Gallery EXIT presents ‘Crossways’, solo exhibition of local artist Kaiaroonsuth Chonticha, opening on 25 November 2023 until 22 December 2023, featuring new painting works by the artist. The artist draws on her year of living in a subdivided flat on Ki Lung Street/Boundary Street in Kowloon, in search of hints of fermentation and the growth of life from things as big as the self and other people to those as small as the moss on the wall. Beginning with the wall and the moss, Kaiaroonsuth Chonticha develops a series of explorations into the self, others and the city. Her mixed cultural heritage and Chinese and Thai is at once rooted in tradition and encompassing transition, alienation and intersection. As a result, the artist’s way of seeing is also diverse and shifting, full of uncertainties. With her not too fluent Cantonese, the artist’s Thai mother speaks in an illogical manner full of unexpected associations, splashed with the innocent and joyful character of Thai people. This is counteracted by her traditional Teochew father and Hong Kong-style education. Growing up through stories in life as a ‘vessel’ instead of a subject, the artist as an observer is especially sensitive to the dynamics between things and self-consciousness. Manifested in her creation, these become brushstrokes left over from repeated superimpositions and erasures.

Opening reception: 25 November, Saturday 2 - 5 pm

Gallery address: 3/F, 25 Hing Wo Street, Tin Wan, Aberdeen