Unchalee Anantawat

Unchalee Anantawat b.1982, Thailand

Unchalee Anantawat’s practice can be seen as anti-aesthetic. While it is somehow reject- ing traditional aesthetic in a sense, it is on the other hand developing its own unique way of visual composing. She has been working conceptually without proper plan to exercise her artistic freedom, the freedom that she doesn’t have to follow any particular process of working, yet to yield the unexpected outcome.

Humor and material are highly important to her works. Inspired by her perception of humour in human made objects which sometimes show weirdly and subtly malfunction or malformation, she tries to deliver those humorous moments with her works. Her usage of material is one of her vehicle to deliver the absurdity, she only selects the material that resonates with her humorously.

Unchalee’s works depict herself in various situations, those mundane situations were exaggerated into out of the world colourful scenarios. She creates characters to populate in her world and to create narratives within it.

Since she has been creating her own world in her own terms, Unchalee has been working her way from making twodimensional imageries then later adopted three-dimensional environment. Recently Virtual Reality enables her to find a whole new world, 3D VR world, that is.

Education 2008 ~ Master of Animation & Interactive Media, RMIT University, Australia 2004 ~ Bachelor of Fine and Applied Art (Graphic Design), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Solo Exhibition 2018 ~No measure of time with you will be long enough by Pedro Hernandez, Speedy Grandma 2017 ~No Regret, Cartel Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand 2013 ~Lunette, Speedy Grandma, Bangkok, Thailand 2011 ~Familiar Faces, Toot Yung Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 2010 ~Rim of the Universe, Art Gorillas Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Selected Group Exhibition 2020 ~That Have Brought Erasers With Them, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, curated by Dusadee Huntrakul ~MAPPA, The Shophouse 1527, Bangkok, Thailand 2019 ~Olá - A Rugs Exhibition by GUR, WTF Gallery and Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand ‘The Printers’ Prints #2’, SŌKO, Bangkok, Thailand ~New/Old Savages, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 2018 ~The Printers’ Prints, The Jam Factory, Bangkok, Thailand 2017 ~Floating Mountain, Imaginarium 2017: To the Ends of the Earth, Singapore Art Musuem 8Q, Singapore 2014 ~Threshold, Bridge art space, Bangkok, Thailand ~Speedy Grandma & 56th Studio, Hotel Art Fair 2014, Bangkok, Thailand ~Mawduu Contemporary art from Bangkok, Mana Contemporary Chicago, USA 2013 ~Bo Ya tt O Su Ru (blockhead), TPAM 2013, Yokohama, Japan ‘BUKRUK’ street art festival, Bangkok, Thailand 2012 ~Speedy Grandma Opening Exhibition, Speedy Grandma, Bangkok, Thailand 2010 ~100 proofs the earth is not a globe, Tape Projects, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, Australia 2009 ~37 proofs the earth is not a globe, Tape projects, 6A Gallery, Hobart, Australia ~Pond, The Gaylord Sisters, as part of Tomorrow the world, West Space, Melbourne, Australia ~Oomong, The Gaylord Sisters, as part of Frame:Tape Projects Residency, Platform ARI, Melbourne, Australia ~Pookaw, the Gaylord Sisters, as part of With The Lots, Lucy Guerin, Melbourne, Australia 2008 ~Arab Telephone, Tape Projects, Platform ARI, Melbourne, Australia ~Lumos Planktos, Alice Swings and Zoe Scoglio, as part of Exquisite Creatures, Melbourne, Australia

Residencies 2015 ~Apex art, New York City Fellowship program, New York, USA

Screening 2009 ~Pookaw, TINA:Electrofringe Festival, Sydney, Australia ~Pookaw, Low Set, Melbourne, Australia 2008 ~Life Life Life, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia ~Life Life Life, TINA:Electrofringe Festival, Sydney, Australia 2007 ~Life Life Life, Flip Festival, United Kingdom

Publication 2019 ~If you stare at plants long enough, you could see how they grow by PoopPress 2017 ~Everybody looks to the right by Poop Press 2014 ~New Museum by RXXX Riso Print BKK 2011 ~Observable Universe by Unchalee Anantawat, Erm Books

Unchalee Anantawat Mr. Moldy Snakeeeee Helena 2020 Felt, polyester fiber filling Dimensions variable

54 Unchalee Anantawat Mr. Moldy 2020 Felt, polyester fiber filling Dimensions variable

55 Unchalee Anantawat Mrs. Bababanana 2020 Felt, polyester fiber filling Dimensions variable

56 Unchalee Anantawat Snakeeeee 2020 Felt, polyester fiber filling Dimensions variable

57 Unchalee Anantawat Helena 2020 Felt, polyester fiber filling Dimensions variable