May 2026 Round-Up
starch, Warin Lab Contemporary, National Gallery of Indonesia, Rosewood Art Gallery, Mind Set Art Centre, Cuturi Gallery
[core_memory]
Exhibition view of Chok Si Xuan, core_memory, 2026. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo taken by Toni Cuhadi.
This solo exhibition by Chok Si Xuan at starch focuses on two large-scale installations, solid_state (2025) and core_memory (2026). Charting the artist’s inquiry into what she terms the “materiality of technology”, the exhibition interrogates the make-up and labour of devices as a way to understand how contemporary infrastructures shape us. Accompanying the presentation are artefacts and research materials that elaborate on the history and impact of semiconductor technology.
core_memory is on view until 17 May 2026 at starch, Singapore. More information here.
Reminiscence: 5 Years of Warin Lab
Robert Zhao Renhui, Rhipidura javanica, 1922, 29082014, 2024, inkjet print on paper, 40 x 40cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Warin Lab Contemporary.
Warin Lab Contemporary presents an archive exhibition reflecting on their five-year journey at their current location. Housed within the century-old former residence of Dr. Boonsong Lekagul (1907 to 1992), a pioneering Thai wildlife conservationist, the gallery programme is an ongoing exploration of environmental themes through a wide range of artistic perspectives and practices. Bringing together a curated selection of works from 28 past exhibitions, the show invites audiences to consider how a living ecology of works can continue to evolve beyond their original contexts.
Reminiscence: 5 Years of Warin Lab is on view until 16 May 2026 at Warin Lab Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand. More information here.
Indonesian Women Artist #4: ON THE MAP
Citra Sasmita and Cinta Bumi Artisans, Fibers of Time, 2026, barkcloth, botanical dyes, and embroidery, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Indonesia.
Presented by the National Gallery of Indonesia in collaboration with the Cemara Enam Foundation, the fourth iteration of this series features the works of 12 multi-generational female artists including Citra Sasmita, Tara Kasenda, and Ines Katamso. First conceived as a platform to highlight the practices of Indonesian female artists, this current edition investigates the concept of “situated knowledge” born from personal contexts. Through a range of installations, mixed-media works and paintings, the presentation maps the history of women in the Indonesian archipelago, positing their experience-based knowledge as a complex and interconnected landscape.
Indonesian Women Artist #4: ON THE MAP is on view until 30 June 2026 at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta. More information here.
Tonlé to Treeline: A Journey Through Cambodia’s Living Landscapes
Anya Minko, Along the Tonlé, 2026, acrylic on canvas and imitation gold leaf, 80 x 120cm. Image courtesy of Rosewood Phnom Penh Art Gallery.
Rosewood Phnom Penh’s latest exhibition celebrates the depth and diversity of Cambodia’s natural environments through the works of two Cambodian artists, Hom Rith and Ouk Vichet, alongside Australian artist Anya Minko. Their three perspectives are woven together to form one shared reverence for the land. The show features a diverse output ranging from watercolour, metal sculpture, and mixed-media painting.
Tonlé to Treeline: A Journey Through Cambodia’s Living Landscapes is on view until 9 June 2026 at the Rosewood Phnom Penh Art Gallery, Cambodia. More information here.
ANDAMYO: Access and Appearance of Maintenance and Repair
Buen Calubayan, The Address Reserved for You, 2026, oil on canvas, 183 x 183cm. Image courtesy of Mind Set Art Center.
This solo exhibition by Filipino artist Buen Calubayan is the inaugural exhibition at Mind Set Art Center’s new space at Ruiguang Road, Taipei City, Taiwan. Marking the artist's second solo presentation with the gallery, the exhibition takes its title from the Filipino word for “scaffolding”. Calubayan’s latest body of work repositions maintenance and repair as fundamental structural conditions that dictate how we perceive, navigate, and exist within the everyday. Unfolding across a multi-disciplinary array of paintings, drawings, diagrams, videos, and installations, the andamyo becomes a metaphor for the invisible labor and temporary frameworks that uphold our social and physical realities.
ANDAMYO: Access and Appearance of Maintenance and Repair runs until 23 May 2026 at Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan. More information here.
The Third Person in the Room
Vanessa Liem, A Crowded Place, 2026, oil on canvas, 200 x 160cm. Image courtesy of Cuturi Gallery.
The Third Person in the Room is a homecoming solo exhibition by London-based Singaporean artist Vanessa Liem at Cuturi Gallery. It highlights a new body of work that charts her artistic development in the United Kingdom, where she pursued a Bachelor of Arts at the University of the Arts, London. In this exhibition, the viewer is not a passive observer, but an active presence. Liem's paintings are conceived with this awareness, where the audience's gaze is embedded as a condition within the work.
The Third Person in the Room runs from 16 May to 27 June 2026 at Cuturi Gallery, Singapore. More information here.
