short biography
Pratchaya Phinthong (b. 1974, Ubon Ratchathani/Thailand) lives and works in Bangkok. He produces Internet projects, communication projects, actions. His projects are often constructed in a dialogue between the artist and the others. He builds a setting, a fiction or a process and proposes to his audience a story with several paths. A journey into the past combined with subjective perceptions. Pratchaya Phinthong has participated at the Gwangju Biennale 2016; 2nd CAFAM Biennale, Beijing 2014; 12. Triennale Fellbach Kleinplastik 2013; 9th Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre 2013; Taipei Biennial, Taipeh 2012; Singapore Biennale 2006, amongst others. He studied at College of Fine Art Bangkok; at Silpakorn University Bangkok; and at Städelschule Frankfurt with Tobias Rehberger.
galleries
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20. Jul 29. OctHow Many Worlds Are We? The Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok °
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16. Oct 19. Mar 2023Singapore Biennale 2022 Singapore Biennale
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17. Sep 20. Nov17. ISTANBUL BIENNALE 2022 Istanbul Biennial
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09. Sep 12. Feb 2023UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. Place-Making in Southeast Asia Weserburg Bremen
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27. May 18. SepVulnerable Critters La Casa Encendida, Madrid °
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14. May 16. JulPratchaya Phinthong. The Organ of Destiny gb agency, Paris
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06. Dec 30. Apr 2022Staple: What’s on your plate? Jameel Arts Centre Dubai
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25. May 20. SepMy Body Holds Its Shape Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
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07. Feb 15. FebDhaka Art Summit 2020 Dhaka Art Summit (DAS), Bangladesh
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29. May 06. OctVIENNA BIENNALE FOR CHANGE 2019 VIENNA BIENNALE
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29. May 06. OctHysterical Mining Kunsthalle Wien
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02. Mar 19. Apr₡ U R ₹ € ₦ ₢ ¥ NOME Berlin
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31. Aug 28. OctAbsurdity in Paradise Kasseler Kunstverein
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26. May 22. JulHARSH ASTRAL. THE RADIANTS II Halle für Kunst Lüneburg
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17. Mar 28. AprPratchaya Phinthong. A whole from a different half gb agency, Paris
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30. Sep 05. NovArt Encounters 2017. Life A User's Manual Art Encounters Biennial, Timisoara
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20. Sep 07. Jan 201814th Biennale de Lyon 2017 "Floating Worlds" La Biennale de Lyon
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05. Jul 23. OctSUNSHOWER. Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now The National Art Center, Tokyo °
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05. Jul 23. OctSUNSHOWER. Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
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18. Mar 11. JunSoil and Stones, Souls and Songs Para Site, Hong Kong
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23. Dec 12. Feb 2017Proposals to Surrender Shanghai Ming Contemporary Art Museum
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14. Sep 05. NovAnywhere But Here Betonsalon + Villa Vassilieff, Paris
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09. Sep 31. DecIn the Belly of the Whale Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
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06. Sep 04. DecSoil and Stones, Souls and Songs Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila
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02. Sep 06. Nov11th Gwangju Biennale 2016 "The Eighth Climate (What Does Art Do?)" Gwangju Biennale
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27. Aug 08. Jan 2017Wir nennen es Ludwig. Das Museum wird 40! Museum Ludwig Köln
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19. Apr 21. MayTobias Rehberger presently neugerriemschneider, Berlin
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05. Mar 19. JunGutes böses Geld. Eine Bildgeschichte der Ökonomie Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
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21. Nov 28. Feb 2016Time of Others SAM Singapore Art Museum
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27. Oct 14. Feb 2016Camera of Wonders Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
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11. Oct 13. DecThe Stratagems of the Intellect (Les ruses de l'intelligence) Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux
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28. May 18. JulPratchaya Phinthong: Who will guard the guards themselves? gb agency, Paris
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11. Apr 28. JunTime of others Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT)
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27. Sep 11. Jan 2015Soleil politique. The museum between light and shadow Museion, Bozen/Bolzano
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20. Sep 16. NovThe Ultimate Capital is the Sun - Metabolismus in Kunst, Politik, Philosophie und Wissenschaft NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin '
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02. Jul 05. JulSHOW US YOUR DREAMS Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw '
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28. Feb 20. Apr2nd CAFAM Biennale CAFA Art Museum, Beijing.
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30. Nov 19. Feb 2014ZACHARY FORMWALT / PRATCHAYA PHINTHONG KIOSK / KASK Ghent
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22. Nov 26. Jan 2014Pratchaya Phinthong. a piece that nobody needs lothringer13, München
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08. Nov 02. Feb 2014and Materials and Money and Crisis MUMOK Wien
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13. Sep 10. Nov9th Mercosur Biennial 2013 Mercosul Biennial Porto Alegre
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26. Jul 01. SepPratchaya Phinthong. Broken Hill Chisenhale Gallery, London
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23. Jun 29. Sep12. Triennale Fellbach Kleinplastik 2013 Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach
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14. May 06. Jan 2014In the Heart of the Country. The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw '
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14. Apr 14. JulUnited We Stroom, Den Haag
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29. Sep 13. Jan 2013Taipei Biennial 2012 Taipei Biennial
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15. Sep 01. DecWhen Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes CCA Wattis, San Francisco
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13. Sep 09. DecPratchaya Phinthong. sleeping sickness La Criée, Rennes
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08. Sep 03. NovPratchaya Phinthong gb agency, Paris
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08. Jul 10. NovExplorers Musée de l´Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Ville des Sables d´Olonne
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04. Jul 19. AugDIMENSIONS VARIABLES Institut d´art contemporain / Frac Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne
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07. Jun 29. JulMount Fuji does not exist Frac Ile-de-France / Le Plateau Paris
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12. May 29. JulIt is what it is. Or is it CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
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23. Mar 17. JunHow to Make - Ideen, Notationen, Materialisierungen Kunsthaus Dresden
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15. Feb 22. AprNew Museum Triennial 2012 New Museum, New York
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15. Dec 26. Feb 2012The Feeling of things Frac Ile-de-France / Le Plateau Paris
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15. Oct 11. DecUntil it makes sense Kadist Paris
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12. Jun 28. AugHow to Work (More for) Less Kunsthalle Basel
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27. May 24. JulPratchaya Phinthong. give more than you take GAMeC Bergamo
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16. Apr 12. JunPapier avec Lune Le Quartier, Quimper
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27. Mar 22. MayHow to Work Kunsthalle Basel
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15. Jan 01. MayA serpentine gesture and other prophecies Frac Lorraine, Metz
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05. Dec 19. Feb 2011Pratchaya Phinthong. Give more than you take CAC Brétigny
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02. Oct 14. NovLexposition lunatique Kadist Paris
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17. Jun 19. JunLa monnaie vivante / The Living Currency / Die lebende Münze HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin
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10. Jun 26. SepPERMANENT MIMESIS. An Exhibition on Realism and Simulation GAM Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin °
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05. Sep 10. OctPratchaya Phinthong What I learned I no longer know; the little I still know I guessed gb agency, Paris
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16. Jan 07. MarPaper Exhibition Artists Space, New York
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04. Sep 12. NovSingapore Biennale 2006 Singapore Biennale
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05. Nov 22. DecPetites compositions entre amis 3 gb agency, Paris
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15. Jul 13. AugPratchaya Phinthong: Missing Objects The Art Center - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
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26. Feb 06. JunJust do it! LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz
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29. Jan 26. FebWE LOVE AMERIKA Jan Winkelmann / Berlin
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27. Nov 12. DecFIN - AbsolventInnen der Städelschule Städel Museum, Frankfurt
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23. Oct 23. Jan 2005Taipei Biennial 2004 Taipei Biennial
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17. Sep 28. OctRENDEZ-VOUS 2004 macLYON