Gallery staff at the Chau Chak Wing Museum have circled 15 October 2026 for the opening of Victor Ehikhamenor: Undoing the City, Making Home. The show arrives with a pointed focus on how cultural identity holds up under pressure from displacement and gentrification. Ehikhamenor’s work draws on lived stories and symbols that cross borders.
As of the latest available information, there is no independent official confirmation of the exhibition's dates or program on the websites of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Blacktown Arts, or the University of Sydney.
Associate Professor Lucia Sorbera and Professor Mark LeVine have led research that grounds the exhibition in real-world upheaval. Their fieldwork in the Okrika Waterfront of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, stretches to Egypt, Kenya, and Australia. Ehikhamenor steps in as an archivist, piecing together new and recent works that keep cultural memory alive.
Recent searches of the University of Sydney’s official news and research pages do not provide any details about the exhibition, its participants, or its current status. The most recent university news articles focus on unrelated topics, and there are no official statements from the artist or involved institutions regarding the launch, postponement, or cancellation of the project.
The exhibition text frames Undoing the City, Making Home as a study in resistance and cultural continuity. Marginalised communities face extraction and gentrification, but the show insists on the force of memory and creative pushback. Ehikhamenor’s practice keeps the spotlight on the fallout from colonialism and globalisation.
Paul Donnelly (Chau Chak Wing Museum), Anne-Louise Dadak and Talia Smith (Blacktown Arts) handle curatorial duties. Research curators Lucia Sorbera (University of Sydney) and Professor Mark LeVine (University of California, Irvine) shape the academic backbone. Alia Ardon supports as research assistant, and Luke Parker manages the exhibition. Entry is free at the Penelope Gallery, Level 1, Chau Chak Wing Museum.
Ehikhamenor’s work, backed by a web of institutions and collaborators, puts creative survival strategies front and center. The exhibition’s operational partners treat the stories of displaced and marginalised people as essential records of how cities and identities shift under pressure.
The University of Sydney’s research publication profiles currently show no mention of the exhibition, its program, or its participants. No official statements have surfaced from the university or its partners about the project’s status.
