This month, Michael Reid Sydney will present our first solo exhibition from Naarm/Melbourne-based Indian-Australian contemporary painter Sid Pattni, who recently joined our stable of represented artists and is currently a finalist in the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

“I’m interested in how aesthetics shaped under empire can be reclaimed and reconfigured to tell new stories about migration, memory, and identity,” says the London-born, Kenya-raised artist, speaking with Belle magazine in an extensive profile published in its latest issue. “Painting became a way to process the dissonance I felt navigating multiple cultural identities. I return to themes of hybridity, belonging and erasure, referencing historical visual formats not as homage, but as a means of critique and reimagining.”

Works from Pattni’s forthcoming series – which shares its title, The Act of Putting it Back Together, with his Archibald-shortlisted self-portrait – are now available to preview and acquire by request.

To receive a preview catalogue and secure an acquisition prior to the show’s opening, please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au