A Year In The Ground

Eiko Soga
Natchapol Sripetch
Thyme Neelaphanakul
6.4.2025 - 8.5.2025

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"A Year in the Ground," a group exhibition that explores the profound connection between environmental cycles and the human experience. This exhibition brings together the perspectives and approaches to the rhythmic nature of life by three artists: Eiko Soga, Natchapol Sripetch, and Thyme Neelaphanakul. The featured works include video, photography, and installations that invite viewers into an intimate relationship with the material and subject that each of the artists encounters. "A Year in the Ground" is not just an exploration of the natural world but also offers a glimpse into how we hold the memory of all that has passed and continues to nourish what is to come…..
_Mary Pansanga

About the artist:

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Eiko Soga is a UK-based Japanese artist, working with moving images, photography, poetry, and installation. Through her interdisciplinary projects, she explores the relationship between emotional and natural landscapes within the more-than-human world. She has completed her practice-led PhD, titled ‘Felt Knowledge: Ecologising Art and Samani Ainu Cooking’ at The Ruskin School of Art in Oxford in 2023.

Eiko has been showing her art works internationally in exhibitions including Pitt Rivers Museum and Modern Art Oxford in Oxford, the Ethnographic Museum in Switzerland, the Ichihara Art Museum in Japan, and IKON Gallery in Birmingham. She is currently a Randall MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Fine Art at University of Oxford.

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Natchapol Sripetch is a photography-based artist who explores ephemeral surroundings. His attentive gaze is reflected in images that capture the transformations happening around him. His practice goes beyond simply capturing the moment; his approach to post-processing is a key element of his photography. Natchapol examines themes of fragility, life, and decay to explore the interactions and relationships between humans and their environment at specific moments.

Natchapol Sripetch has received distinguished awards, including the "Young Thai Artist Award" in the photography category in both 2019 and 2022. Additionally, he received a special mention for the "Next Generation Art Prize" in Singapore in 2021.

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Thyme Neelaphanakul is an artist whose work celebrates the organic beauty of nature, particularly flowers, plants, and natural materials. She has always been attuned to the rhythms and cycles of nature, drawing inspiration from the subtle patterns of flora and the textures of materials found in the wild. With no formal training in art or flower arrangements, she views the process of creation as a simple extension of nature’s beauty that surrounds us. Rather than relying on structured techniques or rigid concepts, her work flows from an intuitive connection to the materials and elements found in the world around them.
Thyme Neelaphanakul is widely recognised for her artistic contributions under the name Blue in Green.

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Poster design: Theetat Thunkijjanukij

Installation: Paraform Studio

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