Exhibitions 2020

‘Wild Hearts & Warm Spirits’ is a School of Humanities and Communication Arts' outbound global mobility study program. Over 14 days, students were immersed in the Inner-Mongolian culture and rugged landscapes, travelling outside of the main cities and meeting locals in small rural communities. The curated collection of student photography represents a transformative journey – one where a select group of Western students, some of whom had never travelled outside of Australia, undertook their first ‘photographic assignment’ abroad.

The artist Zhou Xiaoping has spent the last 30 years in actively engaging with Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land and the Kimberley, learning from Indigenous art and culture, and has developed his own unique style of art. This exhibition reflects the connection between people, land and spirit drawing on the artist’s personal experiences in collaborating with Aboriginal artists such as Jimmy Pike and Johnny Bulunbulun.

In 1988 a Chinese artist named Zhou Xiaoping came to Australia for his solo exhibition in Melbourne. Then he took a trip to Alice Spring. Travelling alone to Uluru, he got lost in the desert on a scorching day with the temperature as high as 50°C. Miraculously, he was rescued by three Aboriginal boys. That adventure marked the beginning of Xiaoping’s 30-year journey of living with and learning from Aboriginal people and artists.

This is an audio-visual exhibition produced by ACIAC in partnership with Jeffrey Chen Art Studio, Art Wonderland Studio and Bingbing Art Studio. To find out how children in particular are responding to the outbreak of coronavirus, a competition was launched calling for artworks by school children in the theme of the global pandemic. Of over 80 entries, 20 top artworks have been selected for this exhibition.

An audio and visual version of Heli Yang Exhibition: A New Life. Heli is an emerging Chinese Australian artist based in Sydney. The 23 paintings in this exhibition show 23 moments that inspired Heli's artworks, telling the stories of three generations in a migrant family.

Curated by the renowned artist and ACIAC Board member Guan Wei, this is an exhibition featuring Chinese traditions in contemporary art.

An exhibition by Heli Yang, an emerging Chinese Australian artist. The 23 paintings in this exhibition show 23 moments and they are inspired by the little things that happened in our daily life, telling the stories of three generations in a migrant family.