14 Facts About Pippa Garner

Pippa Garner was an American artist, illustrator, industrial designer, and writer known for making parody forms of consumer products and custom bicycles and automobiles.

Pippa Garner exhibited internationally at STARS gallery in Los Angeles, Jeffrey Stark gallery in New York, the Kunsthalle Zurich in Switzerland, and the Kunstverein Munich in Munich, amongst other institutions.

Pippa Garner had been a US Army Combat Artist in the Vietnam War, and was drafted while working at an assembly line at a car plant.

Pippa Garner was assigned to the 25th Infantry, the only division with a Combat Art Team.

Pippa Garner went to the Automotive Design department at ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles after she was discharged, but was expelled after her first year.

In 1974, Pippa Garner modified a Chevrolet automobile to appear to be driving backwards while it moved forwards and vice-versa.

Pippa Garner's work has often been described as a "critique of car culture", reflecting on the US fascination with overbuilt, supersized machines.

Pippa Garner has been noted as a predecessor to the Kardashian beauty industrial complex as well as Paul Preciado's Testo Junkie, from navigating the psych medical system to purchasing surgeries abroad on her transition, which jump started with "black market hormones" in the 1980s.

Pippa Garner participated in Trappings, an artwork by Two Girls Working: Tiffany Ludwig and Renee Piechocki.

Pippa Garner appeared on the show Monster Garage as a guest artist.

In 2017, Pippa Garner had a solo show at Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles where she presented sculptures, drawings, and videos.

Pippa Garner was known for her Immaculate Misconceptions projects that she created throughout her artistic practice.

Pippa Garner died on December 30,2024, following a battle with leukemia.

Pippa Garner's work is in the collection of the Audrain Auto Museum of Rhode Island, a selection of her photographs are held in the Contemporary Art Library archives.