Pace Now Represents Artist Anicka Yi

The gallery will present Yi's work at Art Basel Hong Kong and a solo exhibition in New York in 2027.

Published on Mar. 5, 2026

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Pace has announced its representation of artist Anicka Yi, who is known for her research-based practice exploring subjects across technology, microbiology, and politics through inventive artworks incorporating unconventional organic and human-made materials. Yi will debut a new painting with Pace at Art Basel Hong Kong in March, and the gallery will host her first solo exhibition in New York in 2027.

Why it matters

Anicka Yi is considered one of the most innovative artists of the present moment, combining materials from the natural world with cutting-edge processes and technologies to create extraordinary, uncanny artworks that grapple with relevant political and ecological questions. Her experimental practice expands the phenomenological possibilities of art-making, placing her in a lineage of artists like Robert Irwin and James Turrell who have pushed the boundaries of the medium.

The details

Known for her rigorous research-based practice, Yi creates imaginative installations incorporating unconventional and unexpected organic and human-made materials—from animal and plant matter to mechanical, animatronic, and algorithmic elements—to investigate what she calls a 'biopolitics of the senses.' Guided by a deep interest in the nuances and mysteries of embodied experience, Yi experiments with visual, sensory, and olfactory elements across painting, sculpture, and installation, using scientific techniques and new technologies to foreground issues of perception and human psychology.

  • Pace will represent Yi in partnership with Gladstone Gallery, 47 Canal, and Esther Schipper.
  • Yi will debut a new painting on Pace's booth at Art Basel Hong Kong in March.
  • Yi will present her first solo exhibition with Pace in New York in 2027.
  • Yi's work will feature in the New Museum in New York's upcoming group exhibition 'New Humans: Memories of the Future,' opening March 21st.
  • On May 17th, Yi will unveil her first large-scale outdoor project at Storm King Art Center in New York.

The players

Anicka Yi

An artist who explores subjects across technology, microbiology, and politics through her highly inventive artworks.

Pace Gallery

An American art gallery that has announced its representation of Anicka Yi.

Samanthe Rubell

The President of Pace Gallery.

New Museum

An art museum in New York City that will feature Anicka Yi's work in its upcoming group exhibition 'New Humans: Memories of the Future.'

Storm King Art Center

A sculpture park in New York where Anicka Yi will unveil her first large-scale outdoor project on May 17th.

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What they’re saying

“Anicka is one of the most innovative artists of our time. Combining materials from the natural world with cutting-edge processes and technologies, her works are extraordinary, uncanny worlds unto themselves. Grappling with relevant political and ecological questions of the present moment, her experimental practice is part of a long lineage of artists—including Robert Irwin and James Turrell—who expanded the phenomenological possibilities of art making. We're thrilled to welcome Anicka to the gallery and to present her new work at Art Basel Hong Kong during this very exciting year!”

— Samanthe Rubell, President of Pace Gallery (FAD Magazine)

“I think that smell opens up an incredible, totalizing potential for art. Smell alters our chemicals. It shapes our desires. It can also make us gravely ill. There is always going to be biological risk, social risk, when we talk about air.”

— Anicka Yi (The New York Times)

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The takeaway

Anicka Yi's innovative practice, which combines materials from the natural world with cutting-edge technologies, places her at the forefront of contemporary art, expanding the phenomenological possibilities of the medium and grappling with pressing political and ecological issues of the present moment.