Faculty and Network
Our Lecturers
Our faculty comprises esteemed scholars, active curators, and international art professionals. They bring a wealth of expertise from across the global art landscape, guiding students through the complexities of contemporary curatorial practice.
Advisors
Professor Rirkrit Tiravanija
AdvisorBorn in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija is widely recognized as one of the most influential artists of his generation. Winner of the 2005 Hugo Boss Prize awarded by the Guggenheim Museum. He is on the faculty of the School of the Arts at Columbia University, and is a founding member and curator of Utopia Station.
Gridthiya Gaweewong, D.F.A
AdvisorGridthiya Gaweewong co-founded Project 304, a Bangkok based independent art organization since 1996. She curated Apichatpong Weerasethakul's The Serenity of Madness at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiangmai, and served as curatorial team for Imagined Borders, the 12th Gwangju Biennale. She is artistic director of the Jim Thompson Art Center.
John Cruthers
AdvisorJohn Cruthers is one of Australia's most respected art advisers and private curators, chair of Sheila: A Foundation for Women in Visual Art and director of 16albermarle Project Space in Sydney. He assembled the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, gifted to the University of Western Australia in 2007.
Faculty Lecturers
Professor Kamol Phaosavasdi
Programme DirectorKamol Phaosavasdi is renowned as one of the forerunners of Thai conceptual, installation and video art. He has participated in exhibitions held worldwide in Asia, Australia, Europe and USA. He participated in the 50th Venice Biennale, Italy. He completed his MFA from Otis/Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, USA.
Associate Professor Pornprapit Phoasavadi, Ph.D.
LecturerPornprapit Phoasavadi received a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington, Seattle. She is an associate professor of Thai traditional music at Chulalongkorn University. She co-authored "From Bangkok and Beyond: Thai Children's Songs, Games, and Customs" and published "Music of Nan Province."
Assistant Professor Prapon Kumjim, D.F.A
LecturerPrapon Kumjim is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Chulalongkorn University. He completed an MFA degree in Multidisciplinary practice from Glasgow School of Art, Scotland and received his Professional Doctorate DFA degree in Media Arts from RMIT University, Melbourne.
Assistant Professor Sirithorn Srichalakom, D.F.A
LecturerSirithorn is a choreographer, instructor, and curator at the Dance Department, Chulalongkorn University. She has worked closely with Patravadi Mejudhon at Patravadi Theater. She currently curates community art projects such as CHULA Art Town and CHULA Art Park aimed at empowering the community around the campus.
Assistant Professor Haisang Javanalikhikara, D.F.A
LecturerHaisang graduated Doctor of Fine Art from Chulalongkorn University. She has been a full-time lecturer since 2019 as well as a director of the faculty's gallery and creative space called Art4C. She is a founder and editor-in-chief of a multimedia e-magazine called Teleaesthetics.
Guest Lecturers
The programme also offers students the opportunity to learn from many prominent curators and artists both within Thailand and from abroad. Some of the guest lecturers include:
Professor Apinan Poshyananda, PhD
Guest LecturerProfessor Dr. Apinan Poshyananda is a former Permanent Secretary and Acting Minister, Ministry of Culture, Thailand. He has curated international art exhibitions in Asia, Europe, USA and Oceania including the 1st and 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial and served as Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Bangkok Art Biennale.
Professor Li-Hsin Kuo
Guest LecturerProfessor Li-Hsin Kuo is a distinguished academic and curator with expertise in contemporary art and curatorial practices across Asia.
Professor May Adadol Ingawanij, PhD
Guest LecturerMay Adadol Ingawanij is a writer, curator, and teacher. She is Professor of Cinematic Arts at the University of Westminster where she co-directs the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM). She features in ArtReview's 2021 Power 100.
Professor Patrick D. Flores, PhD
Guest LecturerPatrick Flores is Professor of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines and Curator of the Vargas Museum in Manila. He was the Artistic Director of Singapore Biennale 2019 and curated the Philippine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2015.
Professor Shin Nakagawa, PhD
Guest LecturerProfessor Dr. Shin Nakagawa is a distinguished scholar with expertise in contemporary art and cultural studies, contributing to the discourse on curatorial practices in Asia.
Professor Thanes Wongyannava
Guest LecturerProfessor Thanes Wongyannava is a noted academic with extensive knowledge in art history and curatorial practice, contributing significantly to the field of contemporary art in Thailand.
Assistant Professor Kasem Phenpinant, PhD
Guest LecturerAssistant Professor Dr. Kasem Phenpinant is a respected academic specializing in art history and curatorial studies with contributions to contemporary art discourse.
Associate Professor Shefong Chung
Chung Shefong is a producer and curator who regularly organizes music and film festivals in Taiwan. She founded Trees Music and Art, an independent folk and grassroots music record label. She started the Migration Music Festival and teaches at National Chengchi University, Taiwan.
Diana Campbell Betancourt
Guest LecturerDiana Campbell Betancourt is Artistic Director of Samdani Art Foundation and Chief Curator of Dhaka Art Summit. She is committed to fostering a transnational art world, developing the Dhaka Art Summit into a leading research and exhibitions platform for art from South Asia.
Grace Samboh, PhD
Guest LecturerGrace Samboh is attached to Hyphen — since 2011, affiliated to RUBANAH Underground Hub. Her recent curatorial endeavors include "Jakarta Biennale 2021: ESOK" and "Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories" in partnership with international institutions.
Jasmin Stephens
Guest LecturerJasmin Stephens is a Sydney-based independent curator and lecturer. Since 2016 she has taught curatorial studies and contemporary art in the Indo Pacific in the Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership at UNSW Sydney.
Jay Koh, DFA
Guest LecturerJay Koh is a Southeast Asian artist-curator, educator and evaluator, focusing on public participative, socially-engaged art. He is co-director of iFIMA and was a lead curator for The Multi-Faceted Curator, working with emerging-curators from Asean+3 and the EU.
Pooja Sood
Guest LecturerPooja Sood is an established leader in the arts and culture sector in South Asia. She has helped shape the field of alternative contemporary art practice, enabled innovation in collaboration and institution building, and pushed experiments in curatorial practices.
Seng Yu Jin, PhD
Guest LecturerSeng Yu Jin is a distinguished curator and scholar with expertise in contemporary art of Southeast Asia, contributing to the development of curatorial practices in the region.
Simon Sien Yong Soon, PhD
Guest LecturerSimon Soon is a senior lecturer in art history at the Visual Arts Program, University of Malaya, Malaysia. His research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century art in Southeast Asia and Asian modernities. He is a member of the advisory board of Southeast of Now.
Vipash Purichanont, PhD
Guest LecturerVipash Purichanont is a curator based in Bangkok and lecturer at the department of Art History, Silpakorn University. He was a curator of Singapore Biennale 2019, co-curator of the second Thailand Biennale, and co-founder of Waiting You Curator Lab.
Zoe Butt, PhD
Guest LecturerZoe Butt is a curator and writer whose practice centres on building critically thinking and historically conscious artistic communities. She was Artistic Director of The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Ho Chi Minh City and a MoMA International Curatorial Fellow.