JOHN YOUNG Artist talk and exhibition launch at Chinese Museum

Artist Talk by JOHN YOUNG:

📍Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne.

📆 2pm on Saturday, 2 May, 2026.

JOHN YOUNG will be presenting an artist talk at the Chinese Museum, for the launch of his upcoming exhibition, TIME'S SLOW PASSING: Voices Between Past and Present.

'This exhibition centres on the story of Jong Ah Siug, a nineteenth-century Chinese miner in colonial Australia who was unjustly confined in a mental asylum for over thirty years. Organised in four sections, it interweaves contemporary artworks by artist John Young, created in response to Jong’s story, opening a dialogue across time and reflecting on memory, suffering, and the persistence of life.' - Exhibition text.

TIME'S SLOW PASSING runs Saturday 2 May - Sunday 31 May, 2026.

Curated by Aimee Li and Shihan Liu.