Paintings
Selected Exhibitions
2023 l Generate
"Generate" examines the dawn of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact on art. Through oil paintings, this series contrasts human intuition with machine precision, challenging our understanding of creativity in the digital age.
Watch series2022 l Icon
Icon mix oil painting with the spontaneity of spray paint, drawing from the Renaissance technique of grisaille. This series explores the timeless dialogue between black and white and color, revealing intimate truths through each portrait. It invites contemplation on our collective memory and the sacred, offering a modern homage to the enduring power of artistic reflection.
Watch series2021 l My contribution to chaos
Created during the author's Covid-induced confinement, "My Contribution to Chaos" captures fleeting, surreal, and chaotic flashes of moments. Each piece reflects how human actions propel the world towards its end, presenting a visceral narrative of our impact on the planet.
Watch series2020 l Shadow Banned
"Shadow Ban" examines the hidden censorship by social media algorithms, imposing global moral codes. This series reveals the illusion of free expression within an invisible prison, where the true taboo is the unknown. It highlights the struggle against unseen moral policing in a future where online identities and virtual exhibitions dominate.
Watch series2019 l Apocalips
"Apocalips" reimagines ancient Greek bodies in classical Western compositions, symbolizing our collapsing democracy. These vivid, graffiti-like paintings depict the last moments of a hedonistic civilization, ravaged by nature and pollution. Beneath the bright colors, skull masks reveal the pop tragedy of our times, portraying infertile Venuses and goddesses of the apocalypse.
Watch series2018 l Bangkokians
Globalized Aesthetics: Divided Realities
In Bangkok, two populations coexist
in vastly different worlds. This series reflects the globalization of aesthetics, where upper classes live in cushioned, standardized comfort. Across cities worldwide, post-industrial design and daily routines blur into uniformity. A new social class, hidden behind screens, emerges, detached from the rest. While the camera observes, the screen conceals, blocking empathy.
Watch series2017 l Camera Obscura
"Camera Obscura" features seventeen portraits of Tibetans from Kangding, Sichuan. China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative brings economic growth but also cultural erasure. Surveillance cameras monitor locals for tourists, capturing a people and traditions on the brink of disappearance. This series highlights the relentless march of progress and its human cost.
Watch series2016 l Origin of writing
"The Origin of Writing" draws from the calligraphic quality of Chinese painting, tracing the roots of writing. Ancient symbols on turtle shells evolved into cuneiform, shifting from multidirectional to linear reading. This series questions whether writing and painting share a common origin and how their evolution shapes our perception of time and space.
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2015 l Particles Evolution
"Particles Evolution" explores the impact of color on human perception using a trichrome palette of black, white, and red. Red, with the longest wavelength, reaches the retina first, inciting spontaneous action. Inspired by Edward Bernays' research on color psychology, this series questions whether art history is a form of propaganda, using color to influence behavior and mobilize public opinion.
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2015 l Degenerate
"Degenerate" evokes an expressionist aesthetic, where landscapes and isolated houses mirror human introspection. Inspired by post-war American art and the symbolism of solitary refuges, this series references the vilification of modern art as "degenerate" by the Nazis. It questions how societal norms shape our perception of art, highlighting the thin line between the normal and the abnormal in the battle of ideas.
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2013-2014 l Blackwhite
In 2013, Thibaud Tchertchian painted Thai protesters from photos he took during the Bangkok Shutdown. "Blackwhite," referencing Orwell's 1984, questions the future of these individuals within a political machine that erases dissent. Blending into the urban landscape, the series explores language manipulation to suppress thought. Capturing moments of hope and raw energy, "Blackwhite" reflects on art's enduring power against fleeting media narratives.
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2010 - 2013 l One Step
Thibaud Tchertchian paints large-format portraits with black spray paint on white canvases, inspired by his graffiti background. His "spit painting" technique creates accidental splatters, capturing marginalized cultures and solitary figures. This contemporary grisaille invites viewers to confront their reflections and societal roles, blending street art textures with deeper themes.
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