Jakkai Siributr: There’s no Place

January 30, 2026 – May 23, 2026
Canal Projects

351 Canal St
New York, NY

A series of colorful textile rectangles with various texts and illustrations embroidered on them hang from a white gallery ceiling.
Jakkai Siributr, There’s no Place, 2020-present installation shot from the Whitworth, The University of Manchester. Courtesy of the Artist & Flowers Gallery. Photo: Michael Pollard.

Jakkai Siributr, There’s no Place, 2020-present installation shot from the Whitworth, The University of Manchester. Courtesy of the Artist & Flowers Gallery. Photo: Michael Pollard.

Bringing together both monumental and intimate hand-stitched works, There’s no Place, a solo exhibition of large-scale textile installations by Jakkai Siributr, explores Thailand’s political and social histories, personal narratives of grief and remembrance, and the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation at Canal Projects expands upon Siributr’s ongoing investigation into collective storytelling through textile and participation, creating a space where personal and communal histories are interwoven through acts of care and collaboration.

At the center of the exhibition is There’s no Place (2020–present), an ongoing collaborative embroidery project that began in the Koung Jor Shan Refugee Camp on the Thailand–Myanmar border. The project invites participants from around the world to contribute stitched reflections on home, displacement, and belonging. As a collective act of making, There’s no Place builds connections between communities through shared labor, empathy, and storytelling.

Siributr’s practice draws from both private and collective experience, translating contemporary Thai social realities into works that oscillate between personal testimony and historical record. His textile assemblages—often made from uniforms, clothing, and domestic fabrics—become memorials to resilience, protest, and healing.

Throughout the run of the exhibition, Canal Projects will host a series of free public embroidery workshops designed by the artist. Building on the participatory nature of There’s no Place, these workshops invite visitors to contribute their own stitched reflections to the evolving textile work. Jakkai Siributr will lead sessions during the opening weekend, followed by local artists who will continue facilitating the project throughout the exhibition’s duration.