Black and white portrait of Amalia Pica in glasses and a dark denim shirt, head tilted, against a plain wall
Amalia Pica. Photo: Mark Blower, courtesy Herald St, London, via Kaunas Biennial. Framed by CoolCuration.

Last updated: 26 October 2026

Amalia Pica is the Argentine-born, London-based artist who makes work about communication and taking part, from rubber-stamped paperwork to daisy chains made by hundreds of people. Here you will find our take on her work, where Amalia Pica is on show now, the one edition you can buy in the UK, and our review of her 2026 Herald St show.

Our take on Amalia Pica

Pica was born in Argentina during the dictatorship and worked as a primary school teacher before she called herself an artist. “I think it took me a really long time to call myself an artist,” she told Studio International in 2025. Her work keeps returning to how people signal to each other: semaphore flags, Venn diagrams, office stamps, and lately daisy chains.

The daisy chains are made with other people. At Cample Line in Dumfriesshire, staff, visitors and local schoolchildren made a 50-metre chain with her. “I think of the daisy chain as a collective sculpture,” she said, adding: “These ideas don’t come together unless you have this level of participation.”

I gave Daisy Chain at Herald St 2/5. The paintings were lovely to look at but felt more illustrative than exploratory: pretty, yes, memorable, not quite. Her participatory work makes the stronger case for her, and Amalia Pica editions are rare in the UK, so the House of Voltaire risograph below is the easy way in. Her auction market is small, with five lots ever listed in Artnet’s price database.

Amalia Pica: the essentials

  • Born in Neuquén, Argentina, in 1978, and has lived in London since 2008, according to Herald St.
  • Studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires (2003) and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam (2005).
  • Showed in the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011, the same year she won a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award. She won the Zurich Art Prize in 2020.
  • Tate owns Strangers (2008) and Venn diagrams (under the spotlight) (2011).
  • Named signature artist for the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital in 2023. “I feel passionate about open-ended play, putting children in charge,” she said in the announcement.
  • Represented by Herald St in London and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York and Los Angeles.

Amalia Pica exhibitions: now on and recent

  • Now on: Amalia Pica: Lecturas Posibles, a chalkboard library installation in the Rotunda at The Bass, Miami Beach, 17 September 2026 to 12 February 2027. There is no UK show on at the moment.
  • Variation, a ten-artist group show at Herald St, 43 Museum Street, London, 11 August to 18 September 2026.
  • Fair Play, ping-pong tables spelling FAIR PLAY in signal flags, part of Public Art Fund’s Between Tides, Rockaway Beach, New York, 27 June to 13 September 2026.
  • Daisy Chain, Herald St, Bethnal Green, London, 19 March to 16 May 2026, free. Her fourth solo show with the gallery. Read our review.
  • Keepsake, Cample Line, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, 4 October to 14 December 2025.

Where to buy an Amalia Pica print

Only one Amalia Pica edition is on sale in the UK right now. Her books are out of print.

  • Colour in paperwork (A3), 2016, £60: a risograph from her Joy in Paperwork stamp series, 42 × 30 cm (16.5 × 11.8 in), edition of 80, reduced from £120 at House of Voltaire, the Studio Voltaire shop.

Our reviews featuring Amalia Pica

Amalia Pica FAQs

Can I buy Amalia Pica prints in the UK?

Yes, one: House of Voltaire sells her Colour in paperwork (A3) risograph for £60, in an edition of 80. Her books are out of print.

Where can I see Amalia Pica’s work now?

Lecturas Posibles is at The Bass in Miami Beach until 12 February 2027. In the UK, Tate owns two of her works, and her Herald St show closed on 16 May 2026.

What is Amalia Pica known for?

Work about communication and participation: semaphore and signal flags, Venn diagrams, rubber-stamped paperwork and, lately, daisy chains made with the public.

Which gallery represents Amalia Pica?

Herald St in London, and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York and Los Angeles.

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Main image: Amalia Pica. Photo: Mark Blower, courtesy Herald St, London, via Kaunas Biennial. Framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates and prices last checked: 26 October 2026.

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