Save the date!! Our last exhibition at the current space.
📅 23 May 2026
⏰ 5.30 - 9 pm
📍Warin Lab Contemporary
รูปสุวรรณศิวิไลซ์: Metamorphosis in Gold |Nakrob Moonmanas | Curated by Alex Ungprateeb Flynn
A memoir written by a princess of the Bangkok court recalls a boy named Kanang playing hide-and-seek in the gardens of Dusit Palace. Emerging from this fragment of memory, Metamorphosis in Gold unfolds ศิวิไลซ์ “civilisation” as both aspiration and transformation. Through moving image, drawing, and sculptural assemblage, Nakrob Moonmanas traces the unstable processes through which identities are absorbed, reshaped, and made legible under modernity.
Supported by the British Council, Thai Film Archive (Public Organization), and the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture.
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About the Artist
Nakrob Moonmanas (b.1990) is a visual artist based in Bangkok, primarily working with Thai literature and history as well as their discourse and relations to the global narrative.
His focus centers on exploring memories of Thai visual arts and cultures through the process of collage, as he endeavors to unveil and question them in various forms and dimensions. Infused with a contemporary aesthetic, the juxtaposition of local and exotic fragments creates an alternative chronicle, prompting a reexamination of the past.
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🌈 In Hope Aspiration Happiness, Jamilah Haji transforms embroidery into a collaborative act of healing. Inviting children to draw their dreams and aspirations, the artist incorporates their drawings directly into the work, tracing and stitching over them through intricate embroidery.
Haji turns personal expression into collective storytelling using textile as a medium of care, emotional healing, and empowerment. Rooted in faith and community, the work reflects hope, resilience, and the importance of nurturing future generations through creativity and compassion.
Hope Aspiration Happiness
2022
Embroidery and marker pen on organza and recycled fabric
150 x 200 cm
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🧵🪷Eri Imamura transforms vintage kimono fabric into life-sized sculptural works through the intricate craftsmanship of beadwork. Merging textile tradition with contemporary symbolism, her practice reflects on the social expectations placed upon women in Japanese society.
Layered throughout her works are symbolic forms resembling the female ovary, reflecting societal expectations imposed upon women, while references to the Medicine Buddha embody the artist’s wish for healing and protection for women affected by social pressure and emotional burden.
Hidden wave and radiation motifs repeatedly appear within each sculpture, referencing the tsunami and nuclear incident that continue to shape Japan’s collective memory. Every detail within Imamura’s works is intentionally interconnected and become part of a larger narrative that reflects society, cultural identity, and the complexities of the modern world.
Always Late A
2022
Seed beads, cut beads, 24-carat gold beads, vintage Kimono silk fabric, wood, hanger, stuffing
66 x 71 x 9 cm
Always Late B
2023
Seed beads, cut beads, 24-carat gold beads, vintage Kimono silk fabric, wood, stuffing
53 x 70 x 8 cm
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Before Reminiscence: 5 years of Warin Lab comes to a close in 4 days.
An open archive bringing together fragments from 28 exhibitions since 2021, Reminiscence traces evolving dialogues between artists, audiences, materials, and environmental concerns that have unfolded within and around the space over the past five years.
Visit before these traces return once again to memory.
⏳On view until 16 May 2026
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𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱-𝗨𝗽: May 2026
Warin Lab Contemporary (@warinlab ) presents an archive exhibition, 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 5 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘣, reflecting on their five-year journey at their current location. Housed within the century-old former residence of Dr. Boonsong Lekagul (1907 to 1992), a pioneering Thai wildlife conservationist, the gallery programme is an ongoing exploration of environmental themes through a wide range of artistic perspectives and practices. Bringing together a curated selection of works from 28 past exhibitions, the show invites audiences to consider how a living ecology of works can continue to evolve beyond their original contexts.
This is an entry in A&M’s May 2026 Round-Up. Click on the link in profile to read the full selection.
𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 5 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘣 is on view until 16 May 2026 at Warin Lab Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand.
Robert Zhao Renhui (@robert_zhao ), 𝘙𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘫𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢, 1922, 29082014, 2024, inkjet print on paper, 40 x 40cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Warin Lab Contemporary.
Snapshots from the opening of "Reminiscence: 5 years of Warin Lab", an exhibition revisiting our nearly five-year journey at the current location.
This exhibition reflects on the elements that have defined our program and community, revisiting together the treasured memories and impressions of our past shows.
📍On view until 16 May 2026
“Passion is Volcanic: Desire in Southeast Asian Art” at National Gallery Singapore - on display until August 30.
Eri Imamura’s life sized soft sculpture made of vintage kimono fabric and Native American beads is among over 70 artworks that explore how the body have shaped artistic practices and cultural discourses in Southeast Asia.
Photo courtesy: the artist and National Gallery Singapore
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We are pleased to announce that Salad Khaek (@saladkhaek ) has been selected for the inaugural “Curating the Future: Art & Ecology” Curatorial Development Program.
Congratulations members of Salad Khaek
Danish Saksen (curator)
Sharif Toleb (artist)
Ashrof Krusor (scenographer)
Suniti Chuthamas (archeologist)
The selection process brought together a range of thoughtful and diverse proposals. We would like to thank all applicants for their time, care, and engagement with the program.
We look forward to working with Salad Khaek as they develop their curatorial proposal through mentorship with Vipash Purichanont, alongside curatorial feedback from Patrick Flores, Guest Curatorial Advisor.
More updates on the development of the project will be shared in the coming months.
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Once a gourd, now a grain.
What is lost as rice becomes?
In regional folklore, rice was once believed to be as large as a gourd, self-sustaining and plentiful.
However, due to human misdeeds, it fragmented, diminishing and dispersing with each passing generation.
Today, rice undergoes yet another metamorphosis: polished, diminished, and whitened to align with an ideal of purity and uniformity.
From myth to industry, the process of refinement continues through subtraction, so what loss?
As Rice Becomes (2026)
Ceramic and Burlap Sacks
Variable
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Rice Dwelling
Present Before Purity
A grain of rice is often treated as food or as a unit of purity.
Yet within it, a life forms.
Once believed to emerge from stone itself, the weevil occupied a space between myth and contamination.
This work reframes the grain as dwelling.
If a life is born inside, in what sense is it an intruder?
Rice Dwelling (บ้านข้าว)
Colored Pencil on Muslin Cloth, Mounted on Wood Panel, and a Stone
19x125 cm
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