Prapat Jiwarangsan

Prapat Jiwarangsan (b.1979,Bangkok) I am a visual artist from Thailand. I have a strong background in interdisciplinary art and research. I was trained in ceramics and glassmaking, but after studying at London's Royal College of Art, I have shifted my artistic practice to focus on fine arts. In my creative explorations, I usually incorporate a variety of media, especially photography and video, in order to investigate and represent the relationships between history, memory, and politics in Thailand—particularly in relation to the theme of migration. In the past four years, I have researched and developed a practice that explores the experience of migrant workers outside of their home countries. I see my work as a platform for artist, viewers and migrant workers to communicate and learn from each other.

My installations have appeared in Bangkok, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Gwangju while my videos have screened at international film events such as Canada’s Images Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Experimenta India, and Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival. Between 2012 and 2015, I worked as a full time lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University. Currently, I am an independent artist, and...

2011 MA. Royal College of Art, London.

2009 MFA. Visual Art, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang,Bangkok Thailand.

2002 B.A. Interior Architecture, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang,Bangkok Thailand.

Solo Exhibition
2019 “Destination Nowhere”, Gallery Ver Project Room, Bangkok, Thailand.
2018 “Nocturnal Flowers”, Seescape Gallery, Chiang mai, Thailand.
2016 “Asylum seeker: the pond and the fireflies, The Jam Factory, Bangkok,
Thailand.
“Dust under feet” Corner Art Space, Seoul, South Korea.
2015 “The three-colored pond and the point of firefly”
BaanSuanPaiLom,Chiang Mai,Thailand.
2014 “In the asylum garden”, Kunstverein Baden, Austria.
2012 “I will never smile again” WTF gallery, Bangkok.

Group Exhibition
2020 “Vantage Point Sharjah 8”, The Sharjah Foundation, United Arab
Emirates.
2019 “Every Step in to the Right Direction”, Singapore Biennale, Singapore.
“Blackout”, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Kunsthal
Rotterdam, Netherland.
“Blackout”, Greylight, Brussels, Belgium.
“Blackout”, Ambica P3, London, UK.
“Beyond the Final Frontier”, S.A.C. Subhashok The Arts Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
“Concept Context Contestation: Art and the Collective in
Southeast Asia” The Secretariat, Yangon, Myan...