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Great Hall Exhibition Series Fall 2026

About Tith Kanitha

Portrait of the artist in front of a white wall.
Tith Kanitha, photograph by Keo Chhornlyly.

TITH Kanitha (b. 1987, Phnom Penh, Cambodia) received her BA in Interior Design from the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh. Recent solo presentations include Cycle of Life at SNA Arts Management, Phnom Penh (2026), Living in Coiled Time at Art Basel Paris (2025) with ROH Projects, and Moel Knong មើលក្នុង at A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur (2023). Major group exhibitions include the Hawai’i Triennale (2025); the Busan Biennale (2024); the 58th Carnegie International (2022); the 7th Singapore Biennale (2022); SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2017); and Rescue Archaeology: Contemporary Art and Urban Change in Cambodia, ifa Berlin / Stuttgart (2013). She has undertaken residencies at the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam) and SA SA BASSAC (Phnom Penh), among others. In addition to other collaborations with Cambodian film production company Anti-Archive, Tith has also directed two short films, Boding (2014), and her forthcoming film, Crab. Tith’s work is held in museum collections internationally, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Thailand; and FRAC Poitou-Charentes, France.

Previous Work

Large white wooden panels with abstract black charcoal drawings laid out on low floor risers.
Studio presentation, Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, 2021. Installation view. Courtesy the artist and Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten.
Art gallery room featuring a metallic wire sculpture on a wooden tripod, a hanging wire sculpture, and a grid of small paper drawings on the wall.
Kanitha Tith: Moel Knong (មើលក្នុង), 2024. Installation view. Courtesy the artist and A+ Works of Art.
Immersive gallery installation recreating a domestic living room with a suspended pink hammock, small table, television, and photo-covered wall inside a wooden frame.
Hut Tep Soda Chan, 2011/2017. Mixed-media installation, dimensions variable. Installation view, Singapore Biennale 2022: Natasha Courtesy the artist and Singapore Art Museum.
Sculpture featuring a hollow white rectangular pedestal draped with flexible woven wire mesh extending onto the floor.
Instinct Series #14, 2017. Hand coiled wire, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and SA SA BASSAC.
High-angle overhead view of a city street intersection with a beige sedan, motorbikes, pedestrians, and street vendors.
Still from Boding, 2014. Digital video, color, sound. 9 minutes. Courtesy the artist.
Spacious art gallery exhibition featuring wall-hung wire sculptures, flat printed panels on a wooden floor, and a large black abstract canvas.
Living in Coiled Time, 2025. Installation view, Art Basel Paris, ROH. Photography by Andrea Rossetti. Courtesy of the artist and ROH Projects.
Art gallery featuring a low tiled floor platform with subtle drawings and delicate wire sculptures hanging along white walls.
58th Carnegie International, 2022. Installation view. Photography by Sean Eaton. Courtesy the artist and Carnegie Museum of Art.
Balcony view framed by ornate green architectural ironwork looking onto a white exhibition wall with delicate wire sculptures.
Living in Coiled Time, 2025. Installation view, Art Basel Paris, ROH. Photography by Andrea Rossetti. Courtesy the artist and ROH Projects.
Desolate sandy ground with dark cracked earth, sparse vegetation, industrial pipes, and a person walking in the far distance.
Still from Crab, 2026. Digital video, color, sound. Courtesy the artist.