CHANIDA VORAPHITAK
Born in 1982, Chanthaburi, TH Lives and works in Bangkok
Chanida’s practice ranges from intricate paintings, compositions of subjects in complex interlocking environments to bombastic moving images, wearables and surrealistic interactive worlds. Beginning with her childhood fascination with story books, tales of characters and journeys told from children’s story books to mangas and series, her work expands on the attraction to the craft of a character’s development and the illustrations which echoes the worlds in which they are created.
Anthropomorphize animals from the dawn of stories takes contemporary forms in worlds of her building. Not only does her characters embody the systems and sets of truths of their believes but so does Chanida, living out and play testing various truths of being in the world, from politics of terraforming, exploitative capitalism to conspiracy led pseudo-sciences. The believes are embraced and practiced drawn from news reel, online articles, chance encounters, and her experiences with her child. A deeply curious and whole heartedly earnest exploration of present circumstances, her practice is a lived manifestation of the cacophony of believe systems, causes and effects played out in a deceptively lighthearted and vivid lives of her characters and the world around them, a marriage of timeless tales and contemporary existence.
Education
2003 BA (Fine And Applied Arts), Bangkok University, Bangkok, TH
Intensive workshop
2015 Wonder Workshop by Lucy Sarneel, Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
2016 Ma-terial Workshop by Sayumi Yokouchi, Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
2017 Two Sides- One Story Workshop by Daniela Malev , Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
2023 PROTECTION Workshop by Caroline Broadhead , Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
Solo exhibition
2025 PASSCODE , THE PROPHECY, 33ml Offspace, Shanghai, China
2024 PASSCODE , THE DARK DAY, BANGKOK CITYCITY GALLERY, Bangkok, TH
2022 Dance of Death, River City Bangkok, Bangkok, TH
Selected exhibition
2025 TempleF(Air), The Warehouse, Talad-noi, Bangkok, TH
2022 Creature is, The Standard Hua-hin, Prachupkirikan, TH Add to Art, The IconSiam, Bangkok, TH
2021 Home is Empowering You, MOCA Museum , Bangkok, TH 2019 Modern Love, Reno Hotel, Bangkok, TH
Puzzled City collaboration with No Service and Kim Laughton,
Siam Center, Bangkok, TH
2018 Museum of me (MOME), Emporium Department Store, Bangkok, TH
Let’s Talk Art, Emporium Department Store, Bangkok, TH
CHANIDA VORAPHITAK
Born in 1982, Chanthaburi, TH Lives and works in Bangkok
Chanida’s practice ranges from intricate paintings, compositions of subjects in complex interlocking environments to bombastic moving images, wearables and surrealistic interactive worlds. Beginning with her childhood fascination with story books, tales of characters and journeys told from children’s story books to mangas and series, her work expands on the attraction to the craft of a character’s development and the illustrations which echoes the worlds in which they are created.
Anthropomorphize animals from the dawn of stories takes contemporary forms in worlds of her building. Not only does her characters embody the systems and sets of truths of their believes but so does Chanida, living out and play testing various truths of being in the world, from politics of terraforming, exploitative capitalism to conspiracy led pseudo-sciences. The believes are embraced and practiced drawn from news reel, online articles, chance encounters, and her experiences with her child. A deeply curious and whole heartedly earnest exploration of present circumstances, her practice is a lived manifestation of the cacophony of believe systems, causes and effects played out in a deceptively lighthearted and vivid lives of her characters and the world around them, a marriage of timeless tales and contemporary existence.
Education
2003 BA (Fine And Applied Arts), Bangkok University, Bangkok, TH
Intensive workshop
2015 Wonder Workshop by Lucy Sarneel, Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
2016 Ma-terial Workshop by Sayumi Yokouchi, Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
2017 Two Sides- One Story Workshop by Daniela Malev , Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
2023 PROTECTION Workshop by Caroline Broadhead , Atelier Rudee, International Academy of Contemporary Jewelry, Bangkok, TH
Solo exhibition
2025 PASSCODE , THE PROPHECY, 33ml Offspace, Shanghai, China
2024 PASSCODE , THE DARK DAY, BANGKOK CITYCITY GALLERY, Bangkok, TH
2022 Dance of Death, River City Bangkok, Bangkok, TH
Selected exhibition
2025 TempleF(Air), The Warehouse, Talad-noi, Bangkok, TH
2022 Creature is, The Standard Hua-hin, Prachupkirikan, TH Add to Art, The IconSiam, Bangkok, TH
2021 Home is Empowering You, MOCA Museum , Bangkok, TH 2019 Modern Love, Reno Hotel, Bangkok, TH
Puzzled City collaboration with No Service and Kim Laughton,
Siam Center, Bangkok, TH
2018 Museum of me (MOME), Emporium Department Store, Bangkok, TH
Let’s Talk Art, Emporium Department Store, Bangkok, TH