Current Artist in Residence
Dacchi Dang is the 2024/2025 Coal Loader Artist in Residence
Dr Dacchi Dang is Sydney based photographic artist, specialising in alternative photographic processes using non-toxic materials and embracing the use of natural plant materials and sustainable recycled water management to limit wastage. Dacchi first started experimenting with alternative photographic processes during an artist residency at Bundanon, in which he created an artist book by combining plant materials, non-toxic fixatives and binders, as well as solar development. The environment of the Coal Loader situated near water and a hidden natural park, serves as inspiration for to further develop research in non-toxic photographic processes and to share his research with the wider community through an artistic practice that rejects harming the environment.
Dr Dacchi Dang has held significant exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Dacchi's work is held in national and international collections. In 2017, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art mounted Dacchi's first survey exhibition: Dacchi Dang: An Omen Near and Far. In 2016-2019 Dacchi was commissioned to produce two new artworks by the Australian War Memorial, to explore the memories, oral histories and experiences of Vietnamese and Australian veterans during the Vietnam conflict. Dacchi have exhibited in solo and group shows in Australia, China, France, Japan and Belgium. My recent exhibitions include Me and My Shadow, 2023 Fairfield Gallery, purchased by the Australian Maritime Museum and in 2024, The Microdot Project at Granville Art Gallery. I have held artist in residencies at Parramatta Artists’ Studios, Artspace, Ainslie + Gorman, ACT, Bundanon, Hill End, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris and Tokyo Geidai University of Fine Arts.