Blossoms of Chinese contemporary art

A multi-part group show co-presented by Art Echo and Vermilion that aims to enhance understanding of Chinese contemporary art.
Still from short film ‘Mr Sea’ by Geng Xue, part of group exhibition ‘ Overseas Locals 2024: Blossoms of Chinese Contemporary Art in Melbourne’. Two miniature blue and white porcelain characters sitting atop of one another in a darken forest filled with white porcelain trees.

Melbourne’s Art Echo Gallery has joined forces with Vermilion, Sydney, to present the group exhibition Overseas Locals 2024: Blossoms of Chinese Contemporary Art in Melbourne 《繁花 – 中国当代艺术墨尔本联展》.

The show features 15 contemporary Chinese and Chinese Australian artists, with works to be displayed across two venues running throughout August and September.

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_