b. 1991, Bangkok
lives and works in Bangkok
SAROOT SUPASUTHIVECH
Saroot Supasuthivech employs a multifarious research approach to reimagine a range of localities, merging chronologies and perspectives. The artist not only looks toward geographical and political facts, but also takes into account the ways specific sites are situated and depicted in memory and discourse. Reacting to popular and official narratives, he examines the corruption of our histories and the dissolution of our identities. Ritual also emerges as a particular window of insight for the artist he delves into ancient traditions and notes their waning relevance, inspecting the current through a lens of the past.
The process of reassemblage is not only thematic, but also aesthetic and experiential. In Supasuthivech's practice, the moving image transcends simple aesthetic or documentary dimensions. The artist constructs a complete sensorial experience, often combining installation, image, and sound to conjure the intagible aura of a socio-historical location.The resulting works evoke an intensely sensorial hyperreality: a fluorescent cast envelops his works, heightening sensations of the corporal. These reassembled sites seem mystical, as if apparitionally unearthing a range of marginalized oral histories and buried memories. An aura of the sacrosanct imbues Supasuthivech's works: in studying the ritualistic, his artistic practice seems to form a rite in itself, offering a ceremony of remembrance.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 If I can make one wish..., Nova Contemporary, Bangkok. Thailand
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Passages, NTU CCA. Singapore
2022 Art Basel Hong Kong 2022, Discoveries Section, Hong Kong
Sawang Sawai Siwilai, Siwilai City Club, Bangkok. Thailand
2021 Absence・Evidence, 絕對空間Absolute Space for the Arts. Exhibition online
Where I’m Coming From, inventory platform. Exhibition Online
VIDEO INSTALLATION INSPIRED BY THE BIRTH OF CINEMA IN SIAM, Thai Film Archive(Public Organization). Bangkok. Thailand
2020 ᘐ (Qi), Nova Contemporary. Bangkok. Thailand
2019 Footnotes on Institution, Gallery VER. Bangkok. Thailand
2018. ThaiTai Re-conversation: Based on True Story. About Photography. Bangkok. Thailand
2017 EARLY YEARS PROJECT #2. Bangkok Art & Culture Centre. Bangkok. Thailand
Awards
2017 EARLY YEARS PROJECT #2 prize winners as selected by the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre
Residency Programmes
2023 SEA AiR – Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian Artists in the EU Cycle 2 : Residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin
2018 ThaiTai Re-conversation: Based on True Story : Art & Culture exchange Bangkok-Taiwan
Lintas-Batas : Art & Culture exchange Bangkok-Perak
Screening
2023 WINDOW DISPLAY : Phantom Horizons, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Germany
2022 The S.E.A Focus Official Fringe Programme at Projector X. Singapore
2021 Watch and Chill: Streaming Art to Your Homes, MMCA. Korea, M+. Hong Kong, MCAD. Philippines, MAIIAM. Thailand
Collections
Singapore Art Museum (SAM)
MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum