Dylan Goh (also known as Arcai) is an award-winning, artist, curator, producer and dancer with 9 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 community-driven programming.
Dylan is the Creative Producer / Founder of Palette Session Australia - a dance collective organising experimental dance sessions for freestyle dancers of all genres to discover the unique colour of their movement and celebrate the unique colour of others. A session is a gathering of dancers who improvise to music with the intent of developing their craft and building tight-knit communities.
He recently completed a 15-month fellowship in South Korea to advance Australian-Korean cultural diplomacy through experimental and street dance communities. As a cultural correspondent for the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Commonwealth of Australia, Dylan undertook a 7-month interview series to introduce dancers, organisers and dance collectives within these communities to a readership of Australian street dancers. He was an interpreter for the experimental dance battle Gyeol (결) and worked as a Strategy Intern at Palette Session to establish an Australian chapter for the Korean experimental dance collective.
Dylan was a 2023 finalist for the Asian-Australian Leadership Award (Under 25 Rising Star) and an alumnus of the New Colombo Plan. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Design from UNSW and he is currently completing a Certificate III in Live Production and Technical Services from TAFE NSW.
DYLAN | APRIL 2024
Dylan Goh | artist, curator, producer, dancer
b. 1999
Lives and works between Seoul and Sydney (Gadigal and Bidjigal Country)
(updated April 2024)
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
Education
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 Projects
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
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
4A Curators’ Intensive Program, professional development; 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art | 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
Awards
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 | Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
Producer; City of Sydney, Sydney: Australia | Feb 2017 - Dec 2019
Jobs
Making us Remember: Resisting Erasure in East Asian Media, presenter at 8th AAS-in-Asia Conference; Kyungpook National University, Daegu: South Korea | 2023
Presentations
Exploring House and Experimental Dance in Korea: JAE-SANG, interview by Dylan Goh; Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Commonwealth of Australia | 2024
Experimental dance collective in Korea: GRIMM.B, interview by Dylan Goh; Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Commonwealth of Australia | 2023
Navigating Korea’s street dance scene as a foreigner, interview by Dylan Goh; Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Commonwealth of Australia | 2023
Presence of Mind, exhibition essay by Dylan Goh; Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios, Sydney: Australia | 2021
Recipes for Resistance, writing entry by Dylan Goh; Migrant Zine Collective, Auckland: New Zealand | 2021
UNSWeetened Literary Journal, poem by Dylan Goh; Arc @ UNSW, Sydney: Australia | 2020
Framework #24: Endurance, critical arts piece by Dylan Goh; Arc @ UNSW Art & Design, Sydney: Australia | 2018
Writing
UNSW @ Vivid Sydney 2019; UNSW | 2019
UNSW shines bright at Vivid Sydney, Louise Templeton; University of New South Wales | 2019
Under the Celestial Pancake: Student’s Shimmering VIVID Installation, UNSW Art & Design | 2019