Angelica Mesiti facts for kids

Angelica Mesiti (born in 1976 in Sydney) is an Australian artist. She is known for her amazing video art. Angelica lives and works in both Paris and Sydney. Her art often combines performances with video, sound, and special setups. This creates spaces that make you think deeply. Her work often explores how different cultures connect and communicate.

Angelica Mesiti studied art at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. She earned both her Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degrees there.

Awards and Exhibitions

In 2009, Angelica won the 58th Blake Prize. This was for her 10-minute video called 'Rapture (silent anthem)'. The video shows happy young people moving slowly in bright sunlight.

Since 2011, Angelica Mesiti has shown her art in many important places. These include the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Australia. Her work has also been seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montréal and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

How Angelica Mesiti Creates Art

Angelica is famous for her video artworks. She uses filmmaking techniques and performance styles to tell stories. These stories often come from personal experiences or specific places.

She was also a founder of Imperial Slacks, an artist-run group in Sydney. There, she helped create a two-part video publication called Serial 7's.

Representing Australia

Angelica Mesiti represented Australia at the 2019 Venice Biennale. This is a very important art event. She presented a three-channel video work called ASSEMBLY. This video was filmed in the Senate chambers of Italy and Australia. It was shown inside a special amphitheater.

Artsy and Designboom magazines chose 'Assembly' as a top artwork at the Biennale. The Associated Press said her work looks at how people can come together and talk. This is especially important when democracy feels fragile. Angelica says her work explores how communication changes. It moves from talking and writing to using gestures and music.

Selected 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)