Platform Presents

Syd/Eora, if you're an artist of Asian diaspora, this one’s for you. For the first time, we’re bringing our Asian Heritage Week exhibition to Eora.

Last year, we had Sydney artists fly down to Naarm to be part of our Asian Heritage Week exhibition. This year, we’re bringing it to you and expanding it into a full opening night experience with art, music and market stalls.

We’re opening up ‘A Family Gathering’, a 3-day pop-up exhibition bringing artists into one room to share work across all mediums. Rather than a set theme, it’s about the experience of gathering and sitting alongside one another.

Running 12–14 June, with a ticketed opening night featuring DJs and market stalls.

Applications are now open for exhibiting artists and stallholders. If you’re based in Sydney, we’d love to have you in the room.

Apply via our info pack (linked in bio)
Exhibition applications close 12 May
Market stall EOIs open until filled

Introducing our next Summer Daze artist: Sunny Tandoc

Sunny Tandoc’s practice explores coming-of-age as something that continues well beyond youth. In the unknown doesn’t scare me anymore, they reflect on the quiet moments that shape us as we grow older, from lunch breaks in the summer heat to spontaneous beach trips.

Through vivid colour palettes, gestural mark-making and playful textures, the work holds space for nostalgia, softness and the emotional complexity of moving beyond socially defined youth. Rather than mourning the end of adolescence, Sunny reclaims small, everyday pleasures as moments of renewal.

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Sunny Tandoc combines their visual arts and community service practices to explore themes of coming-of-age, curiosity, the mundane and human connection, informed by their experience as a q***r Filipinx/o-Australian with lived experience of mental health. Through vivid colour palettes, gestural mark-making and playful textures, Sunny creates emotionally resonant works that foster reflection and dialogue.

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the unknown doesn’t scare me anymore (sensory strategies) — $2000

All works can be purchased via our website.

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Platform x Howler presents: Summer Daze Exhibition
Howler | 7–11 Dawson St, Brunswick VIC 3056
On view until May 2026

We’re opening up artist applications for our Asian Heritage Week exhibition this May in Naarm/Melbourne.

Asian Heritage Week, led by Asian Hustle Network, returns May 25–31 and continues to grow here in Australia. Last year marked our first time committing to an Asian Heritage Week exhibition. It was incredibly special to see that room come together and we're so excited to be bringing it back this year.

This year’s exhibition is titled 'A Family Gathering'. Rather than defining a theme, the title speaks to the experience of the exhibition. It brings Asian Australian artists into one room, allowing a range of practices, perspectives and stories to sit alongside one another.

As an extension of last year’s program, this exhibition will sit within a broader lineup of Asian Heritage Week events across Platform’s programming (TBA).

Apply via our info pack (linked in bio)

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Key Dates
Applications close: Monday 28 April, 11:59pm
Artwork drop-off: May 16–17
Exhibition: May 20 – May 31
Opening night: Saturday 23 May, 4–10pm

📍 Dark Horse Experiment,
400 Spencer St, West Melbourne VIC 3003