Petrina Hicks

♀ *1975 / Australia

Works

Solo exhibitions

Snakes and Mirrors

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
20 Feb 2025 – 30 Mar 2025
Snakes and mirrors

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
23 Nov 2024 – 16 Feb 2025
MYTHOLOGIES

Perth Centre for Photography, Perth (AU)
17 Sep 2024 – 27 Sep 2024
Mythologies

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
16 Aug 2024 – 27 Sep 2024
Biophilia

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
1 Jun 2023 – 1 Jul 2023
Polaroids

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
17 Feb 2022 – 31 Mar 2022
Fly through the candle’s mouth like a singeless moth

THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne (AU)
8 Oct 2021 – 6 Nov 2021
Bleached Gothic

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
27 Sep 2019 – 29 Mar 2020
The Gazed

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
27 Feb 2020 – 21 Mar 2020
Still Life Studio

THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne (AU)
2 Oct 2018 – 20 Oct 2018
New Work

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
2 May 2018 – 26 May 2018
The California Works

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
6 Jul 2016 – 30 Jul 2016
Petrina Hicks / Yhonnie Scarce

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
13 May 2015 – 20 Jun 2015
Petrina Hicks

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
7 May 2015 – 30 May 2015
THE SHADOWS

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
4 Sep 2013 – 5 Oct 2013
Selected Photographs, 2013

Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne (AU)
12 Jun 2013 – 13 Jul 2013
Hippy and the Snake

Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne (AU)
16 Nov 2011 – 10 Dec 2011
Beautiful Creatures

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
2 Mar 2011 – 9 Apr 2011
Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (DE)
24 Sep 2010 – 7 Nov 2010
Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
7 Jul 2010 – 14 Aug 2010
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Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
18 Jun 2008 – 19 Jul 2008
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Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
31 May 2006 – 1 Jul 2006

Group

Young | youth in Australian photography: 1980s to now

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Nov 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

with Atong Atem, Donna Bailey, Anne Ferran, Bill Henson, Naomi Hobson, Samuel Hodge, Paul Knight, Katrin Koenning, Christopher Koeller, Jesse Marlow, Rod McNicol, Tracey Moffatt …
WHO ARE YOU

Australian portraiture

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (AU)
1 Oct 2022 – 29 Jan 2023

with Brook Andrew, Atong Atem, Rennie Ellis, Tracey Moffatt, Michael Riley, Anne Zahalka
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with Narelle Autio, Danica Chappell, Miriam Charlie, Michael Cook, Michael Corridore, Rebecca Dagnall, J Davies, Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, Rozalind Drummond, Sophie Dumaresq, Stephen Dupont …
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (AU)
25 Jun 2022 – 9 Oct 2022

with Matthew Abbott, James Brickwood, Rozalind Drummond, Tom Evangelidis, Adam Ferguson, George Fetting, Ingvar Kenne, Shea Kirk, Rod McNicol, Wayne Quilliam, Michael Wolfe
NEW Location: Chippendale Launch Exhibition

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
7 Oct 2021 – 30 Oct 2021

with Narelle Autio, Nici Cumpston, Tamara Dean, Derek Henderson, Catherine Nelson, Trent Parke, Christian Thompson
The Body Electric

National Gallery, Canberra (AU)
22 Jun 2020 – 26 Jan 2021

with Polly Borland, Jo Ann Callis, Cheryl Donegan, Nan Goldin, Annette Messager, Carolee Schneemann, Collier Schorr, Lyndal Walker, Francesca Woodman
Light Years. 199-2019

Perth Centre for Photography, Perth (AU)
6 Jul 2019 – 3 Aug 2019

with Marian Drew, Joseph McGlennon, Fabian Muir, Catherine Nelson, Trent Parke, Luke Shadbolt, Christian Thompson
Light Years

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
2 May 2019 – 29 May 2019

with Narelle Autio, Marian Drew, Derek Henderson, Fabian Muir, Polixeni Papapetrou, Trent Parke, Luke Shadbolt
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Hoda Afshar, Tom Blachford, Aaron Bradbrook, Danica Chappell, Rowan Conroy, Michael Cook, Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, John Gollings, Linsey Gosper, Lee Grant, Janina Green …
LEGACY+ … collecting contemporary

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Aug 2018 – 19 Sep 2018

with Darren Sylvester, Christian Thompson
Fragile Armour

Perth Centre for Photography, Perth (AU)
23 Mar 2018 – 21 Apr 2018

with Abdul Abdullah, Tony Albert, David Charles Collins, Angela Tiatia
Multiple: [BERLIN] WALL POWER

Contemporary Australian Photography

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
1 Dec 2017 – 23 Dec 2017

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Narelle Autio, Nici Cumpston, Destiny Deacon , Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, Shaun Gladwell, Bill Henson, Rosemary Laing, Tracey Moffatt, Fabian Muir …
Synthetic

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
21 Jul 2017 – 26 Aug 2017

with Dennis del Favero, Vincent Fournier, David Manley, Soda_Jerk, Garry Trinh
Curtain Call

final exhibition

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
24 May 2017 – 8 Jul 2017

with Paul Adair, Narelle Autio, Roger Ballen, Pat Brassington, Jane Brown, Danica Chappell, Brenda L. Croft, Merilyn Fairskye, Merilyn Fairskye, Anne Ferran, Anne Ferran, Chris Fortescue …
Wall Power: Significant Contemporary Australian Photography & Photomedia

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
1 Apr 2015 – 25 Apr 2015

with Nici Cumpston, Marian Drew, Fabian Muir, Catherine Nelson, Deborah Paauwe, Christian Thompson
Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia & the UK

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
30 Jun 2012 – 18 Aug 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Tony Albert, Warwick Baker, Natasha Caruana, Bindi Cole, Maciej Dakowicz, Christopher Day, Melinda Gibson, Toni Greaves, Alin Huma, Seba Kurtis, David Manley …
Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia & the UK.

PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth (AU)
18 Feb 2012 – 8 Apr 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Tony Albert, Warwick Baker, Natasha Caruana, Bindi Cole, Maciej Dakowicz, Christopher Day, Melinda Gibson, Toni Greaves, Alin Huma, Seba Kurtis, David Manley …
SEASON 11

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
16 Nov 2011 – 22 Dec 2011

with Gilbert Garcin, Mark Kimber, Marketa Luskacova, Danielle Thompson
17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
30 Sep 2011 – 11 Dec 2011

with Carlos Adriano, Basma Alsharif, Lara Arellano, Aya Eliav & Ofir Feldman , Lixin Bao, Danillo Barata, Felipe Barros, Anna Baumgart, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Felipe Bittencourt, Tatiana Blass, Ricardo Carioba …
Season10

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
17 Nov 2010 – 29 Jan 2011

with Narelle Autio, Pat Brassington, Mark Kimber, William Lamson, Polixeni Papapetrou, Trent Parke, Robyn Stacey, William Yang
Timelines - Photography and Time

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
7 May 2010 – 3 Oct 2010

with Diane Arbus, Felice Beato, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Harry Callahan, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Ponch Hawkes, Lewis Hine, Kimbei Kusakabe, Rosemary Laing, Jacques-Henri Lartigue …
thirteen

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
13 May 2009 – 6 Jun 2009

with Paul Adair, Narelle Autio, Roger Ballen, Pat Brassington, James Bryany, Megan Jenkinson, Mark Kimber, Anne Noble, Trent Parke, Bronwyn Rennex, Glenn Sloggett, Robyn Stacey
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award 2009

Gold Coast Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise (AU)
4 Apr 2009 – 17 May 2009

with Cherine Fahd, Ponch Hawkes, Siri Hayes, Paul Knight, Simon Obarzanek, Polixeni Papapetrou, Valerie Sparks, Natascha Stellmach, Lyndal Walker
NY C Photo Exhibition

PHILLIPS New York, New York (US)
7 Sep 2007 – 26 Sep 2007

with Miguel Angel Rios, Edward Burtynsky, Kyungwoo Chun, Giacomo Costa, Brian Eno, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Antonio Girbes, Dionisio Gonzalez, Andreas Gursky, Ilkka Halso, Yee I-Lann, Seydou Keita …
PET PROJECT

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
8 Dec 2006 – 24 Feb 2007

with Donna Bailey, Roger Ballen, Hayden Fowler, Carol Jerrems, Aleksandras Macijauskas, Carolee Schneemann, Arthur Tress, Hanneke van Velzen, William Wegman, Yvonne Doherty & Justin Spiers
Light Sensitive

Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
7 Sep 2006 – 18 Feb 2007

with Brook Andrew, Simon Cuthbert, Cherine Fahd, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Eliza Hutchinson, Simon Obarzanek, Selina Ou, Deborah Paauwe, Patricia Piccinini , Matthew Sleeth
Group show

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
29 Nov 2006 – 23 Dec 2006

with Narelle Autio, Pat Brassington, Christine Cornish, Cherine Fahd, Anne Ferran, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Trent Parke
In Cold Light

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
17 Mar 2006 – 16 May 2006

with Mark Adams, Donna Bailey, Ryszard Dabek, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Alex James, Anne Noble, Izabela Pluta
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Stills South, Sydney (AU)
7 Jun 2005 – 2 Jul 2005

with Sandy Edwards
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Stills South, Sydney (AU)
20 Apr 2005 – 21 May 2005

with Pat Brassington
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Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
20 Apr 2005 – 20 May 2005

with Pat Brassington

Events

Sydney Contemporary 2025 - Photo Sydney

Australasia's international contemporary art fair

Sydney Contemporary, Sydney (AU)
11 Sep 2025 – 14 Sep 2025

with Tony Albert, Narelle Autio, Paul Blackmore, Toby Burrows, Edward Burtynsky, George Byrne, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Catherine Cloran, Lucas Davidson, Gerwyn Davies, Tamara Dean, Odette England …
PHOTOGRAPHIES

Collections & Propositions

MILLON Drouot, Paris (FR)
3 Nov 2018 – 6 Nov 2018

with Rene Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Charles-Marie-Isidore Choiselat & Stanislas Ratel, Lucien Clergue, Roy DeCarava, Robert Doisneau, Nikos Economopoulos, Karoly Escher, Hans Finsler, Hisaji Hara, Izis (Israelis Biedermanas), Andre Kertesz …