Kusofiyah Nibuesa lives in Pattani, one of Thailand’s three southernmost provinces often referred to as the red zone. Her childhood memories revolve around local market visits with my mother. She witnessed the beauty of human connections and unity within diversity, but came to realize that outsiders may perceive things differently. A painful experience from a trip to Bangkok eight years ago, where she encountered stereotypes, ignited her passion to showcase genuine harmony among people of various races and beliefs through vibrant marketplaces. As an insider, she utilizes paper-cutting, printmaking and stenciling techniques to celebrate overlooked lives and challenge prevailing narratives with the marketplace as her primary canvas.
