Lauren Brincat

Lauren Brincat (Western Syd­ney, Aus­tralia 1980) works with performance, video, installation and sculpture to explore movement, music, and rhythm. She often creates site responsive work that probes his­tor­i­cal rup­tures and fail­ures of lan­guage, integrating local communities while exploring non-ver­bal modes of expres­sion through the use of sound sculptures and performance instruments. 

In Brincat’s videos, she often per­forms in rel­a­tive soli­tude. In such works, she push­es her phys­i­cal and cog­ni­tive lim­its, fol­low­ing rule-based actions. Her ‘walk­ing pieces’ occur in vast­ly dif­fer­ent con­texts, from emp­ty fields to busy urban sites, and the ocean. Other video works take the form of doc­u­ment­ed and often repet­i­tive actions. Col­lab­o­ra­tion is an impor­tant part of Brin­cat’s prac­tice; featuring per­cus­sion­ists, archi­tects, sci­en­tists, chore­o­g­ra­phers, eques­tri­an rid­ers and Indige­nous horse whis­per­ers. Her use of fabric is intended to symbolize social cohesion, akin to a metaphorical social fabric, she experiments with different ways it interacts with body, space, and gender.

Brincat was recently selected for the Art Omi Residency, 2025 and participated in the group exhibition Drape and Weave at Le Pavé d’Orsay in Paris. Major works include The Shell, A Ghost, The Host & The Lyrebird, 2024, a collaboration with choreographer Marina Mascarell and Sydney Dance Company, presented at Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona and the Royal Opera House, London; and Portrait of Marina Abramović, 2024, a durational performance by Mike Parr, featured at Adelaide Festival in collaboration with MAI. In When Do I Breathe?, 2024, a public commission by Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct, Brincat examined the intersection of health, urban space, and safety. Other recent highlights include the sonic installation Tutti Presto fff, 2022–2023 for the Sydney Opera House, the solo exhibition Women with Fringes etc. at Anna Schwartz Gallery, and participation in the TarraWarra Biennial: Slow Moving Waters, 2021.Previous significant projects include do it (Australia) with Kaldor Public Art Projects, 2020, The Plant Library, 2019, co-commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Landcom, and Salt Lines, 2016, curated by Stephanie Rosenthal for the Biennale of Sydney.