Patricia Pisanelli is a Brazilian artist based in Barcelona.
Patricia’s work focuses on hybrid identities due to migration, using language to explore the transiency of cultural adaptations. Responding to daily life bilingually, Patricia is interested in the connection between translation and semantics, the subjectivity of constructed meanings and how language can be both malleable and chaotic. Via the collision between sculpture and painting, her practice explores the duality of language in a world that is becoming increasingly polarised. Patricia attempts to decode subjects by over-manipulating their aesthetic characteristics whilst examining their historical and social context.
Through an inverted route, the creative process leads to conceptual research. Serendipity plays a big part in this process.
She uses DIY and ephemeral materials for her projects alongside traditional painting techniques, borrowing references from urban social living, finding humour in the absurd in a world that's becoming increasingly erratic.
Recent exhibitions and projects include Montanhas Rolantes, Sala 701 California, Sao Paulo, 2026; Studio 2.05, Cell Studios, London, 2025; AAP Vol.1, Auto Amor, Sevenoaks, 2025; Fight, Flight or Freeze, Pictorem Gallery, London 2024; Tender Stems, Manchester 2022; The Practice of Art and AI, Ars Electronica book 2022; Systems, Science Gallery Dublin publication 2021; Happier than the Morning Sun, Trastero 109, Majorca 2020; Inside Job, Tate Modern, London 2018; Fake, Science Gallery, Dublin 2018; First Act: Smooth Operations, Laure Genillard Gallery solo show, London 2018; Jabberwocky, Ab/Anbar, Tehran 2015; I’m not done II, Guest Projects, London 2015.
Patricia’s work focuses on hybrid identities due to migration, using language to explore the transiency of cultural adaptations. Responding to daily life bilingually, Patricia is interested in the connection between translation and semantics, the subjectivity of constructed meanings and how language can be both malleable and chaotic. Via the collision between sculpture and painting, her practice explores the duality of language in a world that is becoming increasingly polarised. Patricia attempts to decode subjects by over-manipulating their aesthetic characteristics whilst examining their historical and social context.
Through an inverted route, the creative process leads to conceptual research. Serendipity plays a big part in this process.
She uses DIY and ephemeral materials for her projects alongside traditional painting techniques, borrowing references from urban social living, finding humour in the absurd in a world that's becoming increasingly erratic.
Recent exhibitions and projects include Montanhas Rolantes, Sala 701 California, Sao Paulo, 2026; Studio 2.05, Cell Studios, London, 2025; AAP Vol.1, Auto Amor, Sevenoaks, 2025; Fight, Flight or Freeze, Pictorem Gallery, London 2024; Tender Stems, Manchester 2022; The Practice of Art and AI, Ars Electronica book 2022; Systems, Science Gallery Dublin publication 2021; Happier than the Morning Sun, Trastero 109, Majorca 2020; Inside Job, Tate Modern, London 2018; Fake, Science Gallery, Dublin 2018; First Act: Smooth Operations, Laure Genillard Gallery solo show, London 2018; Jabberwocky, Ab/Anbar, Tehran 2015; I’m not done II, Guest Projects, London 2015.
