Shyama Golden opening
Merging figuration with mythology, creating dreamlike worlds that blur time, history, and identity—this week sees us open our solo exhibition with Shyama Golden.
The title of the show “Too Bad, So Sad, Maybe Next Birth” refers to a saying
Shyama’s parents would use when an event would go differently than planned, and
it reflects her meditation on fate, agency, and the continuous cycles of life.
These works revolve around this idea of reincarnation, with Maya, her masked
alter ego, reappearing across different eras and identities, exploring Shyama’s
metaphorical past lives.
Shyama draws from Sri Lankan folklore, Kolam theatre, and personal memory,
where past and present collapse into one. Through recurring symbols, masked
figures, and historical echoes, Shyama explores the tension between personal
agency and external forces–culture, fate and the collective unconscious–that
shapes who we become.
The exhibition will feature paintings, masks and a video installation. The
video instillation is being created collaboration with Paul Trillo.
Shyama’s work has been featured on covers for The New York Times, LA Times, and
Netflix Queue. Aside from a major solo show at Harpers (NYC), Shyama has
exhibited at many internationally reputed galleries, such as Jeffrey Deitch
Gallery (NYC and LA), Trotter & Sholer in NYC, Kunsthal n (Netherlands) and
the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka. We are now able to officially
announce that one of Shyama’s works has been acquired by the LACMA.
64 (Shyama Golden)
Private View: 22nd May, 2025, 6–8pm
Exhibition: 23rd May–01st July, 2025
PM/AM, 37 Eastcastle Street, London W1W 8D
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