The name Pica Pica comes from the latin name ‘ the talkative magpie’, a beautiful common bird found in the wastelands around Liège.

This well-chosen name sums up their artistic reasoning. Discover the beauty in the ugly. I.E. in a cheap decorative pattern, in the façade of a pre-build house, in a dumb, in an old-fashioned vase,… Their work glorifies these elements unwanted by the aesthetic canons.
The 3 artists from Pica Pica produce all the paintings, drawings, photographs and installations jointly. They have worked together since 1999, first within the ERS collective and as Pica Pica since 2007

Pica Pica is Boris Magotteaux (1978), Manuel Falcata (1979) and Jerome Degive (1980), all born and raised in Liege, Belgium.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
SPEEDY WASH #10, Wiels, Brussels

2009
A.R.C. "Adventures Research & Cycling" A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels
BELLEFLAMME BAZAR at Iguapop gallery, Barcelona, Spain.

2008
BAD BOYS , 85 gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
STATUS, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen.

2010
NOTHING POLITICAL, Komplot, Brussels
A Group Show curated by Laurent Impeduglia, SlowBoy Gallery, Dusseldorf 
SILEX LEXX, Pianofabriek, Brussels
TO THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED - WISHING YOU LOVE AND HAPPINESS AND CURIOSITY FOREVER, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen

2009
ONESHOT, Werstette, Copenhagen
PORTFOLIO #2, Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium.
PATTERN  at Hallway Bathroom gallery, SF, USA.

2008
PROJECT ROOM, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.

 

FORMER SHOWS

2007
Artz Attack. Plan B, Brussels

2006
Ravelissimo. Liège

2005
Talents. Tour et Taxis, BrusselsN.Y.F : in a near future.
Recyclart, Brussels (Solo Show)
Bread and Butter. Berlin

2004
Lux Market. Espace Beaurepaire, Paris
NuSign 2.4. Art Core Gallery, Paris
A family. Plin tub’ Gallery, Brussels (Solo Show)

2003
Seven of a Kind . 3Déstructure Gallery, Charleroi (Solo Show)
Zeke Bazaar. Recyclart, Brussels

PUBLICATIONS

A.R.C., Risotoreverse Illluminati Editions, Brussels, 2009 Raspberry, Raspberry Magazine, Issue 3, London, 2009 Café Royal, Café Royal, Issue 5, Liverpool, 2009 Like Lipstick Traces, Dokument Forlag, Stockholm, 2009 Gasmask, Gasmask, Issue 6, Helsinki, 2008