Angkrit
Ajchariyasophon was born in Chiang Rai in 1976. He is the founder of
Angkrit Gallery (2008-2016) in Chiang Rai and ARTIST+RUN (2006-2021) in
Bangkok. Formerly an independent curator, he currently resides in Suphan Buri,
where he enjoys gardening and pursuing his artistic endeavors.
Initially, Ajchariyasophon was drawn to the meaning, scope, and value of art.
He experimented with various media and methods of expression, as exemplified by
the exhibitions "Faces of Thai" (2001) and "Chiangmai Cultural
Cell" (2002). His artwork explored the complexities of identity and
culture, culminating in exhibitions like "The Perfect English
Gentleman" (2006).
Following the 2006 coup, Ajchariyasophon's focus shifted to examining
political change, contemporary conditions, and the intricacies of perception.
He presented his insights through paintings and photographs in exhibitions such
as "The Elusive Memories" (2013), "Constant Uncertainty"
(2013), and "Shades of Red" (2017).
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ajchariyasophon's artistic
exploration has centered on the experiences of uncertainty and change at
individual, societal, and environmental levels. He aims to create an
unrestricted artistic process, allowing space for time, living things, and experiences
to be filled with the unexpected. This approach fosters open forms of working
and learning through various painting techniques and site-specific
installations.
อังกฤษ อัจฉริยโสภณ
ANGKRIT AJCHARIYASOPHON
Chiang Rai, Thailand,
1976.
Lives and works in Chiang Rai, Suphan Buri, Bangkok.
ADDRESS : 456 Moo 5 Tambon Sam Chuk, Sam Chuk District, Suphan Buri 72130
Tel +669 9454 5955, Email: angkrit@gmail.com
STUDIES
The Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours (BFA(Hons)) (Painting) Faculty of Fine
Arts Chiang Mai University
M.A (Hons) (Media Arts)The School of Media Arts and Design, Chiang Mai
University
SOLO SHOWS
2018 -ARTIST+FUN STUDIO, Charoen Krung 24, Bangkok, Thailand
- Angkrit Gallery Bangkok, Speedy Grandma, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 -Shades of Red, Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 -Nice Meeting You : 1000 Rainbows, Mirai Market, Rikuzentakata, Japan
-“Present Tense :
nopastnofuturenoperfectcontinuou”, Schemata Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 -“Constant
Uncertainty”, 338OIDA Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
-“The Elusive
Memories”, RMA Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2010 -"Brightness of the past, Vagueness of the Present", GALLERY
point-1, Okinawa, Japan 2009 -“12
hrs : relation in time 2009,” Mo Rooms, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2008 -“Paradise
Thailand,” People Space, Bangkok, Thailand
-“Cultural Waste”, Rai
Mae Fa Luang Museum, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2005 -“AAAAAAA,” 9Art
Gallery/Architect Studio, Chiang Rai, Thailand
-“Archetype,” Akko
Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2003 -“We Love
Panda,” [sight-seeing], Umong Silppadhamma, Chiang Mai, Thailand
-“Once upon a time...in
the future,” Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2002 -“Chiangrai My
Town,” Nostalgia, It’s cool
Café, Chiang Rai, Thailand
-“Chiangmai Cultural
Cell,” 4 Temples & CMU Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2001 -“Faces of
Thai,” 9Art Gallery/Architect Studio, Chiang Rai, Thailand
1997 -“No Junk
Mail,” Otago Polytechnic Studio, Dunedin, New Zealand
SELECTED GROUP
SHOWS
2024 -Seven Of
Pentacles: Forest In Progress (2024-2026), Isan Calling,
Art On Farm 2024, Jim Thompson
Farm, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Sinking and the Paradox of Staying Afloat, 333
Gallery (5 Oct-3 Nov, 2024), Bangkok, Thailand
-พระ เด็ก ศิลป์ ปราชญ์ มอด A
Monk, a Child, an Art, a Philosopher, a Weevil (15
June -1 Sep 2024 at 1984+1 Gallery
Suphanburi Thailand
2023 - Panic World, Panic Room, DC Collection (10 Mar-30 Apr, 2023) Chiang Mai.
2022 -The Sanctuary, ‘Natasha’, Singapore Biennale 2022, Singapore
2021 -Art For Air, Jing Jai Warehouse, ChiangMai, Thailand
-Messages, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA BANGKOK),
Bangkok,
Thailand
2019 -Jincheon Art Exchange at Jincheon Craft Museum, Jincheon, South
Korea.
-Introspective by Saturdays Painters, ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok
2018 -The Thick Lines Between Here And There, Owen James Gallery, New York
-Asking Permission, Cartel Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 -Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, Heads or Tails? Uncertainties and
Tensions
in Contemporary Thailand
2016-“Contour” Numthong
Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2015-“Small
Works” ArtBridge ChiangRai, Thailand
-“Weatherproof” WTF
gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
-“Art From
The Dhamma” Faculty of Buddhist Arts Maha Chulalongkorn
Monastic College, Art Bridge, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2014-“Tribute to Thawan
Duchanee” ArtBridge, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2013 -“Dialogue the
promise” (Thailand – Singapore)”CMU Art Museum,
Chiang Mai, Thailand
-“A Tale of
Two Cities”, Jingjai Market, Chiang Mai, Thailand
-“ArtBridge
ChiangRai 1st”, ArtBridge ChiangRai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
-“Thresholds:
Contemporary Thai Art”, SUNDARAM TAGORE, New York.
2012 -“Welcome to Baan
Dragon Okinawa”, Gallery Point-1, Okinawa, Japan
-“Thai
Trends from Localism to Internationalism”, Bangkok Art and Culture
Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
-“Cut Thru
- A View on 21st Century Thai Art”, ICA Gallery 1, LASALLE College
of the Arts, Singapore
2011 -“Light Space Project
2011”, Gallery SeeScape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
-“Gold
Fieber”, SNO Gallery, Sydney, Australia
-“RAW” Numthong
Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
-“Chiang
Mai Fest 2011” 3 Kings Monument, Chiang Mai, Thailand
-“DIALOGUES”,
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok,Thailand
2010 -“Return Ticket:
Thailand-Germany”, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre,
Bangkok,Thailand
-"20/20 TWENTY-TWENTY”, Bangkok Art and Culture
Centre, Bangkok,Thailand
-“Imagine
Peace”, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok,Thailand
2009 -"Portraits of the King... The Art of Iconography", Bangkok Art
and Culture
Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 2008 -"Traces of Siamese
Smile:
Art+Faith+Politics+Love," Bangkok Art and
Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 -“Gentleman
Simulacra,” Future of Imagination 4, Singapore
-“Identity
Thieves,” Gallery 4a - Asia-Australia Art Centre, Sydney, Australia
2006 -“The Perfect English
Gentleman,” Platform, Queen’s
Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand -
“Soi
Project,” Thai Art Festival, Paris, France
-“Yoshitomo
Nara+graf A to Z,” Hirosaki, Japan
-“Temporary
Art Museum Soi Sabai,” Rajata Art House, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 -“Soi
Project,”[Representation] Yokohama Triennale 2005, Yokohama, Japan
2004 -“Welcome to Soi
Sabai-Thailand in August,” Graf Media GM.,Osaka, Japan -
“Here&Now,” About
Studio/About Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand
2003 -“Tiger's eye: ASSORTED
ASIAN TIGERS,” proud camden gallery in London,
England
RESIDENCIES
2015 -Rikuzentakata
Artist in Residence Program 12 Nov-28 Dec, 2015, Rikuzentakata, Iwate,
Japan
2004 -Sorfinnset Skole, The Nordland Project, Norway
-Aesthetics Community, Par Pai Village, Chiang Mai,
Thailand
2003 -The International Art Center, Alliance Francaise, Bangkok, Thailand
2002
-International Artist Camp“Tradition
to Modernity” [Katahanegara-Kedah DarulAman], Malaysia 2001
-Luegen Museum, Gantikow-Kyritz, Berlin, Germany
1997 -Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Dunidin, New Zealand
SELECTED CURATORIAL
• Co-Curator) “ART ON FIRE”, 8-30
Mar 2025, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre(BACC), Asvin Cultural and
Contemporary Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
• และ วันที่ 8 -
30 มีนาคม 2568 ณ พื้นที่ศิลปวัฒนธรรมร่วมสมัยอัศวิน
• ( Asvin Cultural and Contemporary Art
Space ), Thailand
• (Co-Curator) “The Open
World” Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai 2023, 7 Dec, 2023 - 30 April, 2024,
Chiang Rai, Thailand
• “PLAY IN PROGRESS” by Thaiwijit
Puengkasemsomboon x Nophand Boonyai at nobly PLAY, 15 Sep -24 Nov, 2022
Bangkok, Thailand.
• “EVOLUTION” by Picket Klunchun
Dance Company at nobly PLAY, 22 Apr-28 Aug, 2022 Bangkok, Thailand.
• (Co-Curator) “Sawang Sawai Siwilai” at Siwilai
at Central Embassy, 30 Apr - 30 May, 2022 Bangkok, Thailand.
• “Painting X” at XSpace, 25 Aug - 5
Nov, 2021 Bangkok, Thailand.
• "ONE GENERATION PLANTS THE TREES,
ANOTHER GETS THE SHADE" at Warin Lab Contemporary July 15 - September 15,
2021 Bangkok, Thailand.
• “เฮ็ดในสิ่งที่เซื่อ” at Central the Original Store, 24 June- 25 July,
2021 Bangkok, Thailand.
• “ปั้นดิน เขียนรูป ในบ้าน Sculpting
Painting At Home” at ATT19, 20 Oct - 29 Nov, 2021 Bangkok, Thailand.
• “Old but New, New but Old” at
Chinese Mension at Lhong1919, 18 Aug - 24 Oct, 2021 Bangkok, Thailand.
• “Light Beings” 6 Feb-20 Mar, 2021
at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “SOLITUDE” 7
Nov-20 Dec, 2020 at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “Eternity
Village” 11 July - 9 August, 2020 at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “The Leftover Curated by Rirkrit
Tiravanija” 18th January - 14th March, 2020 at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok
• “สีของดิน ศิลป์ของดี” at
Art Bridge Chiang Rai, 9 May - 7 June, 2020 Chiang Rai, Thailand
• “Accidental Beauty” 30 Nov - 20
Dec, 2019 at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “One Ton” 10 Oct - 9 Nov, 2019 at
ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “Introspective: What We Paint About
When We Talk About Painting” 21 - 28 Sep, 2019 at ARTIST+RUN,
Bangkok, Thailand
• “SHADOW ON
THE SUN” 3 AUG - 7 SEP, 2019 at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “No.60” May 18th - June 8th, 2019
at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “The Intangibles of Emptiness” 12
January - 14 February, 2019 at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “Intangible Journey” at Affinity
Art Gallery, 4 May - 26 June, 2019, HongKong
• “FLY Dance Performance and Movement
Exhibition” 18-19 Oct, 2019, Chang Theater, Bangkok, Thailand.
• “Khai Maew X : Kalaland 7th-22nd
November, 2018 at ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “กายวิภาคของความเงียบ Anatomy of Silence” 24 Nov - 7 Dec,2018 at
ARTIST+RUN, Bangkok, Thailand
• “Jincheon Art and Craft
Museum” October 2019 at Jincheon Art and Craft Museum Jincheon, South
Korea
• “The Thick Lines Between Here and There
: Co-curated by Keith Schweitzer & Owen Houhoulis” October
25 - December 8, 2018 at Owen James Gallery NYC
• “Parallel” 19 Aug- 10 Sep 2018 at
ARTIST+FUN STUDIO, Bangkok, Thailand.
• ARTIST+FUNPAVILION:’WHENINDOUBTPAINTRED’ 27-29July2018,atARTIST+FUNSTUDIO,
Bangkok, Thailand.
• “Glories of Greyscale”, 16 Jul - 25
Aug, 2018 at Tadu by Thaiyarnyon, Bangkok, Thailand.
• “WE CREATE MIRACLE FROM WHAT WE
ARE” 12 Jan-27 Feb, 2018 at Chang Chui Bangkok, Thailand