Oct 1, 2017 – Oct 21, 2017

Artist-in-Residence: Léuli Māzyār Lunaʻi Eshrāghi

Léuli Māzyār Lunaʻi Eshrāghi is a Sāmoan and Persian artist, curator, writer, Monash University Art Design Architecture (MADA) PhD candidate, and an uninvited guest in unceded Kulin Nation territory. His work centres on indigeneity, language, the body, and queer futures. Across video, photography, painting, and installation, Eshrāghi processes intergenerational trauma, honours diasporic indigeneity, and imagines multilingual, sovereign bodies and relationships to our planet. He is a member of the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective | Collectif des commissaires autochtones board (Canada), Broadsheet’s editorial advisory panel (Australia), and Melbourne Museum’s Pacific Advisory Group (Australia).