Showing 3 October to 15 December 2024
Island Hopping embodies Sarmiento’s transnational identity as a Filipino diasporic artist. Blending traditional glassblowing with printmaking and digital fabrication, Sarmiento visualises the complexities of cultural hybridity, showing how identities evolve through the intersection of different influences.
The title of the exhibition refers to the artist’s ongoing cycle of landing, settling, and leaving, symbolising the fragmented and shifting nature of cultural identities today. Much like the Philippine archipelago, his artworks represent the experience of moving between spaces, cultures, and relationships. He examines how cultures, languages, and customs are both lost and gained through these movements.
Curated by Aimee Frodsham
Opening event Saturday 26 October at 4pm
Artist talk To Be Announced
in partnership with Canberra Art Biennale and Craft & Design Canberra Festival
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Jeffrey Sarmiento, Name of a Tricycle, 2024, waterjet cut and kiln formed glass
Jeffrey Sarmiento, Klim, waterjet cut and kilnformed glass, tantala deposition
