Artists and creatives from the Japanese diaspora are invited to a special evening of connection and conversation at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney. The gathering will celebrate the closing weekend of Sydney-based Japanese Australian photographer Sly Morikawa’s exhibition What was, what will be.
When: 6-8pm AEST Friday 2 May 2025
Where: 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art; 181-187 Hay Street, Sydney 2000
Whether you’re an artist, musician, performer, writer or arts worker —this is a rare chance for Nikkei creatives across generations and disciplines to come together, maybe for the first time.
This gathering is organised by Nikkei Australia member and creative producer, curator/educator Yuki Kawakami, and supported by Diversity Arts Australia through the Shifting the Balance 2.0 Individual Project Grant and Nikkei Australia. 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is the venue partner.
Please register to attend. Registration is free.
Sly Morikawa is a Sydney-based Japanese Australian photographer. ‘Working across Japan and Australia, Morikawa’s diverse subjects range from intimate friends to loose acquaintances, centuries old Japanese structures and vivid scenes of subcultural life. Her bodies of work straddle established hierarchies of taste and class, honouring her subject matter without prejudice through the impartial lens of her camera.’ (from 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art’s website)
Yuki Kawakami (she/her) Yuki Kawakami is a creative producer, educator and curator with a background in dance and performance. She is currently the Programs Producer, Creative Learning at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she develops experiences that foster critical engagement with art among tertiary audiences.
She was the Assistant Curator for the Gallery’s major exhibition Japan Supernatural (2019) and was the creative producer of its associated Sydney Festival event, Night parade of 100 Goblins. In 2017, she was awarded the Edmund Capon Fellowship, a staff exchange program with leading museums and art centres in Asia.
Beyond institutional spaces, she has advocated for artist-led initiatives, previously serving as Chair and Co-Director of Firstdraft. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Curatorial Practice at Monash University, contributing to Past Wrongs, Future Choices, a global project on the internment, displacement and dispossession of Japanese-descendant communities during the Second World War.
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