Artists statement

Hold Your Horses encourages reflection on the art of slowing down. While slowing down can feel like a daunting prospect when we have such anxiety about falling behind, Hold Your Horses playfully invites us to shift our focus away from what may be lost towards what we stand to gain.

Kenny Pittock is an artist based in Naarm/Melbourne who works with sculpture and painting to playfully critique the seemingly mundane. Pittock often uses humour as an entry point to discuss weightier topics such as anxiety, both on a personal level as well as globally.
Pittock has held solo exhibitions in Italy, Singapore and Aotearoa / New Zealand, as well as in many institutions throughout Australia. Pittock was a finalist in the 2025 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art, 2024 Sulman Prize at the AGNSW, and was the recipient of the 2024 Peoples Choice Award in the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize at Geelong Gallery.
Pittock’s artworks are included in many public collections including Artbank, Bendigo Art Gallery, the University of Queensland and the National Gallery of Victoria. 
Kenny Pittock is represented by MARS Gallery, Melbourne and Olsen Gallery, Sydney.