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From Chiang Mai to Birmingham: How Mit Jai Inn’s solo show encouraged me to reconsider the value of art

February 17, 2022 ─ Stephanie Yeap

Portrait of M — 15/09/2021. Birmingham, UK. Ikon presents the first major solo exhibition in Europe by artist Mit Jai Inn (b.1960, Chiang Mai). A leading figure of contemporary art in Thailand, Mit is known for his colourful artworks that merge painting and sculpture. Dreamworld features recent and new works made for Ikon which embody his vision of art Òas a utopian dream within everyday lifeÓ and collective hopes for a brighter future. ÒWhen I paint, itÕs not only with my eyes, but with all of my senses: touch, smell, movement. The whole entity.Ó Mit Jai Inn Photo credit: Dave Warren/Picture Team PLEASE CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER PICTURE BE USED ONLY WITH PERMISSION FROM THE IKON GALLERY BIRMINGHAM

Televisionary: The Future is Now with Nam June Paik’s Electric, Eclectic Fever Dreams

December 11, 2021 ─ Sheryl Gwee

Your work will protect you, teach you and give: Ruben Pang’s True Solarisation

April 6, 2021 ─ Naima Morelli

Ruben Pang, History of Defensive Gardens (detail), 2021.

New Ecological Perspectives at the Taipei Biennial

February 2, 2021 ─ Naima Morelli

Taipei Biennial 2020 ft.Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Quetzalcóatl, 2006, corn husk, software, hardware, mixed media dimensions, dimensions variable

Carving Her Place in the Canon: Kim Lim at Tate Britain

October 13, 2020 ─ Tanya Amador

Artists in the Gardens

October 22, 2019 ─ Pauline Gan

The YSAs: Young Singaporean Artists

March 11, 2019 ─ Shrestha Mullick

“Pink, it’s my new obsession…”

October 21, 2018 ─ Usha Chandradas

Skulls, Sunflowers & Sneakers

July 31, 2018 ─ Pauline Gan

Where be this “Other”?

March 1, 2018 ─ Mary Leadbetter

Looking Back Sharpens Vision

November 25, 2017 ─ Mary Leadbetter

SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, 1980s to Now

September 10, 2017 ─ Patricia Chen