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Last day to view Words of Wisdom - Solo show by Zi Xin24 Sept - 22 OctC*D Gallery 72 Erskine St Sydney子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia...
21/10/2026

Last day to view
Words of Wisdom - Solo show by Zi Xin
24 Sept - 22 Oct
C*D Gallery 72 Erskine St Sydney

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia
C*D GALLERY

Zi Xin’s practice draws on idiomatic language from both Eastern and Western cultures. She uses colloquial expressions as starting points to explore how meaning is formed, and how language can shape the way we see ourselves and the world around us.

Featured work:
Ma Ma Hu Hu (马马虎虎), 2026 White Raku clay, airbrushed underglaze, tassels, thread, 81 × 31 × 60 cm

Mǎmǎhūhū literally translates to horse horse tiger tiger. According to an old Chinese story, a Song dynasty painter created an animal that looked neither like a horse nor a tiger. He told one son it was a tiger and the other that it was a horse. Later, the elder son mistook a horse for a tiger and shot it, while the younger son mistook a tiger for a horse and was attacked. The regretful painter burned the painting. Mǎmǎhūhū came to describe something careless, imprecise or unclear.

All inquiries to [email protected] or DM

Photo credit to Dean Quilin Li

Words of WisdomSolo Exhibition by Zi XinArtist Zi Xin will be at gallery on Sat 17 Sat 11-5PM, meet the artist if you'd ...
15/10/2026

Words of Wisdom
Solo Exhibition by Zi Xin

Artist Zi Xin will be at gallery on Sat 17 Sat 11-5PM, meet the artist if you'd like to discover more stories behind the work.

Por Una Cereza / One Cherry Away (一颗樱桃之遥), 2026, Zi Xin
White Raku clay, underglaze, various glazes, Peking Opera pompom, plastic mesh, jewellery wire, 40 × 40 × 25 cm

Por una cabeza is the famous Argentine tango, meaning "by a head". In horse racing, it describes a horse winning a race by no more than a head's length. This work replaces cabeza with cereza, head with cherry. In English, cherry carries associations of temptation, desire, first taste, and virginity. So this black horse is not racing to beat another horse. It is chasing its desire, just one cherry away.

Por una cabeza 是一首著名的阿根廷探戈，中文常译作《一步之遥》。但若从西语字面来看，por una cabeza 的意为“只差一个马头”。这个表达源自赛马，指一匹马仅以一个马头的微弱优势战胜对手。于是，“只差一个马头”也成为一种关于胜负、欲望与执着的隐喻。这件作品标题将 cabeza（头）替换成西语谐音词cereza（樱桃），因为在英语文化中，樱桃常与诱惑和欲望有关，黑马已经赢得了比赛，而它仍在追逐自己的欲望——那颗近在咫尺的樱桃。

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia
C*D GALLERY

Show runs until 22 Oct at C*D Gallery
All enquiries: [email protected]

TRANSMUTEA solo exhibition by Michelle van Eimeren20 November–18 December 2026Please join our opening on Friday 20 Novem...
14/10/2026

TRANSMUTE
A solo exhibition by Michelle van Eimeren
20 November–18 December 2026
Please join our opening on Friday 20 November, 6–8 pm

We are thrilled to present Transmute, the second solo exhibition at C*D Gallery by our represented artist Michelle van Eimeren.

Since graduating from the National Art School in 2023, Michelle has exhibited in New Voices - NAS Emerging Group Exhibitions at C*D Gallery, before presenting her first solo exhibition with us in June 2025. This year, we presented her work at Sydney Contemporary, and we now look forward to celebrating her second solo exhibition this November.

Based in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Michelle works with botanical contact printing on silk, drawing colour and impressions directly from plants. Bringing plants into conversation with an Eastern sensibility, her works offer moments of quiet reflection and connection with the natural world.

We are honoured to welcome Monika Tu OAM, founder of Black Diamondz and art philanthropist to open our show.

Michelle Van Eimeren
Monika Tu OAM

Work: Vestige, 2026, Natural pigments and tannins on silk,153 x 122cm

C*D Gallery
72 Erskine Street, Sydney
All inquires to [email protected]

We’re thrilled to see C*D Gallery represented artist Zi Xin featured in Ceramic Business District, presented by Brandx a...
09/10/2026

We’re thrilled to see C*D Gallery represented artist Zi Xin featured in Ceramic Business District, presented by Brandx as part of Sydney Craft Week.

Her ceramic installation, "Dream Horse" curated by Wenxin Liu, brings childhood imagination and Chinese folk art to the streets of Sydney, inviting passers-by to pause, remember and dream.

Explore Sydney Craft Week from 9 to 18 October, and stop by Bathurst Street to discover Zi Xin’s dream-liked ceramic world.

Zi Xin’s debut solo exhibition, Words of Wisdom, is also currently on view at C*D Gallery until 22 October. We warmly invite you to visit both exhibitions and discover more of her imaginative world through clay.

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia
Brand X
Sydney Craft Week
Luna Wenxin Xu 徐雯莘
C*D GALLERY

Dream Horse
On view until 20 January 2027
Brandx - City of Sydney Creative Studios
119 Bathurst Street, Sydney

Words of Wisdom
On view until 22 October 2026
C*D Gallery
72 Erskine Street, Sydney
Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm

Nicole Zhang at AGWAAttachment StylesWe are thrilled to share that our represented artist Nicole Zhang’s The preparation...
08/10/2026

Nicole Zhang at AGWA
Attachment Styles

We are thrilled to share that our represented artist Nicole Zhang’s The preparation (2024), acquired by the Art Gallery of Western Australia from her 2024 solo exhibition at C*D Gallery, is now on view in Attachment Styles.

Her debut solo exhibition, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, was supported by Art Incubator, with Nicole selected as a 2024 grant recipient.

Based in Sydney, Nicole explores the emotional complexity of everyday life through figurative painting. In The preparation, figures come together to prepare a meal, yet each remains absorbed in their own task. The painting offers a quiet reflection on togetherness and individual worlds.

Nicole Zhang
Art Incubator
C*D GALLERY

Bringing together art from the 19th to 21st centuries, Attachment Styles, co-curated by Rachel Ciesla and Robert Cook, explores intimacy, belonging and the tensions that shape our relationships with one another.

Attachment Styles: Modes of Belonging in Modern and Contemporary Art
Show runs until 2 May 2027
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre

The Art Gallery of WA | AGWA

Nicole Zhang
The preparation, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Photo credit to AileenZhong , install view at C*D Gallery credit to Docqment

On view nowWords of WisdomA solo exhibition by Zi Xin24 September–22 October 2026Zi Xin graduated from the National Art ...
06/10/2026

On view now
Words of Wisdom
A solo exhibition by Zi Xin
24 September–22 October 2026

Zi Xin graduated from the National Art School in 2024 and further developed her ceramic practice through residencies in Sydney and Jingdezhen, China.

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia
C*D GALLERY

Drawing on Chinese folk art and her cross-cultural experience, she transforms Chinese, English and Spanish idioms into bold, playful ceramic forms. Inspired by lanterns, kites and fabric toys, her works give physical shape to language’s double meanings and ambiguities, exploring identity and perception through humour and memory.

Pictured:
Get back on your horse! Girl, 2026
White Raku clay, underglaze, glaze, Peking Opera pompom, jute twine, 21 × 13.5 × 41 cm

Rooted in horse riding, this saying reminds us that falling is part of the journey. Anyone who has fallen from a horse knows the fear of getting back on. Yet fear cannot be allowed to hold the reins. We return to the saddle, gather our courage, and ride again.

72 Erskine Street, Sydney
Wednesday–Saturday, 10 am– 5pm

03/10/2026

On view now
Words of Wisdom
A solo exhibition by Zi Xin
24 September – 22 October 2026

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia

A walk through Words of Wisdom, Zi Xin’s debut solo exhibition at C*D Gallery.

Zi Xin graduated from the National Art School in 2024 and further developed her ceramic practice in Jingdezhen. Drawing on idioms from Chinese, English and Spanish, she transforms everyday expressions into playful ceramic sculptures.

Inspired by Chinese folk art, lanterns, kites and fabric toys, her works bring together language, memory and the experience of moving between cultures. Through humour and wordplay, familiar sayings take on unexpected forms, inviting us to reconsider the expressions we use and the stories they carry.

Join Zi Xin in conversation with C*D Gallery Director Xiaoxiao Zhang on Saturday 10 October, 3–4 pm, to hear the ideas and stories behind the works.

72 Erskine Street, Sydney
Tuesday–Saturday, 11am– 5pm

All enquiries: [email protected]

BORIS TOUCAS | FRAGMENTS OF ETERNITYC*D Gallery satellite exhibition in Venice Italy1–7 November 2026OPENING Sunday 1 No...
02/10/2026

BORIS TOUCAS | FRAGMENTS OF ETERNITY
C*D Gallery satellite exhibition in Venice Italy
1–7 November 2026
OPENING Sunday 1 November 2026, 5–8 pm

We are thrilled to present C*D Gallery’s first European satellite exhibition, bringing represented artist Boris Toucas' solo show to Venice, Italy. Presented in collaboration with Serica Venice, Fragments of Eternity marks a new chapter in our journey with the artist.

@ boristoucas
𝑆𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐶𝐴 𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒

A French artist and diplomat whose practice has deep connections with Australia, Toucas returned to drawing in 2023 after a twenty-year hiatus. Memories of Australia, a travel sketchbook and the inspiration of Albert Namatjira prompted this return. His first solo exhibition was presented by C*D Gallery in Sydney in 2024, followed by presentations at Sydney Contemporary in 2025 and Aotearoa Art Fair Auckland in 2026.

Working almost exclusively in blue ballpoint pen, Toucas builds intricate compositions through thousands of accumulated lines, without preparatory sketches or corrections. Fragments of Eternity explores drawing as an act of remembrance, preserving the emotional life of places and moments as they recede into memory. Architecture, landscapes and personal encounters come together in works that invite close, unhurried looking.

“For Toucas, the ballpoint, with its immediate and permanent nature, is used as a different type of mapping apparatus and precision tool; attempting to enter the layers of his own personal archive and interactions with the world.”
--by Melissa Bianca Amore

From his debut solo exhibition in Sydney to this presentation in Venice, our collaboration reflects C*D Gallery’s commitment to supporting emerging artists.

To our friends in Venice, and those visiting for the Biennale, we warmly invite you to join us for the opening on Sunday 1 November 5-8PM, at Serica Venice, Calle del Bastion, 2498, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy. Exhibition runs from 1–7 November 2026.

Some things are worth holding onto. Others are better left to roll right off your back. Zi Xin transforms the familiar E...
30/09/2026

Some things are worth holding onto. Others are better left to roll right off your back. Zi Xin transforms the familiar English idiom into a playful ceramic form.

Water off a Duck’s Back (水过鸭子背), 2026, Zi Xin
White Raku clay, airbrushed underglaze, gloopy glaze
50 × 16 × 58 cm

“Water off a duck’s back” describes the ability to let criticism or negativity pass without taking it to heart — hearing what is said, letting it go, and carrying on unaffected.

这句英文习语的字面意思是“水从鸭子的背上滑落”。因为鸭子的羽毛具有防水性，水很难停留，很快便会滑落。它也因此被用来形容面对批评、嘲讽或负面情绪时，不让这些声音影响自己——听过，便让它过去。

Currently showing as part of Words of Wisdom, Zi Xin’s solo exhibition at C*D Gallery.

Join us for Zi Xin’s Artist Talk on Saturday 10 October, 3–4 PM, where the artist will share more about the ideas, language and stories.

24 September — 22 October 2026

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia

All enquiries: [email protected]

Photo credit to Xiaoxiao Zhang

On view nowWords of WisdomA solo exhibition by Zi Xin24 September–22 October 2026Drawing on Chinese folk traditions and ...
27/09/2026

On view now
Words of Wisdom
A solo exhibition by Zi Xin
24 September–22 October 2026

Drawing on Chinese folk traditions and her cross-cultural experience, Zi Xin transforms Chinese, English and Spanish idioms into playful ceramic forms, exploring how language shapes identity and perception.

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia
C*D GALLERY

Mal Tiempo Buena Cara /Bad Weather Good Face (坏天气 好脸色), 2026
Stoneware, underglaze, gloopy glaze, Peking Opera pompom, plastic mesh, jewellery wire, 60 x 10 x 80cm

The Spanish saying Mal tiempo, buena cara literally means “bad weather, good face.” It reminds us to stay positive and face hardship with optimism. The English idiom It’s raining cats and dogs literally imagines cats and dogs falling from the sky, using absurd imagery to describe extremely heavy rain. If even cats and dogs are falling from the sky, you might as well smile and enjoy the rain.

西班牙语 Mal tiempo, buena cara，意思是“天气再坏，也要摆出好脸色”——提醒我们用乐观面对逆境。英语 It’s raining cats and dogs，字面是“猫猫狗狗下雨了”，用荒诞的想象来形容倾盆大雨。既然猫狗都下来了，那就笑着淋吧。

All inquires to [email protected]

Photo credit to Dean Qiulin Li

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