Angelica Mesiti facts for kids

Angelica Mesiti (born 1976, Sydney) is an Australian artist. She creates many different kinds of art. Her family comes from Italy. She is best known for combining performances with video and sound. She often creates special spaces for her art. Her work helps people from different cultures connect. She shows how we can communicate without words.

Angelica Mesiti studied art at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. She earned both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree there.

In 2009, Mesiti won the 58th Blake Prize. This award was for her video called 'Rapture (silent anthem)'. It's a 10-minute video. It shows happy young people in slow motion. They are bathed in bright sunlight.

Angelica Mesiti has shown her art since 2011. Her work has been in many famous places. These include the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Australia. She has also shown art at the Biennale of Sydney. Her art has traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montréal. It has also been seen at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

Mesiti is known for her video art. She uses filmmaking techniques. She also uses performance styles. This helps her tell personal stories. It also helps her respond to different places.

Mesiti helped start a group called Imperial Slacks in Sydney. This group was run by artists. There, she helped create a video series. It was called Serial 7's.

Angelica Mesiti was chosen to represent Australia. This was at the 2019 Venice Biennale. She presented a three-channel video work. It was called ASSEMBLY. She filmed parts of it in the Senate chambers. These were in Italy and Australia. The video was shown in a special amphitheater. Many art experts thought it was a highlight. This included Artsy and Designboom.

The Associated Press said her work looks at how people can gather. It explores how they can communicate. This happens even when democracy is fragile. Mesiti herself says her work explores how communication changes. It moves from words and writing. It goes to non-verbal ways. These include gestures and music.

Amazing Artworks

• The rain that fell in the faint light of the young Sun (2022)
• Future Perfect Continuous (2022)
• Over the Air and Underground (2020)
• A Hundred Years (2020)
• Assembly (2019)
• Relay League (2017)
• Mother Tongue (2017)
• Tossed by Waves (2017)
• The Colour of Saying (2015)
• Nakh Removed (2015)
• In the Ear of the Tyrant (2014)
• The Calling (2013–14)
• Citizens Band (2012)
• Prepared Piano for Movers (Haussmann) (2012)
• Rapture (Silent Anthem) (2009)