Posted by Fabio 28 May 2012
Patricia Piccinini (born in 1965 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is an Australian artist and hyperrealist sculptor. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Australian National University, before training in Fine Art (majoring in drawing) at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.
Piccinini works with a wide range of media, including sculpture, video, drawing, installation and digital prints. Her major artworks often reflect her interests in issues such as bioethics, biotechnologies and the environment.