Thai Mainhard (b. 1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an abstract painter based in Los Angeles. Her paintings are emotional landscapes—fragments of lived experience reassembled through color, gesture, and form.

Through layered gestures and chromatic tension, Mainhard invites viewers into an open dialogue with her paintings—works that resist fixed interpretation and instead activate the imagination. By engaging both memory and perception, her canvases become spaces where personal reflection and collective experience intersect.

Solo and Group Exhibitions

2025

SHAZAR GALLERY, WHALE JUMP, solo show, Milan IT

Future Fairs, solo booth with SHAZAR GALLERY, Manhattan, NY

2024

GILMAN CONTEMPORARY, OFF THE GROUND solo show, Sun Valley, ID

LANOUE GALLERY, 20TH ANNIVERSARY group show, Boston, MA

ARTE SANTANDER ART FAIR, Shazar Gallery, Spain

2023

OVER THE INFLUENCE, SHADOW BOXING group show, Los Angeles, CA

LOBSTER CLUB, FRIEZE WEEK group show - Los Angeles, CA

The Graham Residence - Featured Artist - Joshua Tree, CA

SOHO HOME STUDIO, featured artist - Los Angeles, CA

SHAZAR GALLERY, solo show - Naples, Italy

SWAB art fair, duo booth - Shazar Gallery - Barcelona, Spain

PORSCHE x BACKDROP x DWELL magazine feature - October 2023

LOBSTER CLUB group show - Mexico City, Mexico

LOBSTER CLUB group show - Los Angeles, CA

2022

LOBSTER CLUB, group show - Los Angeles, CA

Peripheral Vision, solo show, GLASS RICE - San Francisco, CA

Gilman Contemporary 15th anniversary exhibition, group show - Sun Valley, ID

Lanoue Gallery featured exhibition - Boston, MA

Bounce (BACK), solo show, Fairfax Dorn Projects - East Hampton, NY

MERGING STREAMS, group show, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary - Los Angeles, CA

LA Art show, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary - Los Angeles, CA

PUZZLE, Roman Sviridov Gallery, Milan, Italy

Interactions, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

A Place To Land, Solo Show, Roman Sviridov Gallery, Milan

Problem-Solver, Solo Show, Launch F18, New York, NY

Impressions Of Her, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA

LA Art show, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

West Bund Art & Design, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Shanghai, China

The Space Between You And I, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

PAINTING NOW, Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim, Germany

Education

Univercidade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Industrial Design 2008

Shasta College, Redding, CA - Associates in Studio Arts 2015