Wit Pimkanchanapong
Wit Pimkanchanapong | Thailand b.1976 | Test installation (detail) for Cloud 2009, Gallery of Modern Art | Site-specific work for APT6 | Photograph: Ray Fulton
b.1976 Bangkok, Thailand
Lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand
Trained in architecture, Wit Pimkanchanapong applies his interest in space and design to a diverse practice that includes animation, video, installation, and commercial graphics and display. With an ongoing interest in mapping, distortion and repetition, his works often take the form of spatial objects or landscapes — urban, sonic, constructed or imagined. As an artist, he is inspired by the possibilities of working with everyday materials such as paper, wire and clips, to create powerful and often interactive environments. Pimkanchanapong’s recent works have drawn audiences into the creative process, enhancing accessibility and generating an active understanding of contemporary art and its role in public space. Pimkanchanapong’s many collaborations — including the Fat Music Festival, Bangkok, and Soi Project, an ongoing ‘laboratory’ bringing together artists and practitioners from a range of disciplines — have broadened his artistic reach and encouraged a level of experimentation. For APT6, he will create a site-specific installation that responds to and transforms the dramatic interior spaces of the Gallery of Modern Art.
Exhibitions (solo): National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003. Exhibitions (group): Singapore Biennale, Singapore, 2008; Sharjah Biennale, United Arab Emirates, 2007; ‘Animated Painting’, San Diego Museum of Art, United States, 2007; Yokohama Triennale, Japan, 2005. http://web.mac.com/witpim/wit2009
Video
View Wit Pimkanchanapong’s artist talk from the APT6 Opening weekend (part 1 of 2) (part 2 of 2)
Installation photography
APT6 | Wit Pimkanchanapong | Cloud 2009
