Education
2001 - 2004
Monash University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)
2013
Monash University, Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)
Selected Exhibitions
2025 - 2026
Female Trouble, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne
2025
Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2015
New Age Totems, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2013
Merrang, Boom Gallery, Newtown, Victoria
2012
Forest-s, Boom Gallery, Newtown, Victoria
2012
It’s not the bullet that kills you (It’s the hole), (Collaboration with Andrew Atchison), First Draft Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
2009
Anchor Tattoo, Motorworks Gallery, Melbourne Grammar, South Yarra
2008
My Metaphorical Asshole and Other Drawings, First Draft Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
2007
Wallpaper Wars, Off The Curb Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne
2006
Were You There? (Collaboration with Andrew Atchison) Next Wave Festival; Missing Link Records, Central Station Records and Metropolis Books and Music, Melbourne
2006
Feminist Actions, Next Wave Festival, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne
Awards and Residencies
2026
Finalist, Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
2025
Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residency, Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, NSW
2025
Winner, Bundoora Homestead Art Prize, Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award
Panels and Film Screenings
2026
2025
Sally! Documentary and discussion panel, Platform Arts Courthouse, Geelong
Collections
Various private collections
Pia de Bruyn (b. 1982) is an artist and educator working on Yuin Country on the far south coast, NSW. Pia’s research-led practice focuses on uncovering queer histories and narratives by initiating concepts through writing, drawing, film and sculpture. She is currently working with the Australian Queer Archive (AQuA) to access material relating to gangs, groups, uniforms and fe/male representations in Australia.
Since graduating from Monash University 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.
In 2025 Pia was the winner of the Bundoora Homestead Art Prize through the Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award, resulting in a four-month exhibition and film screening at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre in 2026.