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Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Ron Bradfield Jnr

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah in conversation with Ron Bradfield Jnr

7 February 2026

2:30–3pm

Free Registration

Image: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, ‘Tanpa Sempadan’ 2023. Photo: Andrew Curtis

Join artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah for a conversation with storyteller, artist and Bard Jawi man Ron Bradfield Jnr. Hear more about Abdullah’s new works presented as part of PICA’s current exhibition Awakening Histories, which celebrates the long relationship of cultural exchange between Makassar, Indonesia and Australia since before colonisation.

Abdullah’s new collection of drawings weave together imagery and motifs from his family lineage, tracing back to the old Luwu kingdom in South Sulawesi, alongside scenes of his children growing up on Binjerup Nyungar Country in South-Western Australia. Spanning ocean voyages, ancestral resting places and moments of conflict, each work captures a moment within this journey of migration, memory and family.