The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will become the first Australian cultural institution to present a major solo exhibition by leading South African artist Candice Breitz.

The exhibition, which opens in December, will feature a new work co-commissioned by ACMI and the Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, together with a selection of Breitz's key video installation works.

Born in Johannesburg and based in Berlin, Breitz is an internationally renowned video and photographic artist whose large scale installations engage with pop music, film and celebrity culture to explore the construction of identity and individuality within a variety of communities, both local and global. Conducting interviews with selected subjects or using found footage taken primarily from mainstream cinema and music videos, Breitz re-edits her video sources to create new narratives that question how we define ourselves through our relationships with mass entertainment and with each other.