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SIGNE PIERCE
Signe Pierce is an American artist who draws on a multimedia suite of image-making techniques with a postdigital technicolour palette, to explore notions of gender, identity, and the dissolving boundary between simulation and the real. Pierce delves deeply into the impact of digital culture on contemporary life, often blending elements of performance, photography, video art, and more recently music to create immersive experiences. By juxtaposing vibrant, hyperreal visuals with critical commentary, Pierce art not only highlights societal constructs but also challenges viewers to question their perceptions of reality and the influence of technology on self-expression.
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Signe Pierce has been interviewed by Alice Bucknell in MOUSSE Magazine, where the writer and artist discuss Pierce’s self-definition as a ‘reality artist’ in an increasingly digital and virtual field, on the occasion of her new show at ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY. The resulting conversation covers a wide array of topics, including new dimensions of technology, the Dutch still life tradition, and Big Tech’s use of our data. Pierce notes: “Reality was already difficult enough to conceptualize before we introduced technology, which I consider to be a new dimension. In this exhibition, I’m also interested in building up an archive of digital streams that quantify my reality, as a sort of purging process where I need to export myself before reaching the next stage of my practice.”→
Lara Monro of Teeth Magazine has interviewed Signe Pierce about technocracy, ‘cyberfeminism’ and her new solo show Metamirrorism, on view at ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY. Pierce gives an in-depth introduction to Metamirrorism‘s exploration of chaos and using reality as a tool in her art. Says the artist of the show, “I am exploring reality as a medium, flipping it inside out.[…] For me, reality is a muse, a medium, and conceptual anchor.” →
Lindsay Howard, curator and Head of Community at Foundation, has interviewed Signe Pierce, represented by Annka Kultys Gallery since 2017, to coincide with the groundbreaking launch of the Foundation platform, for which Pierce has created its first-ever NFT. Pierce and her interviewer, Lindsay Howard discuss the fundamental paradox of reality: everyone perceives it individually, and yet these unique encounters form a collective experience. Says Pierce of her entry into the crypto sphere: “It makes sense to be getting into crypto and getting into new avenues for art valuation because these are things that are really core to my idea of what it means to be an artist. It’s about uplifting and upholding value for art, as well as creating new spaces within our era, which are reflective of what’s happening right now. →
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BIOGRAPHY
Signe Pierce is an American artist who draws on a multimedia suite of image-making techniques, shot through with a postdigital technicolor palette, to explore notions of gender, identity and the dissolving boundary between simulation and the real.
A self-termed ‘reality artist’, Pierce (b. 1988, Tucson) often draws on her body in durational neon-soaked performance works that address broader systems of violence, sexuality, and paranoia within the Ameriaca psyche.
Pierce was born in Arizona and currently lives and works in New York. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2011. Pierce has been represented by Annka Kultys since 2017 and her first solo exhibition with the gallery, Faux Realities, was on view at Annka Kultys in 2017, an exhibition of 30 photos that questioned the nature of truth and artifice within the digital image. In 2018, she received a second solo exhibition, Metamirrorism, then in 2019, Signe Pierce presented Digital Streams of an Uploadable Consciousness, and earlier this year in July 2024, the gallery featured Pierce’s Abstract Reality exhibition, featuring several of her videos including ‘American Reflexxx’ (2015), a jarring social experiment and durational performance video by the reality artist Signe Pierce and the American artist Alli Coates.
Pierce’s video works and performances have been presented at international institutions, galleries, and biennials including MoMA, New York, US (2019); ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London, UK (2024,2019); Eigen+Art Lab, Berlin, Germany (2019); MdbK, Leipzig, Germany (2018); ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY, London, UK (2018), Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece (2018); Düsseldorf Photo, Düsseldorf, Germany (2018); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2015); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US (2014); and the New Museum, New York, US (2014).
PAST EXHIBITIONS AT ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
SIGNE PIERCE
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
6 JUNE – 6 JULY 2019
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
METAMIRRORISM
28 MARCH – 28 APRIL 2018
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
FAUX REALITIES
8 JUNE – 1 JULY 2017