Nadia Refaei
 ناديا الرفاعي


  1. Sabaar and Other Counter Archives
  2. A Whisper Echoes Loudest
  3. olive branch (curator)
  4. Thomas’ Garden (co-curator)
  5. Dawit Dersolign (co-curator)
  6. a garden for the things you love
  7. New Energy
  8. Roots
  9. Leading Letters
  10. Rehearsing the Future
  11. Making Ground (curator)
  12. Make Kabsah With Me
  13. 1998-2011 / ١٩٩٨-٢٠١١
  14. Both sides of either wall (co-curator)
  15. In Visible Woman
  16. Plastic Women

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Thomas’ Garden

Cici (Xiyue) Zhang

Curated by Nadia Refaei and Sharifah Emalia Al Gadrie

Presented by Constance ARI and Mona Foma
Steam Crane Stage, Constitution Dock

24 – 26 February 2023



An immersive, magical landscape filled with monsters and spirits

 Xiyue (Cici) Zhang was born in China and has been based in Lutruwita (Tasmania) for the past three years – her works have been included in exhibitions internationally, including in China, Korea, Germany and Australia. Cici’s imaginary landscapes and creatures are often fictional or exaggerated but informed by memory and experience. Cici uses watercolour, animation, traditional Chinese painting and woodblock printing to visualise her whimsical and sometimes dark storytelling. In Thomas’ Garden, these scenes come to life in an interactive, human-size underwater dreamscape — her monsters crawling out of Timtumili Minanya (River Derwent) to settle on the edge of the river for the three days of the festival. 








Images: Cassie Sullivan



Presented by Constance ARI in partnership with Mona Foma. Supported by Arts Tasmania and TasPorts.






Images: Cassie Sullivan