Hatched: National Graduate Show 2024

PICA’s Hatched: National Graduate Show 2024 presents a dynamic selection of emerging artists recently graduated from art schools across Australia.

Please join PICA for Hatched 2024’s opening weekend, including the much-loved (and free) Hatched Opening Party on Friday 2 August, with the announcement of Dr Harold Schenberg Arts Award winners and Hatched Open Day with artists talks on Saturday 3 August.

Nominated by their teachers and selected by a panel of nationally acclaimed artists and curators, Hatched represents the diverse and compelling practices of the next generation of artistic voices. As a cornerstone of PICA’s program, and the only national graduate exhibition of its kind, Hatched has presented the work of over 1,400 art school graduates from across Australia, with notable alumni including Archie Moore, Julie Gough and Ramesh Mario Nithyendren.

Over its 30-plus-year history, Hatched has continued to provide a vital national platform for early-career artists.

The artists in Hatched push boundaries across all contemporary media, including installation, video, painting, textiles, sculpture, photography and various experimental forms. The exhibition provides them with a critical platform and a national audience as well as the opportunity to connect with peers from across Australia. In addition to the exhibition, PICA offers studio residencies to one interstate and one Perth-based Hatched artist every year.

PICA is thrilled to present the 2024 Hatched artists:
Sophie Dumaresq (ACT)
André de Vanny (NSW)
Jamee Barker (NSW)
Kate McGuinness (NSW)
Thomas Hannah (NSW)
Vedika Rampal (NSW)
Melissa Stannard (QLD)
Ruby Stevens (QLD)
Alanah Kent (SA)
Katey Smoker (SA)
Lily Trnovsky (SA)
Tiarnie Edwards (SA)
Frances Malcomson (TAS)
Edie Duffy (VIC)
Ka Yan SO (Kelly) (VIC)
Michelle Prezioso (VIC)
Michelle Yuan Fitz-Gerald (VIC)
Steven Christou (VIC)
Emily J. Palmer (WA)
Esther Forest (WA)
Kasia Kolikow (WA)
Laura Ward (WA)

Header Image Credit: Kate McGuinness, I Like Long Walks on Parramatta Road, 2023