1 August – 4 October
This Djilba-Kambarang season, PICA welcomes the return of the Hatched: National Graduate Show. Celebrating its 35th year, Hatched presents a dynamic survey of artists recently graduated from tertiary art schools across Australia.
In a building-wide takeover, this year’s artists engage with urgent issues shaping their present—from explorations of gender identity to questions of authorship and authority—interrogating ideas of legacy in the world they are inheriting.
Alongside PICA’s year-round studio program, four early-career writers will be in residence this season, responding and expanding upon the exhibition’s themes. We look to these emerging voices as they navigate the present, shaping new perspectives on the world and imagining what it might yet become.
Hatched: National Graduate Show 2026
Tali Koto
Made of Many Things
Sydney Jarrett / Thomas E. Brown / Paul Boyé
Hatched Open Studios
Mia Palmer-Verevis
Hatched Curator Tour
Jen Berean & James Carey
Soft Grates
Tyrown Waigana
Cement Frogs the Ghost of a Swamp
Agatha Gothe-Snape
IT IS THE COLOUR OF AN IDEA THAT WILL NOT COMPLETE ITSELF IN OUR LIFETIME
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Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) runs a year-round program of art, exhibitions, contemporary performance, dance, theatre, music and events. We’re home to one of the largest art exhibition and gallery spaces in Australia and are known for the leading role we play in supporting artists to present challenging ideas and boundary-defining new work.
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