2025.3.26[水]_ 2025.3.30[日]
b. 1983, Bangkok, Thailand / Lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand
Education:
2016 – 2018 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London
2012 – 2013 MFA Computational Studio Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London
2011 – 2012 Design and Technology, Parsons The New School for Design, New York
2008 – 2009 Diploma of Audio Engineering, SAE Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
2002 – 2007 Bachelor of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Group Exhibitions:
2025 ‘Structured Visions III’, Cartel Artspace, Bangkok, Thailand
2025 ‘The Thai Ceramic Society International Exchange 2025’, Art and Culture Building,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2024 ‘A Million Little Odd Things, the Last Promise, and One Big Picture’,
The Art Centre Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2024 ‘SURIN’, TARS Unlimited, Bangkok, Thailand
2023 ‘OH Lala!’, Pulse Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2023 ‘ALL IS PRETTIER: PART II ARRIVAL’, 100 Tonson Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand
2023 ‘Say Each Word’, Cartel Artspace, Bangkok, Thailand
2022 ‘Together We Draw’, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings, UK
2021 ‘Future Tense’, The Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 ‘Sommut’, Bridge Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 ‘Inside Out’, Townsend, online curatorial platform, NY, USA
2020 ‘Speedy Grandma Centennial’, Speedy Grandma, Bangkok, Thailand
2020 ‘Doomsday’, WTF Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2019 ‘Spectrosynthesis II’, Bangkok Art & Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2019 ‘Apcom 3rd Hero Awards 2019’, Netherlands Ambassador’s Residence, Bangkok, Thailand
2019 ‘Guessing Game’, Front of Ku Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
2019 ‘How Come You Never Go There’, 310 NX Road, London, UK (two-person exhibition)
2018 ‘Queer Art(ists) Now’ And What? Queer. Arts. Festival, Archive Gallery, London, UK
2018 ‘Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Degree Show 2018’, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2018 ‘Rituals: ink, oil, cotton, and thread’, Nova Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2018 ‘Conspiracy of The Real’, Tenderpixel, London, UK
2017 ‘Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Open Studios’, Deptford X, London, UK
2015 ‘Inside the Machine’, Soy Sauce Factory, Bangkok, Thailand
2014 ‘Heat Wave’, Speedy Grandma, Bangkok, Thailand
2014 ‘Hotel Art Fair 2014’, Farmgroup, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 ‘Nowhere 2013’, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2013 ‘Goldsmiths Computing EXPO’, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2012 ‘Siamese Connection: 3012’, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, US
2012 ‘Spring Fair’, Parsons The New School for Design, NYC, US
2011 ‘A Strange Sense of Calm’, Botanic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
2010 ‘Within These Walls: Everything might be ok, all about Thai’, BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 ‘ICHIGOICHIE’, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo, Japan
2021 ‘BOYSHOW’, Townsend, online curatorial platform, NY, USA
2019 ‘The Package’, Gallerie SmArt, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 ‘YES’, Cartel Artspace, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 ‘Contemplation#1:(Re)verse’, TARS Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 ‘American Forrest’, Messy, Bangkok, Thailand
2011 ‘Do 😀 d: (See)’, Nospace Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Publication:
2024 ‘ความทรงจําของย่าน ที2ซุกซ่อนอยู่กับงานศิลปะ ใน ‘SURIN’ นิทรรศการที2อยากเชื2อมทรงวาดเข้ากับพลังแห่งศิลปะ’, Ground Control
(Mar 2024)
https://groundcontrolth.com/blogs/surin-tars
2022 Matthew Hunt, ‘10th April’, Dateline Bangkok (Jan 2022)
https://blog.matthewhunt.com/2022/01/future-tense-imagining-unknown-future.html
2020 Mika Pekkola, ‘Syrjivistä rakenteista huolimatta seksuaalisuuden ja sukupuolen monimuotoisuus
loistaa kirjavana Kaakkois-Aasiassa’, Voima (Nov 2022)
https://voima.fi/artikkeli/2020/syrjivista-rakenteista-huolimatta-seksuaalisuuden-ja-sukupuolien-
monimuotoisuus-loistaa-kirjavana-kaakkois-aasiassa/
2020 ‘Thailand faces an incomprehensible future in many ways’, APCOM, (Aug 2020)
https://www.apcom.org/thailand-faces-an-incomprehensible-future-in-many-ways/
2020 Oat Montien, ‘ไตร่-ถามความเควียร์ ที2ไม่ได้มีดีแค่ ‘แปลก’ ในนิทรรศการ LGBTQ+ ที2ใหญ่ที2สุดในเอเชีย’, the Momentum,
(Jan 2020)
https://themomentum.co/spectrosynthesis-ii-exposure-of-tolerance-lgbtq-in-southeast-asia/
2020 Window Magazine Thailand Issue 01 2020
2018 Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, ‘Southeast Asian rituals, interpreted’, Bangkok Post, (May 2018)
https://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/art/1475393/southeast-asian-rituals-interpreted
2017 Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, ‘The Woes of the Yes Man’, Bangkok Post, (August 2017)
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/1307651/the-woes-of-the-yes-man
2017 ‘Global Terroir: Bangkok’, LaBelle Revue #7, (May 2017)
2016 ‘CONTEMPLATION #1: (RE)VERSE’, art4d, (April 2016)
http://art4d.com/2016/04/contemplation-1-reverse/
2015 Kaona Pongpipat, ‘Moments, machines and man,’ Bangkok Post, (July 2015)
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/630768/moments-machines-and-man
2014 Tour The Coast Issue – Rainy Season 2014
Awards:
2011 Graduate Dean’s Scholarship, Parsons The New School for Design
Residencies and Workshops:
2025 Art Center Ongoing (January – April 2025), Tokyo, Japan
2018 Studiolog (January 2018), Hochschule Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
2017 Studiolog (online)
https://studiolog.ch/
2016 Artist talk and mentorship, Communication Design, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand