Surajate Tongchua

Surajate Tongchua (b 1986, Thailand) is currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He graduated from the Department of Print Making, Faculty of Fine Art at Chiang Mai University in 2010. Tongchua’s practice focuses on social power relations that affect state structure (the Organic crisis). Such critical concepts and philosophy of praxis challenge the existing world view, inviting the audience to step away from seeing under the common perception’s filter. His conceptual enquiry, which is based on cross-disciplinary knowledge, art, social science, political science and government, has informed his work over the past decade. Tongchua’s work reflects sharply on the political situation in Thailand by leaving traces of contention in the field of thought.

Tongchua is interested in contemporary art, conceptual art and installation art, resulting in most of his works utilising multimedia and techniques depending on the issues and content expressed. He applies a strategy of incorporating ready-mades or converting the material into another dimension to openly describe current social phenomena. Alongside his career as an artist, Tongchua lectured at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University from 2011-2015, and co-founded the Bubble Art Space in Chiang Mai in 2018, with the aim of reinforcing participatory and socially engaging art within the site. He is also on the committee for The Land Foundation, which was founded by fellow artist Rirkrit Tiravanija.

Maryanto

Maryanto (b 1977, Indonesia) is an Indonesian artist who creates black and white paintings and installations that examine socio-political structures through the depiction of landscapes. His work often explores the impact of technological development, industrialisation, pollution, and resource exploitation on the natural world.

Maryanto graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art, Indonesia Institute of Art, Yogyakarta in 2005, and completed a residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 2013. Maryanto has presented solo exhibitions at Yeo Workshop, Singapore (2017 and 2015); Art Basel Hong Kong, Discoveries Section (2016); the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam; ArtAffairs, Amsterdam; and Heden, Denhaag (2013). He has also recently participated in notable group exhibitions at the Koganei Art Spot Chateau, Tokyo (2018); the Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide; the Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju; the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (2017); the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2015); and the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam (2013). Maryanto has also been featured at international biennials such as the 2nd Industrial Biennale, Labin, Croatia (2018); the Setouchi Triennale, Naoshima, Japan (2016); the Jakarta and Jogja Biennales, Indonesia (2015); and the Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia (2013). Maryanto lives and works in Yogyakarta.

Maryanto is represented by Yeo Workshop, Singapore.

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