[dbaust] FREE EVENT Invitation: Exhibition Opening of Vietnam / Australia: Voicing the unspoken

From: "Trudy Ryall" <trudy.ryall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@freelists.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 23:07:54 +1000
Hi all,

Please join us on Friday 9 May for complimentary drinks at the Yarra Gallery 
Federation Square as we celebrate the opening of Vietnam / Australia: Voicing 
the unspoken.  (more information below.)

Please share with your networks and advertise widely within your social media 
networks and it is a free event and open to all.


Cheers,

Trudy Ryall
Disability Access Coordinator
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival 

For many Vietnamese people the experience of leaving their homeland and 
travelling by uncertain means to Australia was profound. Crossing borders, 
looking for ways to belong and establishing new identities were just some of 
the challenges people faced. Lives and families were altered and in turn 
Australian society was enriched by this new wave of settlement. This exhibition 
brings together five contemporary artists whose practices and perspectives are 
informed by their links to both Vietnam and Australia. Through their 
emotionally charged artworks they shed fresh light on the way in which refugees 
are perceived and treated, and the ethical dimensions of power. These artists 
voice what is often left unspoken, revealing many contradictions, tensions and 
disparities within the social fabric, whilst acting as advocates of change.
Opening Friday 9th March 5 pm until 6.30 pm                                     
                                                                            
Exhibition: Friday 8 May – Saturday 17 May
Opening Hours: 12pm – 6.30pm weekdays, 1pm – 7pm weekends
Curator & artist talk: Saturday 10 May, 4.30pm
Location: Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, Ground Level Yarra Building

FREE AUSLAN interpreters for this event will be supplied on request. 

Please email access@xxxxxxxxxxxx to request if you need support with your 
disabilities.

Participating artists include:

THANH DUONG

Thanh Duong was born in Cholon, Vietnam. Her family originally came from Fujian 
Province in China. After arriving in Australia in 1980 and completing tertiary 
studies in computing, she renewed her art interest and studied Lingnan style 
Chinese Painting in 1989 with the well-known artist Patrick Lam. She completed 
the Diploma of Visual Arts in 2008 and her BA in Fine Art at Monash University 
Melbourne in 2012.

MINH PHAN

Artist Minh Phan was the winner of the 2013 Heartlands Refugee Art Prize, a 
national award open to artists from refugee backgrounds. Minh also won second 
prize in the Heartlands Prize in 2012. He is now completing a Masters in Fine 
Art at the Victorian College of the Arts.

KHUE NGUYEN

Khue Nguyen graduated from the Fine Arts College in Saigon in 1984, escaped 
Vietnam in 1986, and arrived in Australia in 1987. In 2008, after working for 
years as a graphic designer, Khue decided to pursue full time art practice, 
which led him to become a finalist with his self-portrait, Unleashed, in the 
prestigious Archibald Prize of 2010. Khue is the first Vietnamese name ever to 
reach the finals.

QUAN TRE

Quan Tre’s works are characterised by the use of vibrant geometric forms, which 
he uses to explore duality in 2D.

PHUONG NGO

With a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from RMIT University, Phuong Ngo has been 
a finalist in the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize at Griffith University 
Art Gallery, Brisbane, and the Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award at the 
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Recent exhibitions include Domino Theory, 
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2012; The Vietnam Archive 
Project: Slide #1, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, 2012; and My Dad the People 
Smuggler, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, 2013. He is currently exhibiting ‘Look 
Past’, at Melbourne Now at the National Gallery of Victoria.
[dbaust] FREE EVENT Invitation: Exhibition Opening of Vietnam / Australia: Voicing the unspoken

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