Discover the future of Australian art at PICA’s Hatched: National Graduate Show 2025. Presented throughout Term 3, this year’s exhibition takes place in a bold, reimagined venue—a vast, light-filled space in Forrest Chase in Perth’s CBD, just minutes’ walk from PICA and the Perth Cultural Centre.  

Featuring artworks by 23 emerging artists from 20 art schools across Australia, Hatched 2025 offers students an opportunity to engage in exciting new ways with contemporary art that challenges conventions. 

Step beyond the traditional white-cube gallery for a unique experience of Hatched offsite for the first- and only-time while PICA is closed for the installation of building-wide air-conditioning. Discover how art can reclaim forgotten spaces and spark conversations about place, identity and transformation. 

Why Bring Your Students? 

Immersive Learning: Experience art outside the traditional gallery setting, encouraging students to think differently about art and its place in society. 

Interactive Programs: Bring curriculum to life through guided tours, hands-on activities and customisable excursions tailored to your students’ needs and interests. 

PICA Lab: Explore our new artist-designed creative space where students can experiment with light, motion and mark-making in playful, cross-disciplinary ways through free art activities and materials.  

PICA Lab has been designed by Hatched artist, Karen Zipkas—who followed the path of a tornado to create her images. Working in a dark, enclosed trailer towed behind a car, Karen used light projected from the outside world through a tiny hole to trace scenes of the destruction left behind. Using the trailer in this way, Karen created a ‘camera obscura’, a centuries-old technique used by artists to trace scenes and by scientists to study light. 

Educational Resources: Access classroom-ready materials, including the Hatched Master Class PDF series and PICA Art Talks video interviews, to support learning before, during, and after your visit. 

Hatched learning resources provide students with an opportunity to learn from the best. Artists candidly share their process, offering tips and techniques to support young people in their art journey. They cover the elements and principles of art and design, unpacking the relationships between the artist, artwork, world and audience.