Once again Blak Dot Gallery is proud to be part of this years Melbourne Fringe Festival.

DNA [Deadly Nui Art] a group exhibition where artists are called to respond to their own DNA exploring the concept of DNA as a hereditary self-replicating material, which is present in nearly all-living organisms.

The exhibition will include a range of experimental artworks including sugar skulls, tattooed (tá-tatau) brains, cultural iconography collages, a participatory multimedia installation, performance and works on paper by artists from Melbourne, interstate and abroad.

Our Artists include:

JASMINE TOGO-BRISBY | LILY AITUI LAITA | MARIAA RANDALL | DAMIEN SHEN | FRANCES TAPUELUELU | TONY TIA | CHANEL WINARTI

Opening event: Thursday 18 September from 6pm

In addition to our fantastic show, DJ MzRizk will be spinning the decks from 6.30pm

Proudly Supported by: Arts Victoria

X KULTURAL FUSION ‘We value the vision’ Celebrating Indigenous designs, stories and cultures, youth crafting their own future' through art... Celebrating Reconciliation Week This exciting collaboration with our artist in residence Matt ‘Adnate’ (a member of the International Street Art collective ‘Awol Crew’) and six young emerging artists from Northern Melbourne’s urban Indigenous communities and six young artists from migrant & refugee backgrounds. 'Adnate' mentored our youth with an interest in street art giving an insight to all styles used in producing & looking at different mediums in the creation of making individual works. Collaboration’s are nothing new to the world of street art, with artists working on back to back piece’s to create new and varied expressions of the style to enhance or showcase diversity of skills and voices. This device was explored between the participating emerging artists as work is organically layered and fused to achieve the final outcome. Each artist brought their own unique handwriting to the work to create what could be labelled as conversations in ink and acrylic. As an Indigenous-run art space, the use of Blak Dot reinforces some of the galleries key objectives to foster up and coming Indigenous artists and find new ways to host collaborations with artists from all cultures. X KULTURAL FUSION holds layers of meaning for the space, the participating artists and the ensuing artwork. Proudly supported by: The City Of Moreland Our Partners: The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) Victorian Cooperative on Children's Services for Ethnic Groups (VICSEG) Produced by : Sista Girl Productions