Clothilde Bullen Introduces us to The Neighbour at the Gate

This exhibition seeks to centre connection between First Nations and Asian Australian cultural groups and raise the level of awareness of those connections, which have existed outside dominant or mainstream culture for as long as humans have come and gone to this continent."

The Neighbour at the Gate exhibition artists and curatorium, left to right: Dennis Golding, Zali Morgan, Jenna Lee, James Tylor, James Nguyen, Jacky Cheng, Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Micheal Do, Clothilde Bullen OAM; National Art School, 2025, image courtesy and © National Art School, photograph: Peter Morgan

NITV Radio speaks with Curator Clothilde Bullen about identity, art and cross-cultural relationships.

The National Art School (NAS) has announced further details for the major new exhibition, The Neighbour at the Gate, presented at NAS Galleries, opening during NAIDOC Week on 11 July and running until 18 October 2025. A group exhibition exploring the dynamic perspectives of Aboriginal and Asian artists navigating so-called Australia.

The exhibition features new commissions in the gallery space, by First Nations and Asian Australian artists Jacky Cheng, Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Dennis Golding, Jenna Mayilema Lee, James Nguyen, and James Tylor.