Chatmongkol Insawang – ‘Mountains of Awareness’

Richard Koh Fine Art (RKFA) is pleased to present ‘Mountains of Awareness’, a solo exhibition by Thai artist Chatmongkol Insawang, on view from 10 to 31 May 2025 at RKFA Bangkok. The exhibition features a new body of work that reflects the artist’s introspective engagement with memory, the human body, and the transience of life.

In this series, Insawang draws on vivid recollections of landscapes from his childhood, using imagery of mountains as a symbolic and emotional anchor. These places, etched into memory, become entry points for meditative explorations of perception and existence. The mountain is reimagined as a mutable form — shifting in appearance yet constant in presence — echoing the artist’s view of the body as a landscape that unfolds over time and space.

Charcoal powder, the primary medium in this series, underscores the themes of impermanence and transformation. Its fragile, elemental quality serves as a metaphor for the human condition, emphasizing the body’s inextricable link to nature and time. Insawang’s method involves spontaneous mark-making that emerges from a state of focused contemplation, allowing instinct and emotion to guide the creative process.

Event information from RKFA, May 2025