Notions of identity are a constant theme in Thai-French artist Jiab Prachakul’s intimate portraits of herself, her family, and her close friends. After growing up in Thailand and living in several European cities, the figurative painter has ruminated a lot on how a person’s identity shifts over time, as well as what can and can’t be intimated from their appearance.
“It doesn’t feel special at first to be different. But then I noticed it made me special,” she told ARTnews over Zoom. “You can be proud, you can be proud of being you. You can be intellectual, you can be educated. You’re not dumb.”
