Ana Tiquia is an artist and futurist who lives and works in Naarm / Melbourne. Ana’s artworks invite participation with other ways of being, doing, or knowing. Developed through participatory, relational, and speculative processes, Ana’s work asks how we come to ‘know’ the future, what constitutes ‘data’ on our futures, and how different worldviews and practices might seed new possibilities to the present.

Interested in how practices and infrastructures make worlds; Ana’s works are interventions into workplace, institutional and everyday practices. To date, Ana has explored futures of data and technology, work and labour, and multispecies relations with workers, curators, collections managers, school students, regional and rural artists, symposium attendees, and macroplastic waste.

Ana’s most recent work has been commissioned by MOD. (Museum of Discovery, Adelaide), ANAT SPECTRA22, SPACED and the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), MPRG (Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery). They have been a contributing writer to publications by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art) and Newcastle Art Gallery on art, data, and futures. Ana holds a BA in Fine Arts, a Master of Strategic Foresight, and she was 2022 Berry Family Research Fellow at State Library Victoria.

“What does Hatched mean to you?”

Being in Hatched as a young artist and graduate meant many things to me. It was the first time I got to travel to Boorloo (Perth) and it was the first time I had the opportunity to show my work nationally. It was also one of the few times in my early art practice that I received the recognition and encouragement to keep practicing and making work as an artist.

“How did Hatched help to develop your practice or career?”

My art practice has been anything but linear. I’ve taken a path with plenty of twists and turns, some enjoyable diversions, and many pauses to rest along the way. Shortly after Hatched I moved to the UK and fell in love with producing. Working with other artists, designers, technologists and cultural organisations to nurture and develop new artworks, artforms and art practices became my main practice for a good decade. But I feel that Hatched and other early encouragement I received as an artist helped me to heed the call back into my own art practice, when I received it several years later.

It fills me with joy to know that Hatched is still going strong and bringing new art graduates together from across the country. Our continent is expansive, and having the opportunity to show collectively and meet peers from West, East, South and North broadens our horizons – literally and figuratively.

Seeder Futures – Community Seeding Workshop, 2023, Cannery Arts Centre, Kepa Kurl / Esperance. Photo by Katie Witt.