2007 ’Border Jam’ Museo Municipal Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo, UR
2007 ‘I know the world 2’, Spawasser Hq, Berlin, DE
2007 ‘100 x winter’, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, NL
2006 ‘Lichtjaren. Gouda bij kunstlicht’, SKOR, Gouda (public realm), Gouda, NL
2006 ‘We all laughed at Christopher Columbus’, Platform Garanti, Istanbul, TR
2006 ‘We all laughed at Christopher Columbus’, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2006 ‘International 2006’, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, GB
2006 ‘In order of appearance’, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS
2005 ‘Open Ateliers 2005’, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2005 Utrechtse Voormalige, ‘Poetics of  a place’, Utrecht, NL
2004 ‘Open Ateliers 2005’, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2004 ‘Who if not we…? Cordially Invited, episode 3’, BAK, Utrecht, NL

CV :

Amalia Pica, Plastered noise-making objects of protest, (Un)heard, 2016

(UN)HEARD, 2016

Plastered noise-making objects of protest
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(UN)HEARD

Plastered noise-making objects of protest

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Amalia Pica, Office stamps on paper, Joy in paperwork, 2016

JOY IN PAPERWORK, 2016

Office stamps on paper
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JOY IN PAPERWORK

Office stamps on paper

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Amalia Pica, Installation, Installation view The Powerplant, 2017

INSTALLATION VIEW THE POWERPLANT, 2017

Installation
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INSTALLATION VIEW THE POWERPLANT

Installation

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Amalia Pica, Plaster, Please open hurry (in memory of Washoe), 2017

PLEASE OPEN HURRY (IN MEMORY OF WASHOE), 2017

Plaster
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PLEASE OPEN HURRY (IN MEMORY OF WASHOE)

Plaster

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Amalia Pica, Installation, Installation view San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2017

INSTALLATION VIEW SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 2017

Installation
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INSTALLATION VIEW SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Installation

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Amalia Pica, Installation, Installation view Kunstverein Freiburg, 2016

INSTALLATION VIEW KUNSTVEREIN FREIBURG, 2016

Installation
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INSTALLATION VIEW KUNSTVEREIN FREIBURG

Installation

Amalia Pica

Amalia Pica, Installation, Installation view Brisbane Institute of Modern Art, 2017

INSTALLATION VIEW BRISBANE INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART, 2017

Installation
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INSTALLATION VIEW BRISBANE INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART

Installation

Amalia Pica

Amalia Pica, Tools made by chimpansees out of forest wood to extract food such as honey or insects, cast in silver., Silverware, 2017

SILVERWARE, 2017

Tools made by chimpansees out of forest wood to extract food such as honey or insects, cast in silver.
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SILVERWARE

Tools made by chimpansees out of forest wood to extract food such as honey or insects, cast in silver.

Amalia Pica

Amalia Pica, TV-antennas made of found material, Unintentional monument (a tribute to the Nagoya TV-tower), 2010

UNINTENTIONAL MONUMENT (A TRIBUTE TO THE NAGOYA TV-TOWER), 2010

TV-antennas made of found material
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UNINTENTIONAL MONUMENT (A TRIBUTE TO THE NAGOYA TV-TOWER)

TV-antennas made of found material

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Amalia Pica, Tv-antennas made out of found material, Unintentional monument (a tribute to the Nagoya TV-tower), 2010

UNINTENTIONAL MONUMENT (A TRIBUTE TO THE NAGOYA TV-TOWER), 2010

Tv-antennas made out of found material
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UNINTENTIONAL MONUMENT (A TRIBUTE TO THE NAGOYA TV-TOWER)

Tv-antennas made out of found material

Amalia Pica

Amalia Pica, Installation view Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX, A intersection B intersection C (Detail), 2013

A INTERSECTION B INTERSECTION C (DETAIL), 2013

Installation view Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX
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A INTERSECTION B INTERSECTION C (DETAIL)

Installation view Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX

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Amalia Pica, Head of the screw, eye of the needle, teeth of the comb, head of the nail, Catachresis #25, 2012

CATACHRESIS #25, 2012

Head of the screw, eye of the needle, teeth of the comb, head of the nail
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CATACHRESIS #25

Head of the screw, eye of the needle, teeth of the comb, head of the nail

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Amalia Pica, Installation Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX, A Intersection B Intersection C (Installation), 2013

A INTERSECTION B INTERSECTION C (INSTALLATION), 2013

Installation Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX
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A INTERSECTION B INTERSECTION C (INSTALLATION)

Installation Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX

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Amalia Pica, Installation view  at Art Basel 43, Catachresis Series (Installation view), 2012

CATACHRESIS SERIES (INSTALLATION VIEW), 2012

Installation view at Art Basel 43
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CATACHRESIS SERIES (INSTALLATION VIEW)

Installation view at Art Basel 43

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Amalia Pica, Leg of the chair, neck of the bottle), Catachresis #10, 2011

CATACHRESIS #10, 2011

Leg of the chair, neck of the bottle)
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CATACHRESIS #10

Leg of the chair, neck of the bottle)

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Amalia Pica, Paper flags, drained dye on watercolor paper and chair, Some of that color (1), 2009

SOME OF THAT COLOR (1), 2009

Paper flags, drained dye on watercolor paper and chair
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SOME OF THAT COLOR (1)

Paper flags, drained dye on watercolor paper and chair

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Amalia Pica, Colour coated steel and coloured Perspex, Memorial for Intersections #11, 2014

MEMORIAL FOR INTERSECTIONS #11, 2014

Colour coated steel and coloured Perspex
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MEMORIAL FOR INTERSECTIONS #11

Colour coated steel and coloured Perspex

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Amalia Pica, Colour coated steel and coloured Perspex, Memorial for Intersections #12, 2014

MEMORIAL FOR INTERSECTIONS #12, 2014

Colour coated steel and coloured Perspex
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MEMORIAL FOR INTERSECTIONS #12

Colour coated steel and coloured Perspex

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Amalia Pica, 16mm B/W film, 3 min 36 sec.  with stack of white handkerchiefs on white plinth, To Everyone That Waves (Installation view), 2005

TO EVERYONE THAT WAVES (INSTALLATION VIEW), 2005

16mm B/W film, 3 min 36 sec. with stack of white handkerchiefs on white plinth
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TO EVERYONE THAT WAVES (INSTALLATION VIEW)

16mm B/W film, 3 min 36 sec. with stack of white handkerchiefs on white plinth

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Amalia Pica, Drinking glasses and wood, Device for mutual eavesdropping #4, 2013

DEVICE FOR MUTUAL EAVESDROPPING #4, 2013

Drinking glasses and wood
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DEVICE FOR MUTUAL EAVESDROPPING #4

Drinking glasses and wood

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Amalia Pica, Drinking glasses and wood, Device for mutual eavesdropping #5, 2013

DEVICE FOR MUTUAL EAVESDROPPING #5, 2013

Drinking glasses and wood
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DEVICE FOR MUTUAL EAVESDROPPING #5

Drinking glasses and wood

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Amalia Pica, Teeth of the comb,  legs of the sofa,  legs of the table,  tongue of the shoe, Cathachresis #20, 2012

CATHACHRESIS #20, 2012

Teeth of the comb, legs of the sofa, legs of the table, tongue of the shoe
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CATHACHRESIS #20

Teeth of the comb, legs of the sofa, legs of the table, tongue of the shoe

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Amalia Pica, A3 b/w photo copies, dimensions variable, Sorry for the Methaphore #1, 2007

SORRY FOR THE METHAPHORE #1, 2007

A3 b/w photo copies, dimensions variable
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SORRY FOR THE METHAPHORE #1

A3 b/w photo copies, dimensions variable

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Amalia Pica, Spotlights on tripod, motion sensors, lighting gels, and graphite on wall, Venn diagrams (under the spotlight), 2011

VENN DIAGRAMS (UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT), 2011

Spotlights on tripod, motion sensors, lighting gels, and graphite on wall
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VENN DIAGRAMS (UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT)

Spotlights on tripod, motion sensors, lighting gels, and graphite on wall

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Amalia Pica, Ilford silver bromide fibre based print, coloured perspex, walnut frame, Intersection fragment #3 (pink), 2014

INTERSECTION FRAGMENT #3 (PINK), 2014

Ilford silver bromide fibre based print, coloured perspex, walnut frame
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INTERSECTION FRAGMENT #3 (PINK)

Ilford silver bromide fibre based print, coloured perspex, walnut frame

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Amalia Pica, Ilford silver bromide fibre based print, coloured perspex, walnut frame, Intersection fragment #3 (yellow), 2014

INTERSECTION FRAGMENT #3 (YELLOW), 2014

Ilford silver bromide fibre based print, coloured perspex, walnut frame
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INTERSECTION FRAGMENT #3 (YELLOW)

Ilford silver bromide fibre based print, coloured perspex, walnut frame

Amalia Pica

Exhibitions

  • One Thing After Another

    Amalia Pica
    27 Nov 2014 - 17 Jan 2015

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    One Thing After Another

    Amalia Pica

    27 Nov 2014 - 17 Jan 2015

  • Babble, Blabber, Chatter, Gibber, Jabber, Patter, Prattle, Rattle, Yammer, Yada Yada Yada

    Amalia Pica
    24 Apr 2010 - 24 Jun 2010

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    Babble, Blabber, Chatter, Gibber, Jabber, Patter, Prattle, Rattle, Yammer, Yada Yada Yada

    Amalia Pica

    24 Apr 2010 - 24 Jun 2010


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Saturday - 13:00-18:00

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