Petrina Hicks (born 1972)

Shenae and Jade, 2005

archival pigment print

123.0 x 115.0 cm
136.5 x 129.0 cm (frame)

signed on gallery label verso

Stills Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Singapore, acquired from the above in 2016

Petrina Hicks, Stills Gallery, Sydney, 1 April – 1 May 2005 (illus. back cover of exhibition catalogue, another example)
Pet Project, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 7 December 2006 – 25 February 2007 (illus. cover of exhibition invitation, another example)
Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis Collection, Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 3 February – 18 March 2012, and touring (another example)
What’s in a face? aspects of portrait photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 September 2011 – 5 February 2012 (another example)
Flight Paths: The Bird in Australian Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2 December 2016 – 12 February 2017 (another example)
Petrina Hicks, Bleached Gothic, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 27 September 2019 – 15 March 2020, and touring to Australian Embassy, Paris, 24 June – 24 September 2021 (another example)
A Nest in the Hills: The Symbiosis of Women and Birds in Contemporary Australian Art, Mudgee Arts Precinct, New South Wales, 12 December 2025 – 15 March 2026 (another example)
Super Nature, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 February 2026 – February 2027 (another example)

Photofile, Sydney, Issue 79, Summer 2007 (illus. cover, another example)
Annear, J., ‘Blank Face’, Art & Australia, vol. 46, no. 2, Summer 2008, p. 280
Perram, R., ‘Reflection’, Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis Collection, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and Museums and Galleries NSW, Bathurst, 2009 (illus. cover, another example)
Peacock, A., ‘Petrina Hicks’, Shenae and Jade (Education Collection Notes: Investigating Key Works of Art in the Gallery), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011, n.p. (illus., another example)
Warnes, D., (ed.), Under My Skin: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Corrigan Collection, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland, 2013, pp. 14, 32 (illus., another example), 62
Miller, C., ‘Seductive Subversion’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 65, July – September 2013, p. 126 (illus., another example)
Cleary, G., & Tribe, H., ‘Wings of desire, demise and adaptation: birds in Australian art’, The Conversation, 6 December 2016, https://theconversation.com/wings-of-desire-demise-and-adaptation-birds-in-australian-art-69884 (another example, accessed March 2026)
Petrina Hicks, Bleached Gothic, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2019, pp. 24, 25 (illus., another example), 136 (illus. cover, another example)
Whish, B., ’10 things inspiring artist and photographer Petrina Hicks right now’, Vogue Australia, 9 October 2019, https://www.vogue.com.au/vogue-living/arts/10-things-inspiring-artist-and-photographer-petrina-hicks-right-now/image-gallery/577fbf8b051130e7d1b6829cedbcad1d (another example, accessed March 2026)
Fortescue, E., ‘A little bird delivers record price for photographer’, Australian Financial Review, 15 March 2024, https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/a-little-bird-delivers-record-price-for-photographer-20240515-p5jdtj (another example, accessed March 2026)
A Nest in the Hills: The Symbiosis of Women and Birds in Contemporary Australian Art, Mudgee Arts Precinct, New South Wales, 2025, pp. 9, 18, (illus., another example), 60 (illus., another example), 61

Other examples of this photograph are held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria.