Amalia Pica (b. 1978 in Neuquén Capital, Argentina) lives and works in London, UK. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes P.P. in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2003 and attended graduate school at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2005. 

Amalia Pica’s works deal in particular with the complex mechanisms of communication and social interaction, as well as with social systems – themes shaped by her experience of the Argentine military dictatorship in which she grew up. She works in a variety of media, including sculpture, installation, photography, drawing, and performance.

Amalia Pica was awarded the Zurich Art Prize in 2020, which included a solo exhibition at Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland (2020). The work REARRANGING THE CONFERENCE TABLE was created for this occasion.

She has had solo exhibitions at CCA, Brighton, UK (2022); Fondazione Memmo, Rome, Italy (2022); Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland (2020); CC Foundation, Shanghai, China (2019); Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2017); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2014); Kunsthalle Lisbon, Portugal (2013); MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA (2013); Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK (2012) and Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (2010). In 2011 Amalia Pica participated in the 54th Venice Biennale. Her works are represented in numerous collections including the Tate, London, UK; Guggenheim, New York, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA; Museo Nacional de Bellas Arte Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina; and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Amalia Pica was represented by KÖNIG GALERIE from 2012 to 2022.

AMALIA PICA