03 | And then, home. | Catherine Nguyễn Hoàng | $6000 | Oil painting on wood panel

My dad built the boat my family sailed on to escape the aftermath of the Vietnam War. We were refugees. We became Australians. Australia is beautiful because its identity grows with those who call it home. It cannot be contained by its shores—or, in this case, a manicured picture frame. Australia offered us refuge, a future. And then, home.

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