Unfolding Ground

Unfolding Ground brings together a collective of Korean-Australian artists based in Sydney (AKAVA), whose practices examine the evolving relationship between identity, memory, migration and place. Through painting, installation and mixed media, the artists navigate personal and collective histories shaped by movement between Korea and Australia.

The exhibition approaches 'ground' as both a physical and emotional terrain – unstable, layered and continually transforming through lived experience. Across the works, memories surface and recede, cultural inheritances are reinterpreted and ideas of belonging are negotiated through acts of making.

Rather than presenting identity as fixed or singular, Unfolding Ground reveals it as a process of becoming: unfolding through displacement, connection, and time. The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on the subtle spaces between here and elsewhere, past and present, self and community.

Together, the artists create a shared ground where diverse narratives intersect, offering a contemplative exploration of cultural continuity, transformation and the complexities of diasporic experience.

Artists: Ikrae Jeong, Jung Hwa Ko, Jane Kim, Youngbae Kim, Gabi Song Lee, Joanne Lee, Euna Park, Ann Shim and Suhee Sirohi

Image: Jane Kim, Summer in Tasmania, 2025, oil on canvas