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Korakrit Arunanondchai

Born in 1986 in Bangkok, Korakrit Arunanondchai received his BA in Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design and MA in Fine Arts from Columbia University, New York. He uses video, painting and performance to engage with subjects such as history, self-representation, and cultural dislocation. Through a variety of styles and media, his work seeks to find common ground between Western and Thai cultural narratives, belief systems and artistic practices. His work has been widely exhibited and has been acquired by numerous collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art; SMAK, Ghent, BE Museion, Bolzano, IT Fondation Louis Vuitton; K11, Hong Kong/Shanghai/Beijing.
Born in 1986 in Bangkok, Korakrit Arunanondchai received his BA in Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design and MA in Fine Arts from Columbia University, New York. He uses video, painting and performance to engage with subjects such as history, self-representation, and cultural dislocation. Through a variety of styles and media, his work seeks to find common ground between Western and Thai cultural narratives, belief systems and artistic practices. His work has been widely exhibited and has been acquired by numerous collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art; SMAK, Ghent, BE Museion, Bolzano, IT Fondation Louis Vuitton; K11, Hong Kong/Shanghai/Beijing.

Korakrit Arunanondchai creates serialized video-installations within a loose series titled Painting with History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names. In his latest work (made in collaboration with Alex Gvojic and boychild) for Future Generation Art Prize 2019 he transforms the title to No History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names, where No History refers to a shifty way in which unrecorded histories shape reality. The stories of ghosts and spirits are examples of these shadow histories, which affect society in the present time. The video takes the rescue mission of 13 kids that were stuck in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand last year, as a central focus to examine how the force of propaganda, spirituality, Royal History storytelling, Cold War politics in Southeast Asia and localized beliefs come together to create a new myth of representation for everyone to believe and take part in.

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