Zora Pang
on Ngunnawal


Zora is an artist and organiser, grew up in a coastal Chinese city Shenzhen with the context of rapid urbanisation. Her heritage is, on her father's side, one of making new places home and on her mother's Teochew side, food, Chinese medicine and spirituality - all leading her to see everything as connected and ever-changing. Her creative practice is driven by the desire to connect through differences, always looking for the space to hold curiosity and honesty. She is currently interested in how trust can grow through time over food and conversations, and how embodied experience can inspire conflict transformation in collective work. Zora’s work has been at kitchens, parks, bedrooms, cafes, a canteen, a train, a storage warehouse, meeting rooms... She has presented works with You Are Here Canberra (ACT), Tuggeranong Arts Centre (ACT), Tributary Projects (ACT), Live Art Lab A+G Arts Centres (ACT), Shenzhen\Hongkong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB)(China).

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"Before I moved to Australia in 2014, I grew up in Shenzhen, a coastal city next to Hongkong where I was first inspired by art in the context of rapid urbanisation. Such life as a migrant is reflected in my art practice most often as a desire to explore and connect through differences. Living as an outsider to both the culture I grew up in, and the culture I live in - a common experience of culturally diverse individuals - it is my natural space to find alternatives to our defaulted ways of doing, knowing, being.

I have been working as an artist, collection manager, organiser (curator of relationships and processes), educator. My practice is expanding, curious, conceptual, driven by people, always in-process." 

























Finding new ways of...


Creative Works 

HOW TO DISAGREE, in collaboration with Tom Campbell and Jessica Tanto, supported by YOUAREHERE CANBERRA | 2021 to now

WARMER-WARMER: DUMPLING WORLD, Tributary Projects | 2023
暖暖：饺子世界, Tributary Projects | 2023​

Organiser, “Rejection Party”, a heartbreak-themed bash celebrating all forms of rejection, Tributary Projects | 2022
组织, “被拒趴”, 以心碎为主题来共同庆祝所有形式的被拒绝的经历, Tributary Projects | 2022

Creative Producer (Mentored), “Creatives in-the-park”, a picnic with artist-led conversations, music, and art, YOUAREHERE CANBERRA | 2021
艺术出品, “公园里的艺术家”, 一场集合音乐艺术和艺术家带领的对话的野餐,YOUAREHERE 堪培拉 | 2021

Creative Producer (Mentored), “Wǒ-in-process (Wǒ[我]: I, me)”, a process-oriented relational project, focusing on opening up discursive dialogues around Chinese identity issues, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra | 2020
艺术出品, “我-过程中”, 一个以过程和互动为主的旨在开启关于华人身份的对话的项目, 堪培拉TAC社区艺术中心 | 2020

Student Collaborator in Online Exhibition (during COVID-19) In(out)sider, Collaborative Storytelling at the ANU | 2020
合作学生, 线上展览“里外人”, 澳洲国立大学合作式故事项目| 2020

Collaborative Founder, “#Water_Voices” Community Project, Canberra & Orange | 2019-now
合作开展“水_声”社区项目, 堪培拉&橙镇 | 2019-now
- 展讯/Exhibition: Liquid Dreams by #Water_Voices, Gang Gang Cafe, Canberra | 2021

“#NonProjectCBR“ | 2019
“非项目”, 堪培拉 | 2019

Participating Artist in Field Studies, ANU Environment Studio Bundian Way Balawan Elective, led by Dr Amanda Stuart & Amelia Zaraftis | 2018
田野调查与创作, 澳洲国立大学艺术设计学院雕塑系环境工作室原住民Bundian之路项目 | 2018- http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/learning-across-cultures- 展讯/Exhibition: Balawan, the story continuous.

Project Coordinator & Assistant Researcher, 2017-2018 Shenzhen\Hongkong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), UABB School "Welcome Home" Roundtable Discussion & Mapping Workshop,
Operated under RMIT Curatorial Collective, collaborated with RMIT CAST Research Center​ | 2018
项目统筹&辅助研究, 第6届深港城市建筑双城双年展, 深双学堂“欢迎回家”圆桌论坛&艺术地图工作坊,
墨尔本皇家理工大学策展小组承办, 与社会艺术发展与转型研究中心协作 | 2018
- 现场/Photos: https://www.zorapang.com/post/2017-2018-shenzhen-hongkong-bi-city-biennale-of-urbanism-architecture-uabb-uabb-school

Zora's Floating Kitchen | 2015
移动厨房 “漂流拾味” | 2015


Residency Program

Creative Producer, “Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies”, UC x Belco Arts x ArtsACT | 2022
创意监制, “创意复苏艺术驻留”, 堪培拉大学, Belconnen艺术中心, 堪培拉州艺术委员会 | 2022

Artist-in-residence, “Live Art Lab”, Ainslie + Gorman Arts Centres | 2021
艺术家发展项目, “现场艺术实验室”, Ainslie + Gorman艺术中心 | 2021

Artist-in-residence, “Cahoots 2020”, YOUAREHERE CANBERRA | 2020
艺术家发展项目, “合谋小组2020”, YOUAREHERE 堪培拉 | 2020


Publication & Presentation

Peer-reviewed journal, "Free food in the gallery: Understanding Tiravanija", ​JAWS Journal (Sep 2020) | 2021
学术期刊发表，“美术馆的免费食物：如何理解提拉瓦尼”，JAWS期刊20年9月刊 | 2021

Shared poems/collage in UNTRODDEN SKY: COMMUNITY QUARANZINE | 2020
诗歌/拼贴收录于杳无人迹的天空：社区独立（隔离）杂志 | 2020
 
Panel member, BACK AND FORTH: An Intergenerational Conversation, Canberra Contemporary Art Space | 2023
论坛成员，来来回回：一场隔代对谈，堪培拉当代艺术空间 | 2023

Presenting at Conference, Aesthetics, Politics and Histories: The Social Context of Art (AAANZ) Conference,
School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne | 2018
学术发表, 2018澳大利亚新西兰艺术联合会, 墨尔本皇家理工大学艺术学院 | 2018