2019

RITUALS by CuriousWorks

7 December 2019 - 29 February 2020
RITUALS celebrates the glorious diversity of life in South West Sydney, featuring two projects from the CuriousWorks archives: Ritual - a large scale, multi-channel audio-visual projection work; and Meet Eat - a documentary series of short films celebrating people, connection and the sharing of food.

2019 Artist in Residence Tracey Clement: FUTURAMA 2.0

Tracey Clement presents her solo show FUTURAMA 2.0, a utopian vision in which everyone has a chance to make their mark on the city.

Treasures from Home

24 August 2019 - 15 February 2020
Treasures from Home showcases personal belongings brought to Australia by individuals who migrated or sought refuge here.

Amani Haydar: The mother wound

Western Sydney based artist and Archibald Prize finalist (2018) Amani Haydar presented a deeply personal and moving series of works, sharing a vulnerable and oftentimes intimate glimpse into her unique perspective of life, having growing up in an Arab-Australian household, as a women’s advocate and as a witness to family and domestic violence.

In Conversation

13 July – 12 October 2019
In Conversation presents a new body of work by Australian-Indonesian artist Ida Lawrence alongside the seminal work, Writing in the Rain, 2011 by acclaimed Indonesian artist FX Harsono.

The Gatherer

6 April – 10 August 2019
Kim Siew's intriguing solo exhibition 'The Gatherer' explores themes of memory, place and connection through engaging interactive zines, murals and audio.

Busy Hands - the devil’s in the details

29 June – 10 August 2019
Guest curator and local artist, Linda Brescia, delved into FCMG’s textile collection to select the finest examples of female handicraft.

Stomping Ground

1 March – 29 June 2019
Stomping Ground features artists Rosell Flatley, Justine Youssef and Linda Brescia, showcasing a collection of works that define their experiences as women from different cultural backgrounds (Filipino, Lebanese and Italian-Egyptian respectively) who live in or come from Western Sydney.