Pia de Bruyn is a visual artist and educator working across drawing, painting, film, and sculpture. Born in Meanjin Brisbane, she currently lives and works on coastal Wadawurrung Country in Victoria. Since graduating from Monash University in 2004 with a BFA in Painting, Pia has exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions, with her work held in private collections across Australia. Alongside her practice, she has worked in arts education since 2005 and has been teaching Visual Arts and Sculpture at a secondary level for over a decade.
Exhibitions include Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne 2025; New Age Totems, Bus Projects, Melbourne 2015; Merrang, Boom Gallery, Newtown 2013; It’s not the bullet that kills you (It’s the hole), (Collaboration with Andrew Atchison), First Draft Gallery, Sydney 2012; My Metaphorical Asshole and Other Drawings, First Draft Gallery, Sydney 2008; Were You There? (Collaboration with Andrew Atchison) Next Wave Festival at Missing Link Records, Central Station Records and Metropolis Books and Music, Melbourne 2006.
She is a recipient of the 2025 Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residency at the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre in Northern NSW.