Udomsak Krisanamis

Udomsak Krisanamis’ practice has long been characterised by his specific use of collage, creating obsessive pattern made from newspaper, noodles, cellophane, and paint. Over the past two decades, Krisanamis’ work has maintained a distinct formal and conceptual clarity, offering a unique experimentation with the well-worn territories of the grid.

While his paintings refuse to adhere to any particular context or obvious narrative, his imagery has undergone certain key transitions. Earlier paintings comprise of densely layered textured grids that resemble stellar landscapes, satellite imagery, twinkling cityscapes and blinking digital universe. Viewed in detail, these works shift between the worldly and otherworldly, the sublime and everyday. More recently, this intricate detail has been replaced by bold, reductive statements of monochrome colours such as hazard orange and fluorescent yellow, the surface of which is built up from wedges of found material embedded between layers of acrylic paint and paper.

Selected recent solo exhibitions include Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York (2007, 2012); Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany (2011); Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand (2006, 2016, and 2023); Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan (2005); Giti Nourbakhsch Gallery, Berlin (2004); Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2003); Wexner Centre for the Arts, Columbus (2000) and Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (1999). His work has also been included in several group exhibitions at venues such as the Bangkok Art And Culture Center (2012, 2014); CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain (2011); Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover (2008); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2003); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2001) and Whitechapel Art Gallery (1999).