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My work is a way of coping with extreme emotions and extreme human experiences. It's a way to alleviate and build tension at the same time. - Thai Mainhard
Brazilian born painter Thai Mainhard's intuitive and expressive abstract paintings externalize her relationship to the world we inhabit. With a practice that harnesses her own raw and immediate need to create, Mainhard’s work is fraught with tension, yet has a harmonic energy. Each abstract painting combines expressive mark making with dense blocks of color exploring the opposing forces that make up our lives. In her artistic methods, Thai Mainhard encounters human nature, exploring happiness, frustration, surprise, connection, spirituality, and overall thinking processes. Each of her works is emotional; it is a lush expression of her inner jungle. Mainhard analyzes human senses and tries to relieve unseen tension through intuitive methods, contrast color choices, catchy brushstrokes, and chaotic markings. Going through a deep internal process, the artist creates an artwork that represents human nature’s fragility and opposes it to the robustness of emotions and feelings.
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Thai Mainhard
New Works 23 August - 30 September 2025Thai Mainhard is an abstract painter based in Los Angeles, California. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, her work is deeply rooted in human experiences, emotional tension, and personal memory. Through dense color palettes and loose, expressive mark making, Mainhard explores the interplay between the tangible and the intangible, the spiritual and the material.Read more -
Thai Mainhard
Off the Ground 1 May - 14 June 2024In Thai Mainhard’s exhibition Off the Ground vibrant, frenetic colors are collaged, painted, and drawn onto canvases that show a sense of composition and experience. Born and raised in Rio...Read more -
Deck the Walls
Group Exhibition 11 December 2023 - 24 January 2024Each December/January Gilman Contemporary celebrates the diversity of the artists they bring to Sun Valley with their group exhibition, Deck the Walls . This dynamic group show teases upcoming feature...Read more -
Thai Mainhard
Harmonic Tension 20 January - 21 February 2023Brazilian born painter Thai Mainhard's practice harnesses her own raw and immediate need to create. Each abstract painting combines expressive mark making with dense blocks of color exploring the opposing...Read more
