BIO
I am Pitchapa Wangprasertkul, a Bangkok-based multidisciplinary artist. I graduated from the Faculty of Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University with a major in Advertising and a minor in Psychology. I was first introduced to performance art at the age of nineteen when I was selected as one of the facilitators for The Abramović Method during the Bangkok Art Biennale in 2018. Through this experience, I witnessed how deeply audiences could connect with an artwork. Since then, I have continued to develop my artistic practice.
My practice often begins with personal memories, experiences, and observations of daily routine, including my experiences in corporate workplaces. Then, I expand these starting points by connecting them to the social contexts and investigating how economic systems and political structures shape these everyday behaviours, especially in urban environments. As a result, my work reframes ordinary actions, whether workplace routines or domestic chores, from new perspectives, inviting audiences to question whether what we perceive as “normal” has been shaped by social conditions beyond individual control.
Most of my works are durational performances, lasting between one and eight hours. By placing my body in physically and mentally demanding situations, such as performing inside a glass box, a wardrobe, or a pillow installation, I explore how these prolonged actions challenge the human capacity to endure and adapt over time, reflecting the ways people continuously adjust their lives in order to survive under harsh conditions. Recently, my practice has expanded beyond performance into installation, found objects, and textiles. I see these objects as evidence of adaptation, carrying traces of survival, labor, and contemporary ways of living.
Group Exhibitions
2020 - King of the Playground, Body Politic: Out of Picture Durational performance,Galleries' Night Bangkok 2020, Bridge Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 - Breath, Breathing, Breathe, the 'From PM2.5 to zero Digital Roadshow campaign, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 - How Much of Blue, Unmuted Project, FreeArts, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 - I Love my Job, Friday Night Right: Why our movement matters by Amnesty International Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
2021 - From the Sky, Flip Art Project, MOS Museum of Something, Bangkok, Thailand
2021 - 1245-1167, Skip School Exhibition by Inskru, Satriwittaya School, Bangkok, Thailand
2021 - Hello Stranger, The City and The City: Mapping from home, BIPAM and Tokyo Festival Farm, Turner Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - Free Time, Galleries Night Bangkok 2021 festival, Bridge Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
2022 - Be A Good Girl, Save point exhibition 2022, Kinjai Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2022 - The Standard, Bangkok Art Biennale 2022 Chaos: Calm, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2023 - The Glass Human, The City & The City: Fool's Garden and the Glass Human, BIPAM, Art4C Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2023 - Until Nothing Left, EXILE-BITION, Shrine of Goddess Tubtim, Bangkok , Thailand
2023 - Light As Feather, Asiatopia International performance art festival, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2024 - Like water, Indonesia Bertutur, Tonyraka Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
2024 - I love my job: performance residue, Objects, NOIR ROW ART SPACE, Udon Thani, Thailand
2024 - I will be there, I am here, and I was there, undisclosed territory #14: “Exploring Ancient Civilizations: the Evolution of Rasa”, Studio Plesungan, Central Jave, Indonesia
2024 - The Barricade, Asiatopia: Know that you are loved, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok , Thailand
2025 - Things left to forget & Things that Stay, Early Year Project#8, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2025 - If the shoes fit, The Abyss Is Calling The 20th Anniversary Exhibition of Gallery VER, Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand
2026 - The Standard, Mothering/Unmothering, Triangulum Booth 33, Art Fair Philippines 2026 Circuit, Makati, Philippines
2026 - The Past That Won't Stay Past, with Akila Subiyakto, Fakafei, Bangkok, Thailand
2026 - Please Come Visit My Country & Please Come Visit My Body, Το ΟΧΤΩ, Athens, Greece
2026 - Tea Time, Live Action 21: After Auschwitz, Gothenburg, Sweden
2026 - To Show You That I Care, Live Action 21: After Auschwitz, Gothenburg, Sweden
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Don't Cry at Work, Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand
Recidencies
2026 - Methone Residency Programme, organised by BACC and Phenomenon, Methoni, Greece
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EDUCATION
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2021
-Advertising and Public Relations, Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Awards & Grants
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2025
-Grant Recipient, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Thailand Selected as one of three artists awarded for outstanding work in the final exhibition of Early Years Project #8.
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2026
-One of the 100 honourees on Koktail magazine’s Future List
WORK EXPERIENCE
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2018
-Docent of Bangkok Art Biennale 2018: Beyond Bliss, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok
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2018
-Facilitator of The Abramović Method by Marina Abramović in 'A Possible Island?', Bangkok Art Biennale 2018: Beyond Bliss, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok
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2020
-Docent of Bangkok Art Biennale 2020: Escape Routes, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok
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2021
-Junior Creative Art Director at Choojai and Friends
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2023
-Creative Art Director at CJWORX
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2025
-Creative Art Director at LeoBurnett Thailand