As part of Lunar New Year, we're hosting a live and online talk featuring the artists involved in the Cultural Cartography exhibition. NC Qin, Chris Yee, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen, Christina Huynh and Anney Bounpraseuth will be speaking about their artworks and cultural influences with curator Guan Wei and professor Jing Han. The exhibition is held in partnership with Western Sydney University Institute for Australian and Chinese Art and Culture.

Stay on and enjoy Lunar New Year celebrations in the Arts Centre precint! Experience traditional lion dances, meet the God of Wealth, indulge in delicious dumplings and more, on from 4 -9pm.

When: 29 January 2-3.30pm

Where: Bankstown Arts Centre and online

Cost: Free (RSVP required)

Joining us online?

You can catch the artist talk from the comfort of your own home! Join us at 2pm via Facebook Live, or sign up to receive a Zoom link to the talk.

Learn more about the artists:

Sydney-based artist NC Qin explores the histories of ancient battle artefacts with her primary medium of glass to prompt conversations on heritage, values and ideals.

Dr Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen lives and works in Sydney on unceded Darramuragal and Gadigal lands. Her artistic practice examines how embodied listening and sounding can extend experimental drawing as a multi-sensory, emplaced process.

Chris Yee is based in East Ryde, Sydney where he works as an Illustrator, Designer & Animator specialising in traditional “pen and paper” methodologies.

Christina Huynh is a muralist and illustrator based in Western Sydney who paints under 'STYNA'. Her art practice explores muralism, illustration and picture books from watercolour, ink and pen to aerosol and acrylic.

Anney Bounpraseuth is an Australian-born artist of Laotian heritage who reinterprets matriarchal traditions through painting, textiles, and sculpture to assert self-determined identity.

Guan Wei is an artist, curator and a major figure in both the Australian and Chinese contemporary art scenes. For almost 30 years he has been creating work that interweaves imagery from his Chinese heritage, his life experience in Australia and his personal mythology.

*This talk will be recorded for promotional purposes.