11th Asia Pacific Triennial for kids tours throughout Queensland

Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, Malaysia b.1980 / Monster of Wants 2024 / Paper, crayons, vinyl, MDF, paint / A collaboration between Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar and QAGOMA / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar / Photograph by J Ruckli © QAGOMA

Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, Malaysia b.1980 / Monster of Wants 2024 / Paper, crayons, vinyl, MDF, paint / A collaboration between Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar and QAGOMA / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar / Photograph by J Ruckli © QAGOMA / View full image

Fun and interactive, families and children across Queensland can experience free hands-on art-making activities with the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour, presented during the eleventh edition of QAGOMA’s flagship Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane, including Asia Pacific Triennial Kids in the Children’s Art Centre, Gallery of Modern Art.

Beginning 16 December 2024 in Cairns Art Gallery and Croydon Shire Library, then from 1 January 2025 in more than 180 communities from all 77 Queensland Council areas over 220 venues throughout the state.

Seven different artist-designed activities connect young visitors and families with cultures from across Asia and the Pacific, offering younger audiences firsthand experiences with the ideas of artists.

The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour brings together a range of activities that celebrate the rich diversity of customs from across the region and includes activities developed in collaboration with artists Dana Awartani (Saudi Arabia/Palestine), Etson Caminha (Timor‑Leste), Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar (Malaysia), Brett Graham (Aotearoa New Zealand), Okui Lala (Malaysia), Yim Maline (Cambodia) and Rithika Merchant (India).

Dana Awartani

Unity within Multiplicity is an activity based on Zellij tile designs — a style of mosaic traditionally found in North African and Spanish architecture and created by arranging small pieces of coloured tile into geometric patterns — in this activity children can create repeating patterns using coloured pencils and geometric templates.

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Dana Awartani, Saudi Arabia/Palestine b.1987 / Unity Within Multiplicity 2024 / Paper templates, coloured pencils, vinyl, MDF, paint / A collaboration between Dana Awartani and QAGOMA/ Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Dana Awartani / Photograph: C Callistemon © QAGOMA

Dana Awartani, Saudi Arabia/Palestine b.1987 / Unity Within Multiplicity 2024 / Paper templates, coloured pencils, vinyl, MDF, paint / A collaboration between Dana Awartani and QAGOMA/ Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Dana Awartani / Photograph: C Callistemon © QAGOMA / View full image

Go behind-the-scenes as we install Dana Awartani's intricate floor installation at the Queensland Art Gallery

Etson Caminha

My Kitchen Sounds invites children to experiment with their own sound composition and make music with materials found in the home. When the artist was a child, making music using recycled materials was a source of happiness and fun. Today, he creates sound-based artworks using natural elements, Timorese instruments and electronic equipment.

Play My Kitchen Sounds

Etson Caminha, Timor-Leste b.1984 / My Kitchen Sounds (video still) 2024 / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with the support of the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © QAGOMA and Etson Caminha

Etson Caminha, Timor-Leste b.1984 / My Kitchen Sounds (video still) 2024 / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with the support of the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © QAGOMA and Etson Caminha / View full image

Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar

Monster of Wants invites children to create a drawing of a monster that expresses the things they most desire. The artist often draws inspiration from street art to explore personal stories and memories through drawing.

Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, Malaysia b.1980 / Monster of Wants 2024 / Paper, crayons, vinyl, MDF, paint / A collaboration between Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar and QAGOMA / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar / Photograph by J Ruckli © QAGOMA

Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, Malaysia b.1980 / Monster of Wants 2024 / Paper, crayons, vinyl, MDF, paint / A collaboration between Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar and QAGOMA / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar / Photograph by J Ruckli © QAGOMA / View full image

Yim Maline

A Dream for the Future prompts children to make a drawing that reflects what they dream for the future. The artist creates sculptures from found fabrics which explore her connection with nature.

Yim Maline, Cambodia b.1982 / Harmony (detail) 2024 / Watercolour on paper / Created as part of A Dream for the Future 2024, commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with the support of the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Yim Maline

Yim Maline, Cambodia b.1982 / Harmony (detail) 2024 / Watercolour on paper / Created as part of A Dream for the Future 2024, commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with the support of the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Yim Maline / View full image

Rithika Merchant

If the seeds chose where to grow encourages children to shape a new world by adding elements such as living beings, plants and celestial bodies to a digital or drawn landscape. The artist creates paintings and collages that explore the idea of ‘terraformation’, or ‘Earth-shaping’ — the theoretical process of making a planet fit for human life.

Rithika Merchant, India b.1986 / Poster with design elements for If the Seeds Chose Where to Grow 2024 / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © QAGOMA and Rithika Merchant

Rithika Merchant, India b.1986 / Poster with design elements for If the Seeds Chose Where to Grow 2024 / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © QAGOMA and Rithika Merchant / View full image

Brett Graham

In Wakuwaku, children are asked to consider the natural environment where they live and to be inspired by it when designing their own pattern to apply to the surface of two custom template shapes. The artist creates large-scale sculptures and installations that feature traditional Māori patterns.

Brett Graham, Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui Aotearoa New Zealand b.1967 / Wakuwaku 2024 / Paper templates, crayons, MDF, steel, paint / A collaboration between Brett Graham and QAGOMA / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Brett Graham / Photograph: J Ruckli © QAGOMA

Brett Graham, Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui Aotearoa New Zealand b.1967 / Wakuwaku 2024 / Paper templates, crayons, MDF, steel, paint / A collaboration between Brett Graham and QAGOMA / Commissioned for Asia Pacific Triennial Kids with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation / © Brett Graham / Photograph: J Ruckli © QAGOMA / View full image

Okui Lala

Children can also enjoy two video works featuring bilingual and multilingual students from Brisbane’s West End State School. The artist creates video works exploring language and what is lost or changed when words are translated from one language to another.

Participating Venues: 1 January – 30 June 2025

Visit our website for the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour for a list of venues or the participating location for further details:

  • Aurukun Shire
  • Balonne Shire Council
  • Banana Shire
  • Barcaldine Regional Council
  • Barcoo Shire Council
  • Blackall Tambo Regional Council
  • Boulia Shire Council
  • Bulloo Shire Council
  • Bundaberg Regional Council
  • Burdekin Regional Council
  • Burke Shire Council
  • Cairns Regional Council
  • Camooweal State School
  • Carpentaria Council
  • Cassowary Coast Region
  • Central Highlands Regional Council
  • Charters Towers Regional Council
  • Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire
  • Cloncurry Shire Council
  • Cook Shire
  • Croydon Shire Council
  • Diamantina Shire Council
  • Doomadgee Aboriginal Council
  • Doomadgee State School
  • Douglas Shire Council
  • Etheridge Shire
  • Flinders Shire Council
  • Fraser Coast Regional Council
  • Gladstone Regional Council
  • Gold Coast City Council
  • Goondiwindi Regional Council
  • Gympie Regional Council
  • Hinchinbrook Shire Council
  • Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Ipswich City Council
  • Isaac Regional Council
  • Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Livingston Shire Council
  • Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Lockyer Valley Regional Council
  • Logan City Council
  • Longreach Regional Council
  • Mackay Regional Council
  • Mapoon Aboriginal Council
  • Maranoa Regional Council
  • Mareeba Shire Council
  • Moreton Bay Regional Council
  • Mornington Shire
  • Mount Isa City
  • Mount Isa City Library
  • Murweh Shire Council
  • Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Noosa Regional Council
  • North Burnett Regional Council
  • Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council
  • Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Paroo Shire Council
  • Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Quilpie Shire Council
  • Redland City Council Library Services
  • Richmond Shire Council
  • Rockhampton Regional Council
  • Scenic Rim Region
  • Somerset Regional Council
  • South Burnett Regional Council
  • Southern Downs Regional Council
  • Sunshine Coast Regional Council
  • Tablelands Regional Council
  • Toowoomba Regional Council
  • Torres Shire Council
  • Torres Strait Island Regional Council
  • Townsville City Council
  • Western Downs Regional Council
  • Whitsundays Region Council
  • Winton Shire
  • Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
  • Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council

Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour is supported by APT Kids Principal Benefactor, the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.

Art that goes everywhere
Asia Pacific Triennial
Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art
30 November 2024 – 27 April 2025

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