In her paintings, Prae Pupityastaporn produces layered continuums of observation and memory. She draws from the overlooked minutiae of daily life, building an illusive catalogue of her material surroundings. Deftly extracting from the latent and the mundane, Pupityastaporn transforms seemingly dull objects into active deposits of evolution: a showerhead, a wall or a rock acquires mercurial ability in her works, storing shifts of the emotional and the environmental. Intertwining streams of the subconscious, Pupityasporn offers dreamlike insight into the flux and fragility of memory, both personal and shared. Most influenced by her physical environments, Pupityastaporn synthesises her experiences in Germany and Thailand. During her studies in Germany, she was exposed to reinventions of the landscape genre in the region’s early contemporary art scene; the artist has since followed her predecessors in creating a pioneering visual vocabulary, establishing a distinct approach of distanced liminality. Her paintings demonstrate the shifting possibilities of shared emotional fabrics, proving how each of our complex internal states can color perceptions of the external world. She awakens a unique set of memories and feelings in each viewer, and quietly transforms those associations once again in her practice of retrieval and repatterning.

Since 2016, Nova has fostered a range of emerging and established artists. Our programme is rooted in Thailand’s unique heritage, building upon its spiritual foundations and long-held independence. We embrace the region’s manifold of personal and collective histories while remaining sharply current, advocating for critical contemporary discourse and inquiry. The gallery acts as a ground for plurality and reconciliation, joining the past and present, as well as the individual and social. Nova serves as a pillar of the flourishing Southeast Asia art scene, striving to bring its exceptional talent to international spheres.