Skywhale Hot-air Balloon Sculpture By Patricia Piccinini

Patricia Piccinini (born in 1965) is an Australian artist who works in a variety of media, including painting, video, sound, installation, digital prints, and sculpture.
Biography
Since completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1991, Patricia Piccinini's practice has flourished and she has become known as one of Australia's leading contemporary artists. In an early interview Piccinini vividly recalled a simultaneous revulsion and fascination at the time of her first foray into pseudo-eugenics when she created a lump-like creature from raw pigskin. While the impetus to experiment with the creation of synthetic life forms remains, since then Piccinini's techniques have evolved and she is now recognised as a forerunner among artists working with contemporary media.