Jakapan Vilasineekul – Hiding in The Light

Richard Koh Fine Art Bangkok is pleased to present Hiding in The Light, a solo exhibition by Thai artist Jakapan Vilasineekul, on view from 13 June to 11 July 2026. Featuring a new body of kiln-formed glass works, the exhibition explores the perceptual and material relationship between light, transparency, and space.

Working primarily with fused float glass, Vilasineekul investigates the subtle tension between visibility and concealment. Through layered compositions of intersecting grids, translucent colour fields, and geometric structures, the artist transforms industrial glass into contemplative sculptural forms that shift according to light, shadow, and the viewer’s position in space. The works invite viewers into an experience that is both optical and spatial, where clarity and ambiguity coexist simultaneously.

Drawing inspiration from architectural environments and the way glass mediates lived experience, the exhibition considers how light reveals and obscures form. Precise vertical and horizontal lines recur throughout the series, creating a sense of depth and internal rhythm within the works. As light passes through the glass surfaces, colours refract and overlap, while cast shadows become extensions of the compositions themselves. In this process, the artworks move beyond static objects and become activated by their surrounding environment.

The exhibition also foregrounds the material qualities of float glass, a common architectural material that Vilasineekul recontextualises through kiln-forming techniques. Multiple layers of glass are fused together to create internal volume and subtle tonal transitions, while hand-ground satin finishes soften the passage of light across each surface. These delicate interventions allow the works to oscillate between solidity and transparency, presence and absence.

Across the exhibition, works such as Concealed and Revealed, Void in Between, Still Light, and Silent Space in Blue reflect the artist’s continued interest in perception and spatial awareness. Rather than presenting glass as a transparent void, Vilasineekul approaches the medium as a site of uncertainty and transformation, where light acts both as a revealer and a veil.

With Hiding in The Light, Jakapan Vilasineekul presents a meditative exploration of materiality and perception, inviting audiences to reconsider the invisible structures through which light, space, and form are experienced.

JAKAPAN VILASINEEKUL (b.1964, Bangkok, Thailand) is a contemporary Thai artist known for his sculptural assemblages and installations incorporating found objects, everyday materials, and traditional forms. Educated at Silpakorn University and later at the State Academy of Design in Karlsruhe, Germany, his practice explores memory, human existence, and social realities through symbolic and archetypal imagery. Jakapan often transforms discarded objects into poetic compositions that reflect cultural fragility and emotional resonance. He has participated in numerous international exhibitions and residencies, including the Artist-in-Residence programme at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in 2003. He currently lives and works in Bangkok, and has also taught sculpture at Silpakorn University.