Hop Dac
Viet-Australian painter and writer living and working on Wadawurrung country.
Art
Solo show ‘Buffalo' at Boom Gallery
Solo show ‘Buffalo' at Boom Gallery
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Boom Gallery – Hop Dac
Boom Gallery – Hop Dac
ARTIST STATEMENT"My work draws inspiration from my life and upbringing as part of the Vietnamese diaspora in Australia, exploring themes significant to culture, language and identity."BIOHop Dac is a Vietnamese Australian painter and writer who came to Western Australia as a refugee in 1980. His family settled in Gera
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Copyright Agency – Create Grant
Copyright Agency – Create Grant
frankie 2025 calendar | frankie press
frankie 2025 calendar | frankie press
‘Swarm’ solo exhibition at Boom Gallery
‘Swarm’ solo exhibition at Boom Gallery
Writing
The Saturday Paper – fiction: Letter of support
The Saturday Paper – fiction: Letter of support
The Saturday Paper – fiction: The good stuff
The Saturday Paper – fiction: The good stuff
Overland – fiction: The first to lose
Overland – fiction: The first to lose
I went upstairs and had a cold shower. Afterwards, downstairs in the kitchen, I swallowed some painkillers for a headache I haven’t been able to shake for a few days. Dad’s voice came in from the courtyard and I went out to where he was sitting on a red plastic stool hunched over something. ‘What’s that?’ I asked. Dad turned around. At his feet sat a small cage housing two white ducks with bright yellow beaks. The kind of ducks you saw in kids’ picture books.
Overland – nonfiction: Another normal
Overland – nonfiction: Another normal
The Vietnamese have an epithet for people like me: Việt Kiều, for a Vietnamese person who lives overseas. It can be used derisively, ironically, or endearingly. I first heard it from my aunt, who found it enormously funny, on a trip back to Vietnam in 1996. At the time I thought I was returning home, a chance to complete the broken loop of myself, but this label made it clear it wasn’t going to happen there either.
Kill Your Darlings – nonfiction: When Thuan Went to Australia
Kill Your Darlings – nonfiction: When Thuan Went to Australia
Hop Dac: Reminiscing the struggles of the Vietnam War, Viet Cong, family and camaraderie.
Kill Your Darlings – nonfiction: Turn It Up: The Family Law and diversity on Australian TV — Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlings – nonfiction: Turn It Up: The Family Law and diversity on Australian TV — Kill Your Darlings
Historically there haven’t been many minorities on mainstream Australian television, in ads or programs. This is what’s so important about a TV show like Benjamin Law’s The Family Law – it offers Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians the freedom to talk about themselves.
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frankie feel‑good volume 4 | preorder
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Jamal Magazine interview
Jamal Magazine interview
Hop Dac is a visual artist and writer who lives in Geelong. His work contributes beauty and joy to his surrounding community. Hop Dac was only three years old when his family made the move to Austr…
The Age: Do give up your day job
The Age: Do give up your day job
After 10 years of not painting, a perfect storm of events inspired Hop Dac to take the leap into working as an artist full time.
First dog on the moon
First dog on the moon
Many folk struggled and it was a tough year but we made it and now here is a cartoon
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