Born in 1999, Pia Truscott is a Cape Town-based artist whose practice is informed by her background in both fine arts and anthropology. She graduated with distinction from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2022, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BA), and also holds a degree in Anthropology.
Through her work, Truscott explores the potential of scrap materials, reimagining them into objects of renewed value and purpose by observing the natural and material world.
Truscott cuts, paints, sews, and irons found materials, weaving them into vibrant abstract works and tapestries. Her process of careful tending imbues these pieces with a sense of value, driven by her interest in revealing a kind of material empathy. Each found element, carrying traces of lives it has touched, forms an archive within her work, mapping the intricate connections between people and the material world.
Truscott has participated in several group exhibitions in 2023, notably, ANTI-BOOTH curated by Church Projects at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair; The 2020s: New Forms of Abstraction – Part 1 at Berman Contemporary in Johannesburg and Loud and Clear at SMAC gallery in Cape Town.
