The art of letting go at Asazak Azvahiransiri’s inner garden
Self-love takes centre stage in To Be Fully Known: A Self-Love Retrospective, an exhibition by Chiang Mai-based artist Asazak Azvahiransiri. Through expressive, abstract paintings, the show explores the feelings we suppress, the fears we carry and the importance of making space for vulnerability. Drawing on the metaphor of the mind as an overgrown garden, Asazak invites visitors to let go of their analytical instincts, reconnect with their inner child and embrace the parts of themselves they may have kept hidden.
The exhibition is rooted in the artist’s own journey towards self-acceptance. After years of directing his energy towards others and feeling creatively drained, he found that learning to value himself, alongside the support of close friends, transformed his outlook and practice. Through gestural brushwork, layered colour and loose, organic forms, the paintings offer an invitation to pause, lower your guard and reconnect with what makes you feel alive.
November 3-January 31, 2027. Meltdistrict Labo, Heng Station. Rotfai Alley, Wat Ket. 8am-8pm