Medium: Embroidery on giclée print photography on Arches
Size: 31 x 22 cm

“Given the prevalence of a male gaze on the female body throughout art and social history, and given the omnipresence of brutal sexual considerations regarding the territory of femininity in today’s world, this photograph explores the volatility of human bonds even with oneself, especially when exploring contemporary femininities and sexualities. It can be seen as a call and a statement towards the past generations, an act of mending, like sutures would repair a wounded skin. It can also be seen as an attempt to discover the untold gentleness women owe to themselves by evoking a dreamy landscape, a transitional state where new beginnings can emerge…”

Medium: Oil, acrylic, sand, modeling paste, Time Out London magazine clippings on canvas board
Size: 51 x 40.5 cm each / 51 x 81 cm (total, diptych)

“As an artist, I often work in layers and would start by developing a ground. When I'm making paintings on board, I would layer newsprint, paper and clippings, creating a black and white ground for painting or collage, as can be seen in Bodybuilders Duet Under Moonlight. This diptych - an explicitly figurative work  - echoes the notion of same-sex coupling, a pair of very healthy men performing a song together outside in the night. Two muscular bulging torsos face each other, though each of their figures is cropped and condensed within the edges of the canvas, creating a sense of claustrophobia and restriction. The thickly applied contours are created using plastic squeeze sauce bottles. The paint application process reminisces one of my childhood fast-food favourites – the Ramly burger, an ubiquitous street-food in Malaysia. Dripping layers of toppings and sauces such as mayonnaise and chili sauce are heavily applied onto halal meat patties using such containers. Notions of indulgent desires and an obsession of one’s body are explored in these works whilst also hinting at my own regimented workouts at the gym.”

Medium: 3D Print biodegradable PLA
Size: 69cm X 69cm, with a height of 19cm

“The ‘X’ and ‘Y’ in the title refer to the chromosomes defining human sex. However, we observe the proliferation of an entire spectrum of gender types(+) from these two building blocks. The Mandala traditionally symbolizes a contemplative place visited during meditation. Its circular form contains symbols of one’s inner self, guiding principles and experience. 

The artist arranged diverse LGBTQ+ characters in the Mandala, each holding multiple marginalized identities to celebrate creation, self-love and sexuality across all genders. The sculpture’s geometric configuration establishes a sacred space to embark on safe, spiritual journeys to explore sexualities. Absent of stigma, it is an anti-hierarchical paradise; a renewed Kamasutra for today’s minds and socio-political contexts.”

Medium: Performance for photograph, inkjet print on linen paper, acrylic, adhesive and resin on canvas
Size: 25.5 cm (D) x 81 cm (C) x 2.5cm (H) x 3 (triptych)

“can you give me a memory I can use? is a triptych performance for photography artwork that the artist and his working partner performed for the camera. Both of the bodies are donned in translucent plastic disposable raincoats, shot in the toilet, drenched under the shower hose, and the bodies depict intimate moments between two cis males. Ezzam grew with safe sex slangs. “Put on a raincoat” was meant to put on a condom during intercourse, hence the bodies directly wore raincoats in these images. Apart from the positive safe sex message, Ezzam decided to perform for the camera because his body and physicality does not fall into the stereotypical ideal body we see in the media. He vulnerably shows his body to represent ‘normal’ bodies that do too desire love, intimacy and attraction, just like anyone else. There’s always an unhealthy stigma towards plus, full-bodied individuals in society so in this series of works, Ezzam would like to address and represent those issues, whether may they be heterosexual or the LGBTQIA+ individuals, everyone deserves love.”

Material: Oil on canvas
Size: 65x120cm (3 collage)

“Sex is considered a part of our daily lives to connect physically with a possible spouse and is perhaps one of the easiest ways to relieve stress. However, given the pandemic, being together for too much time in an enclosed space can also cause negative emotions and blind you from the truth.

So, along with sexual health, it is important for each individual to improve their mental health, as well. The truth is we need people to protect us from the consequences of the pandemic that make us unable to see the true nature of human beings. We need love for and from those close to us and our family in real life, too. It’s not all about sex and pleasure.”

Medium: Photography
Size: 80 x 55 cm

“People with HIV/AIDS struggle with more than just health problems. The pressure from society, fighting with inner demons. It impacts their mental health and brings about feelings of drowning and difficulty breathing. 

For me this topic is personal. As a member of LGBTQ+ community, I have met many good people who are judged by society because of their status, which makes them feel unwanted and like damaged goods. Some of them are fighting every day. Others are closed up inside. HIV doesn't make anyone less human.”

Medium: Woodcut on mdf board
Size: 42 x 30 cm

“This work uses the violent process of woodcuts to express the physical, mental, and psychological harm caused by sexual violence between lovers. The characters in the work show a violent posture. The tears express that they are all in love, but they don't know how to express their emotions.”

Medium: Fibreglass fire blanket, bleach, old clothes, nylon tent fly, duffel bag shell, polyester curtain, scrap fabric, reflective strip, safety straps
Size: 182 x 182cm

“Inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt project, the 'FIRE BLANKET' series expresses a desire for comfort and protection that is rooted in our intimate relationship with textiles. Its title refers to the woven fibre-glass blankets used to extinguish fires. Here, the material is used to support a patchwork quilt made from fragments of unwanted clothes, scrap fabric and industrial safety materials, such as reflective strips. This is a gesture of recharging and strengthening an object often deemed to be soft and feminine, converging the social history of quilting with the compositions of hard-edged geometric abstraction. Just as the AIDS Quilt memorialised the lives lost to AIDS-related causes, the artwork seeks to highlight a sense of urgency and emergency around the condition.”

Medium: Charcoal on paper
Size: 50 x 60 cm

“There are men who dislike going to the doctor or feel too embarrassed to seek help. However, they shouldn't be anxious about treatments, especially when they are better than they were in the past. Testicular cancer, for example, is highly curable when detected early. 

If you spot anything at any time or if you have any question or any doubt, go and get it checked out. People shouldn't be afraid to demand the treatment that they are entitled to receive.

Waiting has a price.....”

Medium: Dye sublimation print on polyester with hot seal, curtain rod and curtain brackets
Size: 200 x 140 cm

“Desires III: (disclosure/disinhibition), is a play on the words “home" and "homme," which means male in French. By starting with the domestic sphere, the photographic curtain alludes to a specific location within a home unit: the shower. The self-portrait was taken using a self-timer on a film camera staged in a bathroom. 

He explores the autobiographical aspect of his life through the obfuscation of the body that is synonymous with identity politics. In response to Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's call to "pluralize and specify," the work employs abstraction to demonstrate various modes of existence on the margins. He is able to communicate unauthorized desires and sexuality through an acceptable mode of art: abstraction resists scrutiny and surveillance.”

Medium: Found object and industrial paint
Size: 33 x 13 cm

“In this diverse world, there are multiple genders. Men and women no longer have stereotypical features. The first impression of a man is that he is strong, just like a hammer. Pink is a symbol of femininity. This work "Pink Hammer" expresses that men could have a feminine posture.”

Medium: Black stoneware
Size: 14 x 12 x 26 cm

“In and out: Slip Knot is a ceramic object in the shape of a knot. A line is twisted and looped itself inside, outside and around. A bight penetrates the loop of itself forming an intimate relationship. The cloudy milky glaze covers it to give a luscious feel even though it was turned into a lifeless cold stone.”

Medium: Photography
Size: 100 x 35 cm

“These four images are from Home Alone an occasional and ongoing photography series about the effects of Covid-19 on the mental and sexual health of gay men. To date, the series has focused on the effects of lockdown isolation on loneliness, depression and sex-based risk taking.

Here we see our four subjects alone and homebound by the threat of Covid and the restrictions of a lockdown. In our first image, Kivin simply stares out the window, wondering what will become of him. In the two center images, Nitra checks the gay apps, questioning whether the risk is too much for sex and companionship. Ultimately, in the third photo, he capitulates to sadness and isolation. And in the final image, Ark huddles in his bedroom, looking fearfully at what approaches him.

Each of our subjects appears nude, symbolic of the way threats to everyone’s health reduces us all to our basic self. Gone are job titles, wealth and status. A virus, whether it be HIV or Covid-19, is non-judgmental and only seeks a suitable host. And like our subjects, we all emerge from this pandemic, survivors of a series of risks and consequences.”

Medium: Porcelain
Size: Dimension (for the ceramics) : H2 W1 D1 cm (each) (set of 3 pieces)
Dimension (for the protection) : H6 W3.5 D3.5 cm (covering with glass, acrylic base with stainless nuts and bolts)

“These miniature creatures are inspired by the aesthetic of nature which represents fragility and delicateness, the opposite side of patriarchy that I see as the causes of problems in our society both in public and private spheres. I would like to induce people to pay more attention to the little things in our lives, empathize with others' feelings, and the need to be careful when we interact with each other, just like when we want to interact with these tiny pieces of the ceramic creature.”

Medium: Expanding foam, balloons, liquid latex, acrylic paint, wire, masking tape
Size: 34 x 24 x 34 cm

“Two Lovers, Scorned depicts two phallic objects almost intertwining with each other. It is inspired by the love between marginalised individuals in the LGBTQIA+ Community and people living with HIV. Adorned in visceral textures that some might find grotesque, Two Lovers, Scorned is ultimately charged with a sense of poetry and beauty - love against the odds, solidarity and comfort in a society that denounces queer love and existence. The world hath no courage like two lovers, scorned”

Medium: Multimedia art

“Sexual health for me is closely linked with mental health. As a queer individual growing up in a still quite conservative country like Vietnam, I was ashamed of my sexuality for a long time.

The film, "Bóng Xà Bông", was made in my attempt to explore and understand how the brain works in terms of constructing stereotypes and processing negative information with the focus on news-generated stereotypes of the LGBTQ community in Việt Nam. In this film, I play a gay superhero that uses his first ever queer memory as his super power to burn down the stereotypes."

Medium: Ceramics
Size: Red H 19.6 x D 18 cm | Ochre H 17.5 x D 20 cm

“Venus of My Home was inspired by the ‘Venus of Willendorf’, a small terracotta figurine carved in the shape of a portly woman, with wide hips and large, drooping breasts. Believed to have been created in the ‘Old Stone Age’, it is theorized that the sculpture was a token of worship to a deity of fertility for purposes ranging from agriculture, and sex, to human reproduction. “Venus of My Home” represents the abundance that exists within living humans called ‘mothers’ - with their plump hands and bodies, always so soft and comforting, always calling out to be hugged and touched. We have all experienced unconditional devotion from one woman all our lives - like a life-giving stream of water, or a fertile piece of crop-growing land - which have all coalesced into the spiritual strength that afforded a child the confidence to walk their own paths to maturity.”

Medium: Digital art. Artwork is printed on museum quality fine art paper with Giclée printing.
Size: 40cm x 60cm (without frame) | 54 cm x 75 cm (with frame) 

"I want to illustrate the sexual experience of a casual hook up in one night. Behind closed doors, there’s lust for sex, drugs, and love. In this illustration, I want to show the importance of sexual health through different people’s desires and experiences. Rather than judging, we need to discuss what we can do to help and support our community.”

Medium: Multimedia art

“Nhà Hoang is a journey towards self-healing. The idea primitively came from the creator's childhood fascination with horror movies, and the “haunted” houses in his hometown Da Lat city. During the making of the film, a connection between horror and queer expressions was discovered, specifically society’s impacts on the issues of stigma, discrimination, and alienation within our queer community. The work also reflects his experience with panic attacks during the COVID quarantine, and the effort to “regain breath” during one of the episodes. Lastly, the transformative “death & rebirth” themes of the film hope to show one's courage to demand liberation, and to create their own light at the end of the tunnel.”

Medium: wood, gold, silver and copper leaves, glass beads, electronics (Arduino Uno,
RCWL 0516 microwave radar sensor, WS 2812 RGB LED stripes)

Wall pendant, 95cm (high) x 17cm (wide) x 12 cm (depth)

“The artwork is sensing your body movement and is transforming it into a colorful light show. It is interacting with you and gives you space for self reflection. Can you identify yourself in that light spectrum? Am I feeling monochrome or colorful? Striped or dotted? Am I shining
in rainbow colors, or do I want to shine at all? 

By asking yourself these questions the artwork becomes a tool for self awareness and reflection about your body, your sexuality and in general your relation to yourself and others. We humans tend to know very little about ourselves which makes us vulnerable and susceptible to manipulation. To know what you love, what you desire or hate makes you resilient against all kinds of negative impacts.”



Medium: Ceramics
Size: 80 x 80 x 25 cm

“Another Cup is inspired by the beauty of the diversity of humans. Concave shape of the cup transmitted from the concave part of the body. Various shades of the cup mean the diverse and unique human skin color. The cup is designed to feel the sense of touch, to relieve nostalgia and fill the feeling of warmth that is missing in an era where we have to separate to wait for the day that we will be closer together again.”

Medium: Digital art

“As someone who is half Thai-Swedish, I've been privileged enough to live in both places. The two countries are vastly different when it comes to the approach towards sex. I could never really fit into either culture. Feeling like I’m not sexual enough for the sex-positive west. But too sexual for the timid east, a place where porn and sex toys are illegal. I am stuck in between these two worlds. But as I become more comfortable with my sexuality, I stop comparing myself to others and begin to create an outlook of my own.”

Medium: Stoneware 1,120 c oxidation
Size: W21.5cm X L32.5cm x H41.5cm

“I was inspired to describe the state of body and soul. The cycle of death was born in Buddhism. Let's compare and combine the idea of a container in ceramic work, which is like a body to wrap up. The same spirit that swirled into a new vessel or body could not be chosen. Still have to live through a love story. Change through time, tradition, culture, belief, era and social context.

Human worth and judgment right thru to love through gender. On the outside, I think we can differentiate between genealogical sex and sexual orientation under love. I think that when we look through this vessel deeply we see  into the essence of humanity.

It is the spirit of love for one another that is important and that all human beings have equal rights and make the world a better place, rather  than discrimination, stigmatization, racism, hatred or material values.”

Medium: Digital art

“Every individual can struggle with their sex, gender and identity. It can be physically, emotionally, psychologically, socially, and/or spiritually.

One factor can cause issues to other factors, such as physical struggles can lead to psychosocial struggles and vice versa. Social factors can cause psychological struggles and, in turn, cause physical and social struggles. All of these struggles can lead to drug use, seeking for intimacy, love and acceptance in the world outside and the virtual world, seeking adjustment and support from medical providers, seeking release and safe spaces in different places-- be it in the right place or the wrong place.

That’s why we have to identify these issues, raise awareness, and offer solutions to break this vicious cycle of sexual mental well-being of the global population.”

Medium: Mix (Bottle, wire, paper, dry wall, clay, resin, prep pill, light)
Size: 20 cm x 10 cm

“Preptaca is a sculpture inspired by pre-colonialist art in South America. Its name comes from the combination of "Huitaca" and Prep medicine. Huitaca is the goddess of arts, dance and music, witchcraft, sexual liberation, and the Moon for the Muisca indigenous group in the Andes region. Preptaca aims to look at sexual health as something to cherish and understand that sexual health should have been on our minds from the earliest of times.

Prep, as the only medicine we can take as a prevention for HIV, becomes a symbol of hope, and in my opinion, something that should be from easy access to everyone in need. As a South American gay man living in Thailand, I have been blessed with the chance to demystify sexual health controls and appreciate how advanced Thai society is regarding this topic, compared to my home country Colombia. This sculpture also symbolizes an urge for this matter and the request to international entities to make it a fact for all of South America.”

Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 100 x 100 cm

“Atonement is based on the old Thai story “Lilit Pralor” (ลิลิตพระลอ) about a throuple who are killed by villagers because they have a different idea of love. The artist reimagined this story using 3 gays to tell the same story with a new perspective, to represent the judgement faced by LGBTQ+ people nowadays.”

Medium: Digital Art
Size: 960 x 1200 px

“Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, we are all forced to stay inside our home and reflect on our life and relationships. We then slowly embraced what’s there to feel and experience beyond the usual and we became more in tune into what are the things that keep the fire burning deep within ourselves despite the seemingly remote world we live in.”

Medium: Acrylic paint and collage
Size: 80 x 60 cm

“This work is deeply personal and speaks to the intristic link between sexual & mental health. As a self-portrait painted of a body always under the scrutinity of sex, my sexuality, and my own internal processes, my vulnerability is exposed. My own anxieties and chemical imbalances have profoundly impacted my sexual health over the years. Incorporating medical packets, and using symbolic items to layer my background grew in me a feeling of being more empowered. As a queer, bipolar woman, it has taken time to come to a place of acceptance. I feel proud now to present this queer, chemically-imbalanced body, though the use deep symbolism; layers upon layers and vulnerability.”

Medium: Digital art/printed on archival photographic paper
Size: 68 x 68 cm

“Playing on the phrase 'Colour Blind', this is digital collage of 7 people in an intimate tangle representing an ideal of all-encompassing acceptance of gender, race, sexual preference and other socially constructed classifications that separates us as individuals. It also nods at the idea of 6 degrees of separation - we are all interconnected and looking after ourselves sexually means looking after others too. It always takes (at least) two to tango.”

Medium: Porcelain, PM 12 gold , underglaze ceramic colour, clear glaze coating high temperature.
Size: 12 x 14 x 27 cm

“The delicacy ceramic art “Ora” was made from well-chosen porcelain clay heating in a kiln at temperatures between 1,200-1,250. “Ora” comes with a white translucent body and shiny gold color aimed to represent the concept of “Happiness comes from within” , showing the difference between individuals leads to the authentic beauty of uniqueness. “Ora” can be considered as any character not limited by eyesight depending on the imagination of each watcher, no definition, no limitation. it is neuter that you can feel the happiness and peace when you look at “Ora”.”

Medium: Peach pigment, peach flesh, peace peels on canson paper 
Size: 120 x 180 x 2 cm

“In Vietnam, work with flowers and plants is considered  “women’s work”; moreover, in Vietnamese traditional painting, women are often tied to flowers and plants. In order to challenge the roles of women in society, I use materials such as flowers, leaves, fruits, and vegetables to examine the cultural link between women and nature, and reclaim portrayals of women in social conditions where Asian women often cannot raise their voice, especially in the aspect of sex manifests. As the theme of Pulse Award mentioned, “We often talk about sex in very simplistic ways”, this line of inquiry has been important for me as a Vietnamese woman in modern society.”

Medium: Photography/printed on archival paper
Size: 76 x 58 cm

“The almost identical images follows the format of a simple children's puzzle to lighten (and subvert) the taboo topic that is sex and sexual health. It invites interaction with the viewer and specifically requires them to focus on the objects in the foreground consisting of various items including clothing, sex toys and sexual health products. The blurred scene in the background is almost a non-issue. So how many differences can you spot?”

Medium: Charcoal and gold marker on paper
Size: 32cm (W) x 41.4cm (H)

“My best friend had been struggling for many years and passed away in 2020 due to HIV complications. He could be cured earlier and enjoy the rest of his life, but he wasn’t lucky enough. The grief has made me think a lot about life. 

Even though life is as complicated as a maze, we can always find our way out through love and care. The body portrayed in the middle reflected a sense of struggles, sorrowful and regretfulness. It could be anyone who used to suffer, mentally or physically, and try very hard to look for an answer. The free and expressive outline of the nude contrasted to the maze reflected the reality, which is happening day-to-day basis, life is always juggling between oneself and the environment, but if we could love ourselves more, and care for others who’s in need, we’ll be able to find the peace and cure.”

Medium: Photography
Size: 51 x 41 cm (3 pieces)

“Life partners, Best friends, Hook-ups: This is the LGBTQI+ experience. Each of the images here is one of those three, but which is which? And does it matter? Pushed out of the “normal” of what relationships should be, those in the LGBT community learn to navigate our own way in life, love, and sex. From random Grindr hookups to lifelong loves... a kiss is still a kiss.”

PULSE Chroma 2022 - Art Exhibition Celebrating Diversity, Inclusivity and Social Well-being

In tribute to Pride Month this June, PULSE is excited to launch the biggest event to celebrate diversity and equality of life.

KinkyBKK - PULSE Kinky Month | PULSExhibiton by PULSE Clinic & PULSE Gallery

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PULSE Chroma 2022 - Art Exhibition Celebrating Diversity, Inclusivity and Social Well-being

In tribute to Pride Month this June, PULSE is excited to launch the biggest event to celebrate diversity and equality of life.

KinkyBKK - PULSE Kinky Month | PULSExhibiton by PULSE Clinic & PULSE Gallery

KinkyBKK is an event initiated by PULSE Clinic and PULSE Gallery to raise awareness on sexual well-being for global community in Bangkok.

PULSE Chroma 2022 - Art Exhibition Celebrating Diversity, Inclusivity and Social Well-being

In tribute to Pride Month this June, PULSE is excited to launch the biggest event to celebrate diversity and equality of life.

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Terra Incognita (Untold)

Bodybuilders Duet Under Moonlight

JUX+HUMYN

can you give me a memory I can use?

Blind you from the truth