Dylan Goh (also known as Arcai) is an award-winning artist, dancer and producer with 10 years’ experience in the creative industries. Working between Seoul and Sydney on Gadigal and Bidjigal Country, he is passionate about platforming experimental dance, street dance and diasporic stories through grassroots, community-driven programming.

Dylan is the Founder of Palette Session Australia, a not for profit organisation running experimental sessions* for dancers to find the unique colour of their movement. He also sits on the Community Advisory Committee for Cypher Culture to shape national street dance initiatives in so-called ‘Australia’.

Dylan was 1 of 3 NSW participants selected for the Independent Choreographers Program by Dancehouse and a finalist in the 2v2 experimental category at Destructive Steps 16, Australia’s largest street dance battle. His artistry is underpinned by punking/w*acking and experimental movement practices from South Korea.

Dylan was an Asian-Australian Leadership Award (Under 25 Rising Star) finalist and New Colombo Plan Fellow (Republic of Korea). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Design from UNSW and a Certificate III in Live Production and Technical Services from TAFE NSW. He dreams of a more compassionate world connected through the unspoken language of dance.

* A session is a gathering of dancers who improvise to music with the intent of developing their craft and building tight-knit communities.

*Punking is a dance which emerged from the underground gay clubs of Los Angeles amongst Black and Latino communities in the 1970s. It is characterised by storytelling, posing and the whack - or strikes with force.

DYLAN | OCTOBER 2024

Dylan Goh | artist, curator, producer, dancer

b. 1999

Lives and works between Seoul and Sydney (Gadigal and Bidjigal Country)

(updated September 2024)

Education

Certificate III in Live Production and Technical Services, TAFE NSW, Sydney: Australia | Jan 2024 - Jun 2024

Bachelor of Commerce / Design, UNSW Art & Design, University of New South Wales, Sydney: Australia | 2017 - 2023

Selected Projects

Palette Session Australia, experimental dance sessions, Sydney: Australia | 2024 - present

吃饭 (Chi-Fan), minigame, Fairfield City; Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, Sydney: Australia | 2023

Queer Haymarket Tour, performance program + guided walking tour, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art; Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney: Australia | 2022

Campsie Street Festival, community street festival; Campsie, Sydney: Australia | 2022

UNCOVER – 1st Year Design, mentoring program + art exhibition; AD Space, Sydney: Australia | 2021

Acute Actions: Responses To I Am Not A Virus, art exhibition, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney: Australia | 2021

#mealtimewithdilly, online culinary archive; Instagram | 2020

The Makers Movement, art exhibition; Three Foot Square, Sydney: Australia | 2019

Transmute Voice, art exhibition; University of New South Wales, Sydney: Australia | 2019

Underground, youth art festival; City of Sydney, Green Square Library, Sydney: Australia | 2018

Enmeshed Technology, live art performance; City of Sydney, Customs House Library, Sydney: Australia | 2017

Genext, youth art festival; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: Australia | 2016

Selected Exhibitions

Unboxed / Lahtipakitud; group art exhibition, curated by Lachlan Bell; Sydney Estonian House, Sydney: Australia | 2022

Sincerely Yours; group art exhibition, curated by Sophia Cai; West Space x Arts Project Australia, Melbourne: Australia | 2022

The Third Space; group art exhibition, curated by Elaine Kim; Kudos Online, Sydney: Australia | 2021

kaikai; solo art exhibition; AD Space, Sydney: Australia | 2021

Objects of Influence; group art exhibition, curated by Ramesh Nithiyendran; UNSW Art & Design, Sydney: Australia | 2019

Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award; group art exhibition, curated by Audrey Pfister; Kudos Gallery, Sydney: Australia | 2019

Simon Says Touch!; group art exhibition, curated by Natalie Tso; Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Sydney: Australia | 2019

VIVID Light; public light festival; curated by Lucy Keeler; Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney: Australia | 2019

VIVID Light; public light festival; curated by Anthony Bastic; Circular Quay, Sydney: Australia | 2018

GreenWay Art Prize, touring group exhibition, curated by Elyse Goldfinch; Art Est. Art School, Seaview Gallery & Bankstown Art Centre, Sydney: Australia | 2017

Professional Development

Independent Choreographers Program, professional development; Dancehouse | 2024

4A Curators’ Intensive Program, professional development; 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art | 2021

Awards

Asian-Australian Leadership Awards (Under 25 Rising Star), finalist; Asialink / Johnson & Johnson | 2023

Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) Grant Round 2023-24, grant recipient; Australia-Korea Foundation | 2023

21/22 Small Project Grants (Quick Response), grant recipient; Create NSW | 2022

Kudos Emerging Curator Award, winner; Kudos | 2021

Presence of Mind, residency; Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios | 2021

Asia Society Korea Youth (ASK-Y), fellowship; Asia Society Korea | 2021

New Colombo Plan, fellowship; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2020

Peoples’ Choice Award, winner; UNSWeetened Literary Journal | 2020

Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, finalist; Kudos | 2019

GreenWay Open Art Prize, finalist; GreenWay Art Prize | 2017

Arc @ UNSW Art & Design Grant, grant recipient; UNSW Art & Design | 2017

Competitions

Destructive Steps 16, 2 v 2 experimental dance battle, Top 16; Destructive Steps Dance Association, Sydney: Australia | 2024

VIVID FUTURE: Vol. 6: 1 v 1 open styles battle, winner; VIVID FUTURE, Sydney: Australia | 2024

Waacking Inferno: Vol. 2, open performance, winner; Burn City Waack, Melbourne: Australia | 2023

Grimm Jam: Vol. 6, 2 v 2 experimental dance battle, Top 8; GRIMM.B, Seoul: South Korea | 2023

움막 2023, 1 v 1 experimental dance battle, Top 16; Ummak (움막), Seoul: South Korea | 2023

Synergy: Vol. 15, 2 v 2 open styles battle, runner up; SoulXpress Hiphop Society, Sydney: Australia | 2022

Waacking Inferno: Vol. 1, 2 v 2 open styles battle, Top 8; Burn City Waack, Melbourne: Australia | 2022

4E Sydney Dance Battle, 1 v 1 open styles battle, Top 16; 4E Sydney, Sydney: Australia | 2022

Jobs

Marketing Coordinator; City People, Sydney: Australia | Jul 2024 - present

Producer; Critical Path, Sydney: Australia | Jul 2024 - present

Creative Producer / Founder; Palette Session Australia, Sydney: Australia | Feb 2024 - present

Content Creator; Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra: Australia | Apr 2023 - Apr 2024

Curatorial Assistant and Exhibitions Administrator; Casula Powerhouse, Sydney: Australia | Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

Curator (Campsie Street Festival), City of Canterbury Bankstown, Sydney: Australia | Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

Assistant Producer / Curatorial Assistant; 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney: Australia | Jan 2021 - Nov 2022

Exhibitions Coordinator; AD Space, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney: Australia | Mar 2021 - May 2022

Curatorial Assistant / Curatorial Volunteer; Museum of Applied Art & Sciences, Sydney: Australia | Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

Visitor Host; Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Sydney: Australia | Sept 2019 - Mar 2021

Gallery Host; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: Australia | Sept 2018 - Sept 2019

Artistic Director / Head of Marketing; UNSW Illuminate, Sydney: Australia | Jul 2018 - Apr 2020

Producer; City of Sydney, Sydney: Australia | Feb 2017 - Dec 2019

Presentations

Building Korean-Australian connections through experimental dance sessions, presenter at 2024 AKYPA Leadership Forum; Melbourne: Australia | 2024

Making us Remember: Resisting Erasure in East Asian Media, presenter at 8th AAS-in-Asia Conference; Kyungpook National University, Daegu: South Korea | 2023

Safeguarding transnational ICH - waacking, presenter at CICS: Interview Series; CICS in Korea (무형문화연구원), Jeonju: South Korea | 2022

Curating a Museum without a Collection, presenter at SPARK: Museums. Ideas. Connections.; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney: Australia | 2022

Presence of Mind Finnisage Panel, panellist at Presence of Mind; Gallery Lane Cove & Creative Studios, Sydney: Australia | 2022