Biography
Sid Pattni is an Australian artist of Indian descent whose practice examines the enduring visual legacies of colonisation and their influence on diasporic identity, cultural memory and belonging. Born in Kenya to Indian parents, Pattni migrated to Australia at the age of thirteen. His work reconfigures Mughal miniatures, Company paintings, colonial archives and British botanical illustration, bringing these historically distinct visual traditions into dialogue to interrogate how imperial aesthetics continue to shape contemporary understandings of culture, identity and place.
Pattni has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize (2025), the Lester Prize (2020, 2024, 2025) and the Blake Prize (2021). He was awarded the Kennedy Prize (2023), Flinders Lane Gallery Emerging Artist Award (2024), and received the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Award (2026) . His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Art SG, Singapore; Untitled Art Fair, Miami; India Art Fair, New Delhi; and Sydney Contemporary. Pattni's work is held in public and private collections across Australia and internationally, including the Artbank Collection, Australian Parliament House Collection and Fralin Museum of Art Collection.
Works
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Somewhere Between Here and There (Part I), 2025 -
Somewhere Between Here and There (Part II), 2025
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Somewhere Between Here and There (Part III), 2025
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Somewhere Between Here and There (Part IV), 2025
