SILK ROADS BEYOND BORDERS
Category: ART
THE SAME OLD KARMA
RE-EXAMINE ‘PAST KARMA’ IN THE SAME OLD KARMA EXHIBITION, WHICH PROVIDES A SPACE FOR VIEWERS TO REFLECT ON THEIR PAST ACTIONS THROUGH THE ARTWORK AND PRESENTATION OF ARAYA RASDJARMREARNSOOK
FLAT PLANES, MACHINES, AND MEMORY
EXPLORING ABSTRACT, LOVE, AND MACHINE IN SUMET JUMSAI’S PAINTINGS IN FLAT PLANES, MACHINES, AND MEMORY: PAINTING AS A PARALLEL PRACTICE IN THE WORK OF SUMET JUMSAI
THE JOURNEY OF COLORS
CHAROON BOONSUAN’S EVER-BLOOMING GARDEN UNFOLDS IN HIS NEW EXHIBITION, THE JOURNEY OF COLORS
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
EXPLORE THE COINCIDENCES AND LIFE PATHS THAT BROUGHT TWO ARTISTS TOGETHER THROUGH ART IN THE EXHIBITION ‘UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN’
UNDO PLANET PART 1: UNDO DMZ
READING THE SEISMIC EDGES OF NATION-STATES THROUGH THE EXHIBITION UNDO PLANET PART 1: UNDO DMZ
WHAT CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN, MUST BE CELEBRATED
MARTIN CONSTABLE PRESENTS IMAGES OF EMPTY SPACES THAT HAVE BECOME THE LANGUAGE OF HIS MEMORIES AND PERSONAL HISTORY THROUGH ‘WHAT CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN, MUST BE CELEBRATED’
ART JAKARTA 2025
TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE WORKS AT ART JAKARTA 2025, A PLATFORM WHERE ARTISTS FROM OVER 16 COUNTRIES USE CONTEMPORARY ART AS A COMMON LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS STORIES OF IDENTITY, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
THE BEGINNING OF MY SKETCHBOOK
TEXT & PHOTO: AMO KANNIKA
(For Thai, press here)
The Beginning of My Sketchbook is a self-published artbook by Thai illustrator Amo Kannika. The book captures her transition from working exclusively in digital painting to embracing the tactile world of sketchbooks during her MA studies in the UK. It documents a personal journey of discovery, experimentation, and resilience, blending everyday observations, cultural reflections, and artistic playfulness.
Each spread reveals Amo’s fascination with process — the layering of watercolor, gouache, watercolored pencils, oil pastel and other, all applied freely and without the pressure of perfection.
Published in a limited edition of 100 copies, the book quickly attracted both local and international attention. It has been stocked at Bookmoby, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC). The project also extends into sketchbook workshops for art lovers, with plans to share this practice with underprivileged youth.
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Amo Kannika (b. Thailand) is an illustrator and visual artist whose work explores the richness of Asian cultural identity and its connection to global storytelling. She’s been a freelancing visual development artist for the animation industry for a decade. She holds an MA in Children’s Books and Graphic Novels from Middlesex University, London, where she developed her practice in sketchbook art and visual narratives.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Lightbox, Los Angeles (2023), and featured in major media outlets such as Bangkok Post, Sina.com, and Bilibili.com. Beyond publishing, Amo’s practice extends into teaching and community engagement, including sketchbook workshops for both children and adults in Bangkok.
She is currently preparing her second artbook, Sketchbook Journey, while developing a children’s book project with Centro de Educação Oristone Cultural in Macau.
FROM EPHEMERALITY TO IMMORTALITY
