Bamboo Entwine as they Grow has been developed in collaboration by Bankstown Arts Centre and MAC yapang.

This two-part exhibition focuses on the practices of three artists Tiyan Baker, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen and Sarah Ong, presenting new and loaned artwork across both sites.

The three artists have used bamboo to explore themes of labour, love, resilience, and life transplanted, each through their own contemporary bamboo practice.

Baker, Chen, and Ong show how remarkable the humble bamboo grove is - despite its faraway origins, and its ‘primitive’ reputation, they recognise that bamboo plays a vital role in the lives of many people across Australia with spiritual and emotional significance.

With mutual admiration for each other’s artistic practices, the three artists had hoped to one day work together in a collaborative way. As this project has grown over both locations, the artists have shared skills, laughs, labour, research and memories born from having East and South East Asian backgrounds and mixed cultural upbringings in Australia.

Bamboo Entwine as they Grow plays on bamboo’s role in our contemporary world and speaks to the need for all of us to connect and share knowledge so we can grow and thrive together.

Two-part exhibition across two locations
Bamboo Entwine as the Grow is a two-part exhibition! Explore both venues for the full experience:

Bankstown Arts Centre in Western Sydney - 5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown NSW 2200
Saturday 6 December 2025 - Saturday 14 February 2026

Museum of Art and Culture, yapang in Lake Macquarie - 2A First Street Booragul, NSW 2284
Saturday 13 December 2025 - Sunday 15 February 2026

Bamboo Entwine as the Grow was produced in partnership between Bankstown Arts Centre and Museum of Art and Culture, yapang.