ESTELLE TCHA

The core of Tcha’s practice is the concept of cyclicality; where eastern philosophical thought shapes her inquisitive views on “value” and “connectivity” in the human experience. Hereon, Tcha masters the evolution of spaces: where energy deviates between flowing movements and emptiness reimagines new pathways. When desired, Tcha also dapples beyond the plane into experiential forms of art through fashion, video, and game design.

<Moon Dance, Oasis (2023)> draws upon the human desire to connect, celebrate, hope and desire, a human closeness that was sought for during the 2019 pandemic. It is an extended continuum from her previous series, where horse figures are utilized as a metaphor for human energy and soul. Here, each figure comes together in harmonious motion, exuding a sense of freedom and individuality while remaining part of the collective whole—a testament to the power of community and shared experience. The series borrows thought from “Samsara”, the six ways or realms of reincarnation. Unlike its prior , each painting introduces colour as each soul is imagined to be imbuing unique hues as it absorbs energy, experience and engagement.

What are you letting your soul soak in, for it to become yours? How do we choose, or surrender to, the influences of the physical world? How does physicality feed and in turn saturate the soul? As work exceeds beyond the tangible reality, Tcha’s evolving expressions blossoms into a universal message of “oneness”.

Text courtesy The Columns Gallery.