Curated by Hyphenated Projects, the inaugural ‘Hyphenated Biennial’ is a multi-venue program of collective (un)learning across Melbourne’s West from 26 November to 9 April 2022, presented in partnership with The Substation, Footscray Community Arts, Incinerator Gallery and Sunshine Art Spaces.
‘Hyphenated Biennial’ focuses on dialogues, solidarity and meaningful collaborations between First Nations and Asian diasporic artists through ten new commissions. The exhibition centres around the artists’ explorations of personal histories while examining the sites they inhabit, materials they inherit and the systems they exist within.
Participating artists include Elyas Alavi, Moorina Bonini, Jacob Boehme & Nithya Nagarajan & Kalanjay Dhir, Sab D’Souza, Jacinta Keefe & Ellen YG Son, Jenna Lee, Jazz Money, Ashley Perry & Siying Zhou, Talia Smith, Beth Thornber, Jennifer Ma & David Leupolu, and Sharmayne Grace McLean.
Moorina Bonini, RE-POSITIONING, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Hyphenated Projects, Melbourne
