SHOWCASE
/ ARTIST / 2026
| ARTIST: | ITSARA GUONG |
| COUNTRY: | Thailand |
| CONTACT: |
https://www.instagram.com/itsara.guong/ |
| Hello, my name is Guong. I am an independent artist and character designer from Thailand. I am the creator of MBO, an original character IP featuring unique monsters inspired by imagination, personality, and emotions. Through art toys, illustrations, and storytelling, I aim to build a world where every character has its own story and connects with people in everyday life. | |
hellty
This piece began with a simple question: Every workplace has a break time—but what about Hell, or the Abyss? Would there be a place to rest there as well?I imagined Hell as just another workplace. Despite its chaos and endless labor, even its inhabitants deserve a moment to pause, relax, and escape from their daily routines.
The painting captures the break time of a fictional tribe called Hellty. The name combines “Hell” with “ty” from the word “Party,” creating “Hellty.” Coincidentally, it also sounds like “Healthy,” a contrast that I found both ironic and playful.
Adding to the humor, the Hellty tribe’s staple diet consists mostly of fast food. While their name echoes the idea of good health, their eating habits suggest the exact opposite. Through this playful contradiction, the work invites viewers to imagine Hell not as a place of endless suffering, but as a strangely familiar world where even demons need a coffee break.
first light
The incubation stage is the first moment of stepping into the outside world—a time surrounded by love, care, and the hopes of those waiting, all believing that a beautiful life lies ahead.
intervention
As the world advances, we may no longer be imprisoned by walls, but by the systems that slowly make us forget what freedom truly means.
the devourer
Humanity has always sought to control the unknown, believing that every mystery can be understood, contained, and used. Yet the moment we become convinced that we hold absolute control is often the moment everything begins to fall apart.The creature in this painting is not merely a monster, but a reflection of the consequences born from human ambition. As the boundaries between curiosity and obsession dissolve, our greatest creations may ultimately become the very forces that overwhelm us.
Perhaps the greatest threat is not the unknown itself, but the illusion that we have already mastered it.
Polar Party
This piece was created as a celebration of Christmas, capturing the warmth, joy, and festive spirit of the holiday season.
moonmamen
When ego grows beyond measure, the mind rises higher while the self remains grounded. Eventually, they become strangers to one another.
WIS FASTIVAL
This painting reimagines the cemetery not as a place of sorrow, but as a place of celebration. As night falls, the spirits emerge from their graves to gather, share a picnic, and enjoy one another’s company.While the living often associate death with grief and endings, perhaps, from another perspective, it is simply another beginning—a place where memories endure and joy continues to exist beyond life itself.
By turning a space of mourning into one of warmth and togetherness, the work invites viewers to reconsider whether death must always be accompanied by sadness.
UCHIYU
40 * 40 cmMedium : Acrylic on Canvass
