Piyarat Piyapongwiwat

Born in 1977, Prae, Thailand. Piyarat graduated with BFA (Hons) from Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier Agglomération, Montpellier, France (2010) and BA (Communications) from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (2000). Piyarat works with various media include video, text, photograph, mix-media etc. Piyarat’s work usually engage her own interest including other sciences, humanities, social science, political philosophy and other contemporary issues, for example, gender, sub-culture, culture exchange and globalization etc. Some of Piyarat solo exhibition includes messages from no where to no where at Lyla Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2015), TRANCE at Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand (2014), Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? at Angkrit Gallery, Chiang Rai, Thailand (2013), Queerness at Toot Yung Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand (2012). Piyarat also participated in several group exhibitions: The Second China-ASEAN Biennale at ASEAN Cultural Centre Hall SquareNanning, Guangxi, China (2016), 7th Yangon Photo Festival at Institute Français de Birmanie, Yangon, Myanmar (2015), Joyful Khaen Joyful Dance at Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand (2014), Swimming in Sand, Planting Rice Under an Umbrella at No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (2014), RADIATION: Art and Queer Ideas from Bangkok and Manila, Un-Compared at The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2014), ANTHROPOS - Singapore: Navigating Human Depth in Thai and Singapore Contemporary Art at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore (2013), Thai Trends from Localism to Internationalism at Bangkok Art & Cultural Centre, Bangkok, Thailand (2012), City of Angels/Identity Crisis at Gallery 59 Rivoli, Paris, France (2011), Quinzinzinzili at FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France (2010) etc.