Current
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The Engineers
Cole Lu 24 October 2024 - 25 February 2025 Nova Contemporary is pleased to announce The Engineers , a solo exhibition by Cole Lu as part of the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB2024): Nurture Gaia, which will run from October 24, 2024 to February 25, 2025. The Engineers is a site-specific installation at The Museum and Library of Abbots of... Read more -
In saying these things, I went to sleep
Cole Lu, Christian Quin Newell andSupawich Weesapen 26 October 2024 - 11 January 2025 Nova Contemporary presents In saying these things, I went to sleep, a group exhibition of works by Cole Lu, Christian Quin Newell, and Supawich Weesapen. The exhibition draws its title from Of Virtue, a fourth-century text by the Alexandrian alchemist Zosimos, in which he uses dream to decipher the mysteries... Read more
Past
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Embodiment
Latthapon Korkiatartkul 1 November - 20 December 2024 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Embodiment, an off-site solo exhibition featuring new paintings and works on paper by Latthapon Korkiatarkul. Set within a vacant ancestral home overlooking the Chao Phraya River, the exhibition embodies Korkiatarkul’s signature abstraction and redaction, using these methods to explore themes of perception and presence.... Read more -
Ends
Aditya Novali Curated by Amal Khalaf 14 September - 18 October 2024 Presented for the first time in Bangkok, Nova Contemporary presents a survey of Aditya Novali’s work produced over the last six years, including a new body of work, that offers a cartography of our rapidly changing present and unstable future through perspectives from contemporary life as well as geological deep... Read more -
Strange Trails
James Prapaithong 19 July - 5 September 2024 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Strange Trails, the first solo exhibition of works by Bangkok-born, London-based artist James Prapaithong in Thailand. Having studied and lived abroad since he was 15, the show is aptly titled after the artist’s meandering biography, and marks a return to his hometown after more... Read more -
Three Stories from Ban Wang Hma (Dog’s Palatial House)
Screening Programme by Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook 12 - 13 July 2024 Nova Contemporary is delighted to present “Ban Wang Hma’s 3 Stories (Dog’s Palatial House)”, an screening programme by Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, one of Southeast Asia’s most internationally recognised contemporary artists, and Thailand’s first female video artist. Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook was born in Trad, Thailand, in 1957. After earning both a BFA and... Read more -
Orbital
Anna Jung Seo, Dana Powell, Elinor Stanley, Grace Lee, Kin-Ting Li, Prae Pupityastaporn, Rasha Omar, Xiao Hanqiu, Xi Jiu and Yage Guo 18 May - 2 July 2024 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Orbital, a group exhibition of works by ten artists, Anna Jung Seo, Dana Powell, Elinor Stanley, Grace Lee, Kin-Ting Li, Prae Pupityastaporn, Rasha Omar, Xiao Hanqiu, Xi Jiu, and Yage Guo. Orbital reflects on the aesthetic and symbolic dimensions of the moon and moonlight.... Read more -
Good Old Neon
Chetsada Phuwiang, Marisa Srijunpleang and Thuy Tien Nguyen. Curated by Arin Rungjang 19 March - 8 May 2024 Curated by Arin Rungjang, Good Old Neon features multimedia works by Thuy Tien Nguyen, Marisa Srijunpleang, and Chetsada Phuwiang, as well as a twenty-four-year-old work from Rungjang’s long standing oeuvre. The exhibition takes its title from David Foster Wallace’s short story, where he traces the haunting existential quest of finding... Read more -
A House Without A Roof
Jedsada Tangtrakulwong and Vacharanont Sinvaravatn 3 February - 14 March 2024 Nova Contemporary is pleased to announce a duo exhibition by Jedsada Tangtrakulwong and Vacharanont Sinvaravatn, titled A House Without a Roof. The show features new paintings, live video, and multimedia sculptures, addressing the concept of home from a range of physical and emotional locations. Although Tangtrakulwong suggests an amorphous understanding... Read more -
A Primer For Forgetting
Nipan Oranniwesna and Latthapon Korkiatarkul 11 November 2023 - 20 January 2024 Read more -
Hunting & Dancing, 15 years
Moe Satt 25 August - 21 October 2023 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Hunting & Dancing: 15 years, Moe Satt’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition celebrates 15 years of Moe Satt’s artistic career, featuring a new two-channel video work and coinciding with the launch of his artist book, F’n’F (Face and Fingers). Celebrated for... Read more -
from here to here
Channatip Chanvipava, Natalie Sasi Organ, and Pam Virada 8 July - 11 August 2023 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present our summer group show, from here to here, featuring works by three young Thai artists, Channatip Chanvipava, Natalie Sasi Organ, and Pam Virada. Read more -
If I can make one wish...
Saroot Supasuthivech 29 April - 24 June 2023 For his solo show If I can make one wish…, Saroot Supasuthivech constructs a sequence of videos, dividing a two-channel work into four screens across the gallery space. Centred around the River Kwai, this body of work forms an imaginary memorial for the laborers who died building the Burma Railway... Read more -
The Comet and The Nostalgic Souls
Supawich Weesapen 18 February - 8 April 2023 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Supawich Weesapen's first-ever solo exhibition, The Comet and The Nostalgic Souls. This radiant exhibition renders the rare emergence of a green comet, delving into its world of digital sublimity. The artist presents a new body of work that transcends the boundaries of painting, illuminating... Read more -
Hana
Ellie Omiya, Yuko Murata, Kentaro Kobuke, and Kyoko Murase 26 November 2022 - 30 January 2023 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Hana, a group exhibition of works by Ellie Omiya, Yuko Murata, Kentaro Kobuke, and Kyoko Murase. This exhibition forms an exchange between the gallery and four Japanese counterparts, Gallery Side 2, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tomio Koyama Gallery, and Maho Kubota Gallery. Hana pays homage... Read more -
Imagine The Ocean
Prae Pupityastaporn 20 August - 4 October 2022 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Imagine the Ocean, Prae Pupityastaporn’s second solo exhibition. Pupityastaporn continues her lyrical and autobiographical approach to remembering, and to reconstructing memory. Her new series of paintings explores the idea of intimacy, and attempts to record the sensations evoked in a place infused with colours.... Read more -
Wohnzimmer
Somboon Hormtientong 30 June - 13 August 2022 Wohnzimmer is a solo exhibition of Somboon Hormtientong. Known for his abstract paintings and witty installations, Hormtientong aptly creates the mediating room for the dialogue between himself and the viewers. Wohnzimmer exemplifies Somboon Hormtientong's grounded approach to art. In Wohnzimmer, Nova Contemporary would like to discuss Somboon Hormtientong's gestures in... Read more -
Hexagon
A group exhibition to commemorate six years of representing contemporary art in Asia 7 - 17 May 2022 Nova Contemporary is pleased to announce a new group exhibition to commemorate six years of representing contemporary art in Asia. HEXAGON presents the work of all of Nova’s artists, including Nipan Oranniwesna, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Nim Kruasaeng, Prae Pupityastaporn, Moe Satt, Tada Hengsapkul, Latthapon Korkiatarkul, Aracha Cholitgul, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Saroot Supasuthivech,... Read more -
The Broken White Umbrella
Sawangwongse Yawnghwe 25 February - 30 April 2022 In this modern new body of work, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe (b. 1971, Burma) reluctantly addresses the continued uncertainty and pessimism around his country’s future, by turning inward and ruminating on Hegel’s idea of “imminent reversal.” Through these painted works Yawnghwe not only explores current events in parallel with his family's exilement... Read more -
OBLIVION
Arin Rungjang 28 October 2021 - 12 February 2022 Nova Contemporary dedicates exclusively to the solo exhibition of Arin Rungjang. Oblivion, a site-specific exhibition, brings together the video, installation, and paintings to physicalise the metaphysical existence of being and the state of nothingness and its relations to the inherent desire and freedom. Through the memories of King Rama VI,... Read more -
Supawich Weesapen
Liste Showtime 2021 20 September - 9 October 2021 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Supawich Weesapen's works presented in Liste Art Fair Basel , Switzerland. It is his first solo exhibition SUPAWICH WEESAPEN. To support the government's policy, the viewing will be by appointment. Originally from northeast Thailand, Supawich Weesapen (b. 1997) lives and works in Nakornpathom province,... Read more -
Conversation Piece
Latthapon Korkiatarkul 30 April - 31 July 2021 In the Conversation Piece exhibition, Latthapon Korkiatarkul presents series of pictorial monochromy which reinforce his nuanced, contemplative, and process-driven artistic operation. Whilst omitting visual and socio-political realities, the artist focuses on demonstrating the continuum in pictorial practice by means of inherent methods — painting and drawing. In sync with the... Read more -
The Study of A Long Distance Relationship
Aracha Cholitgul 18 February - 21 April 2021 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present The Study of A Long Distance Relationship, a solo exhibition by Aracha Cholitgul . Cholitgul is an interdisciplinary artist whose works focus on exploring new perspectives and meanings through paintings, drawings, installations, and writings. In this exhibition, Cholitgul explores human emotions, and interpersonal relationships.... Read more -
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Atit Sornsongkram, Tanatchai Bandasak, Saroot Supasuthivech, and Supawich Weesapen 3 December 2020 - 6 February 2021 The forms of energy pertaining to the gamut of empirical observation are myriad and diverse. To formulate a baseline of understanding observable forces surrounding human experience, certain assumptions have been established throughout modernity to account for at least those energies that seem to exist in phenomena. Within the construct of... Read more -
Breast Stupa Cookery: the world turns upside down
Pinaree Sanpitak, curated by Kittima Chareeprasit 10 October - 21 November 2020 “Some dreams tremble, feel unstable. Turning over to turn over. And waking up to real uncertainties.” Pinaree Sanpitak The tenderness, uncertainty, and femininity that gives rise to a plethora of emotions found within Pinaree Sanpitak’s works often transports the audience to a realm of sensations and perception in all... Read more -
The Sea Ghost and Beyond
Ploenchan Vinyaratn 14 August - 19 September 2020 Inspired by how discarded fishing nets wreak havoc on ocean ecologies with each strand of ghostly nets entangling and strangling Mother Nature, Vinyaratn is determined to weave a utopian vision by exploring and incorporating the unwanted such as scraps of waste fabrics and dead-stock yarns, sea waste, as well as... Read more -
“ “
Kamin Lertchaiprasert 26 May - 25 July 2020 “ “ is a solo exhibition of works by Kamin Lertchaiprasert. The exhibition will present Lertchaipraser’s full interpretations of ontology and the metaphysics of a gallery space. “ “, a blank in quotation marks, is actually a blank filled with Lertchaiprasert’s name in white, creating a false appearance of emptiness... Read more -
Appearance of Crosses
Ding Yi 10 January - 14 March 2020 Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Appearance of Crosses, Chinese painter Ding Yi's first solo exhibition in Thailand. This exhibition displays a series of work devoted to the recurring motifs of ’x’ and ‘+’, which Ding has explored since the late 1980s. This approach began with a series of experimentations... Read more -
The Perfect Day for Fishing
Prae Pupityastaporn 15 November 2019 - 5 January 2020 Intimate, enigmatic with her wry humour, Pupityastaporn’s solo exhibition The Perfect Day for Fishing further affirms her creativity in landscaping a situation. The construct renders in her painting, unveiling her inquisitive mind for the spaces we live in and the moment we ponder. Every brushstroke in the painting is her... Read more -
A Forest of Spirits
Khvay Samnang, curated by Abhijan Toto 12 September - 31 October 2019 NOVA CONTEMPORARY presents “A Forest of Spirits”, a special solo exhibition by Phnom Penh-based artist Khvay Samnang, curated by Abhijan Toto. It brings together a series of objects, photographs and video which form part of the work Preah Kunlong. Preah Kunlong emerges out of the artist’s engagement with the Chong... Read more -
BRANDNEW 2019 ART PROJECT
YANAKORN SINVATCHARAPORN 18 - 31 August 2019 In collaboration with BRANDNEW 2019 Art Project, Nova Contemporary presents a first solo exhibition by Yanakorn Sinvatcharaporn. This year, BRANDNEW 2019 honorably invites Yap Sau Bin; Malaysian artist-curator and specialist, Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University, who had received awards by the National Art Gallery, Malaysia and had exhibited on... Read more -
YOU LEAD ME DOWN, TO THE OCEAN
Tada Hengsapkul, curated by Thanavi Chotpradit 6 June - 21 July 2019 NOVA CONTEMPORARY presents YOU LEAD ME DOWN, TO THE OCEAN by Tada Hengsapkul, curated by Thanavi Chotpradit. This is the Second Edition developed from the First Edition shown at the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (2018-2019). Born and raised in... Read more -
The Uncertain
Jedsada Tangtrakulwong 2 February - 31 March 2019 When “planning” is inapplicable to nature, one can only look forward and wait for natural phenomena to happen. In “The Uncertain”, Bangkok’s daily weather is pivotal in determining the artworks displayed in the gallery. The works shown on a mostly cloudy day will differ from the ones exhibited on a... Read more -
Vetal Suites | Curiosities unearthed
Chatchai Puipia 18 October 2018 - 13 January 2019 Chatchai Puipia is dead no more. He has returned and he has turned Nova Contemporary into an aquarium for his consciousness. He named this dwelling Vetal Suite. From his mind, he conjured Vetal, a shadow of himself cast by a reflection in the mirror, a self mediated through many filters,... Read more -
Ghost:2561 Sitting Feeding Sleeping
Rachel Rose 11 - 28 October 2018 Ghost Foundation and OPEN FIELD are delighted to invite you to attend Ghost:2561 Public Opening on Thursday October 11th, 2018 from 13:00-19:00 hrs. at 100 Tonson, ARTIST+RUN, BANGKOK CITYCITY GALLERY, CARTEL Artspace, Doxza Art Lab, The Jim Thompson House, Nova Project Space, Subhashok the Arts Centre and Gallery VER. At... Read more -
LEAVE FAR AWAY
Zhao Yang 27 July - 23 September 2018 The paintings exhibited reveal an unsettling world of Yang’s creation, inhabited by those who live beyond the doctrines of contemporary society. Situated on the very edge of space and time, this is a place where night and day are one, reality and fantasy are synonymous, and our systems of perpetual... Read more -
RITUALS: ink, oil, cotton, and thread
Parinot Kunakornwong, Moe Satt, Iabadiou Piko, curated by Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani 25 May - 15 July 2018 RITUALS: ink, oil, cotton, and thread draws its title loosely from ritualistic tasks that involve a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order, and on the actual materials deployed by the artists to create their works, among others, ink, oil, cotton and thread. Featuring mixed-media works that span... Read more -
Neither Body nor Soul
Nipan Oranniwesna 10 March - 13 May 2018 Neither Body nor Soul aroused out of Oranniwesna’s radical re-examination of a journey taken by him across the Thai-Myanmar border in 2015. This is a voyage traversing the physical dimension of the border, one which extends itself to the relationships and experiences of the people, objects and life migrating between... Read more -
Museum of The Swamp of Eels
Aracha Cholitgul 16 January - 17 February 2018 In partnership with Bangkok University Gallery (BUG), Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Museum of the Swamp of Eels by artist Aracha Cholitgul. This exhibition forms a part of BUG's BRANDNEW 2017 ART PROJECT. The Swamp of Eels is the name of a rural area located in the eastern part... Read more -
SPLASHED
Kawita Vatanajyankur 20 October - 24 December 2017 Kawita Vatanajyankur creates works that offer a powerful examination of the psychological, social and cultural ways of viewing and valuing the continuing challenges of women’s everyday labour. In her video performances, Vatanajyankur undertakes physical experiments that playfully, often painfully, test her body’s limits - a challenge that is both unavoidably... Read more -
Corpuscles and Waves
Nim Kruasaeng, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi 17 August - 13 October 2017 For almost two and a half centuries, since the second half of the 17th century of the Christian Era, two opposing concepts have existed in western science, and in particular in the attempt to develop a theory of light: a corpuscular theory advanced by the Englishman Isaac Newton (Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth 1642... Read more -
The Echo of Footsteps
Viriya Chotpanyavisut, Tanatchai Bandasak, Thakol Kao sa-ad, Jaitip Jaidee 15 June - 6 August 2017 Read more -
A New Interpretation of the Paradoxical World
Narissara Pianwimungsa 30 March - 31 May 2017 Read more -
Leaf Walk
Brendan Lynch 20 January - 23 March 2017 Nova Contemporary is pleased to announce an exhibition of oil paintings, collage works and mural by Brendan Lynch, his first solo gallery exhibition in Thailand and Asia. Leaf Walk is a reference to the 1988 animated film ‘The Land Before Time’. During a time of drought, the cartoon dinosaurs of... Read more -
UNDER THE SAME SKY
Tada Hengsapkul, Chai Siris 30 September - 15 December 2016 Joining the works of Tada Hengsapkul and Chai Siris, this exhibtion revolves around 'the malady of unfaithfully made time and history' . A return to his hometown formed the basis of Hengsapkul's works, where he investigated the scars of memory left behind by the American military, which set up a... Read more -
CHRIS LEVINE
Chris Levine 13 July - 22 September 2016 A renowned British artist, Chris Levine is best known for his sensational portraits of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 14th Dalai Lama, Kate Moss, and for his collaborations with world renowned brands such as Swarovski, Cartier, BMW, Chanel and Absolut Spirit. As Levine’s debut show in Thailand, this exhibition... Read more -
Today Is The Day: The Proposition Of Our Future
Today is The Day Foundation 30 March - 30 June 2016 'Today Is The Day: The Proposition Of Our Future' is a traveling art exhibition hosted by the Miyaushi Art Foundation in Hiroshima, Japan. This show forms its collaboration with Nova Contemporary, feauturing works by 11 respectable artists, Henk Visch, Jean-Luc Vilmouth, Kazumi Tanaka, Lawrence Weiner, Luc Tuymans, Rinko Kawauchi, Ryusuke... Read more
