Returning Home

Join us for the opening reception on Wednesday 19 March from 5:30-8pm.

Curatorial+Co. is thrilled to present a new body of work by Victoria-based painter, Chloe Caday. Register your interest below to receive an exclusive preview.

Balikbayan / Returning Home is Chloe Caday’s second solo exhibition with Curatorial+Co. Drawing on from Caday’s personal experiences of migration and motherhood, the exhibition is centred around the Tagalog term, Balikbayan, a common term that signifies connection, culture and identity in Filipino communities all over the globe.

In this exhibition, Caday explores the creation of her identity and perceptions when the two cultures unite and how her displacement of Filipino heritage has affected her identity, particularly as a mother raising her children in the Victorian bushland. Caday’s experience of motherhood has opened conversations and insights into the offerings and teachings passed down from her lineage, connecting her experiences of migration to her more recent experiences of motherhood. Balikbayan / Returning Home journeys through these experiences of transformation, from migrant to mother, and the importance of staying connected to the land during these periods of evolution.