Opening Thursday 28 May, 5-7pm, the 5-year anniversary show of the VCA BIPOC Collective, bipoc5eva, acts as a meeting site for all past, present, and future members. In this space, we play out conversations, material exchanges, fierce rejections, and warm embraces.
Zico Albaiquni, Kim Feng Cheong, Annabeth Chu, Nicholas Currie, Trinh Dang, Nnamdi Ekeledo-Smith, Majed Fayad, Michelle Yuan Fitz-Gerald, Grace Fuentealba, Kendrick Goy, Siri Hendrata, Simon Hong, Alexandra Jones, Emily Yeonsoo Jung, Michael Kennedy, Ishika Kaur Kinzel, Leehng, Ella Li, Yue Liu, Keiran Molaeb, Patriot Mukmin, Aliandra Nasrun, Mia Nugent, Hannah Ogawa, Naimo Omar, Soyo Paek, Perin, Samika Rao, Bea Rubio-Gabriel, E Salmon, Sammi, Hari Sinh, Peter Spring, Sumi, Yanru Pan, Maria Thaddea & Leo Bagus Purnomo, Ziyi Wei, and Amelia Yilan Wilson.
28 May - 19 June 2026
Opening celebration: Thursday 28 May, 5-7pm
The 5-year anniversary show of the VCA BIPOC Collective, bipoc5eva, acts as a meeting site for all past, present, and future members. In this space, we play out conversations, material exchanges, fierce rejections, and warm embraces. We meet old friends and discover new ones, learning again the power our voices hold when amplified through each other, for each other, and how special this is. Yet we are not a monolith, but a multiplicity of voices and perspectives. Shared among us are untranslatable words and worldviews, dissonances and distances, harmonies and breaks. And still, here we are creating, speaking, and holding our ancestral strength, together. We exhibit for the first time with George Patton Gallery, but again on stolen, sacred Black land, acknowledging its ongoing and far-reaching implications for its sovereign custodians. Always was, Always will be. From the river to the sea.
Established in 2022, the VCA BIPOC Collective offers an autonomous space where BIPOC students can collaborate creatively, have their voices amplified, and find support for their studies and art practices. This student-run collective hosts regular meetings, conversations, and events, alongside an annual group exhibition in the VCA student gallery. Through these exhibitions and gatherings, the collective has consistently demonstrated the power of artists to challenge the eurocentric and colonial structures of the VCA. As a practice of survival and community, the VCA BIPOC Collective continues to sustain a space for kinship, care, and collective practice within and beyond the VCA.
Photo credit: Kim Feng Photography