Which graduate artists have got their fingers on the pulse?

Over 20 graduate artists are showing the critical topics they have chosen to engage with at PICA’s 2024 Hatched: National Graduate Show.
Esther Forest, ‘The Pet Shop’, 2023 single channel video with audio, on view at 2024 Hatched National Graduate Show at PICA. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. Still from a video work featuring a cartoonish figure on the phone in a room with blue and purple lighting, filled with posters of animals.

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) has announced this year’s artists selected for the annual Hatched: National Graduate Show, which acknowledges emerging talent who are tapping into the zeitgeist of our times.

The exhibition marks the first occasion that these artists have exhibited at an institution, and provides a platform for early-career artists to connect with industry, showcase their works and delve deeper into the themes that ground their practice.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_