DEF Collective brings together four Deaf artists developing independent yet related practices across painting, photography, works on paper, sculpture and moving image. Centering Deaf perception, language and lived experience, the exhibition positions Deaf-led practice as a radical artistic framework for visual world building, embodied communication and community encounter.
Gửi mẹ (To My Mother) emerges from a larger body of work reflecting on childhood and family history, where loss has occurred and will continue to occur in the future. The exhibition is an expression of the artist’s love and gratitude toward his mother, who has always loved and cared for him.
You wouldn't remember him (2026) considers the family album and its role in portraying a nuclear family. Though never physically present nor its contents, it is referenced through a series of like imagery. How might this exchange destabilise narratives perpetuated in family albums?
Can the horse girl be reimagined not as a figure of escape, but as one who confronts reality’s terrifying flux—bridging disgust and transcendence?
On March 13, 1986, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 opened at Firstdraft’s first location in Chippendale.
Firstdraft is catapulting into 2026 with a new year of ground-breaking programs, including our exhibition, micro-commission and writers program!
The Firstdraft Census is Firstdraft’s annual stakeholder survey for 2024. Firstdraft is growing and we want to hear from you during this period of change.