Embark on a multicultural journey through the future and imagine the potential worlds of tomorrow at Bankstown Arts Centre’s newest exhibition, MultiFutures.

Featuring multimedia artistic practices, the exhibition will explore concepts of Afrofuturism, Indigenous futurism and Asian futurism through the lens of culturally and linguistically diverse artists.

Western-Sydney based artist Serwah Attafuah, who creates surreal cyber dreamscapes and heavenly wastelands populated by afro-futuristic abstractions of self, will be exhibiting her series The History of Tomorrow.

“I'll be showing some new and past works from an ongoing series I've been working on called 'The History of Tomorrow’,” Ms Attafuah said.

“I started this series in the summer of 2021 as a base for a painting and its now standing at 27 pieces, in multiple mediums.

“This collection means so much to me as it is really an overview of my practice; creating futures whilst still acknowledging the past.”

Ms Attafuah’s The History of Tomorrow will be showcased alongside the work of five other Australian Artists: Edwina Green, Jane Fan, Kalanjay Dhir, Lawrence Liang and Christina Lam and three high profile international artists: Black Quantum Futurism, Subash Thebe Limbu as well as Alia Ali, whose work will be presented in Australia for the first time.

“The present is so surreal to me, and I take it to a more literal visual point with the use of photo manipulation,” Ms Attafuah said.

“It's about Afrofuturism, decolonisation, freedom, and knowing the struggle may never end but fighting and staying strong regardless.”

Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Bilal El-Hayek said this is an exciting exhibition with local and international artists.

“This exhibition with multi-art forms showcases diverse perspectives of the future,” Mayor El-Hayek said.

“Each of the artists involved come from ethnically diverse or Indigenous backgrounds and the exhibition is based on their lived experience.

“There are some International artists in this exhibition that have never been showcased in Australia before, taking the arts and cultural landscape of Bankstown to a new level.

“I encourage everyone in our City to swing by the Bankstown Arts Centre and check it out.”

MultiFutureswill be on exhibition at Bankstown Arts Centre from Saturday 11 May to Saturday 29 June.

For more information, visit cb.city/MultiFutures