Wuttin Chansataboot
Lives and Works in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand.
About :
Graduated from Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London in 2011. Wuttin Chansataboot is a Thai media artist traversing seamlessly through diverse disciplines, ranging from the landscapes of moving image to the realms of multi-media installation. Chansataboot has been regularly exhibiting his works at art events and film festivals internationally. His project, “The Metamorphosis of Self and Identity in the Digital Era,” secured him the Celeste Prize in the Project Prize category in Milan, making him the sole Asian recipient in 2015.
Recipient of gold and silver medals at the 61st, 62nd, and 63rd National Exhibition of Art, the longest running visual art competition in Thailand, Chansataboot currently imparts his artistic experience and knowledge as a full-time lecturer in the sculpture division at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University. His earned a Ph.D. in Visual Arts from Silpakorn University in 2020, focusing on the influence of virtual interaction on self and identity in the social network realm.
Delving into the philosophical foundations of creative expression, Chansataboot directs his intellectual focus towards fluidity and the inherent impermanence of datasets within the intricate structures of communication and language. These conceptual elements wield significant influence, shaping perceptions of reality, crafting visual identities, and redefining representations across a spectrum of subjects.
For Chansataboot, ‘language’ transcends mere human interaction, evolving into a lexicon encompassing commands or symbols in dialogues between humanity and the non-human sphere. This expansive perspective, spanning from inanimate objects to living organisms and mechanized systems, prompts transformative shifts at the elemental level of all existences.
Education :
2014 – 2020 : Ph.D. in Visual Art, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, THAILAND
2009 – 2011 : Master of Fine Art(Fine Art Media : Film/Video), Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2000 – 2005 : Bachelor of Fine Arts (Field of study : Printmaking), King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, THAILAND
Award/ Grant :
2022 : Faculty of Fine Arts (Chiang Mai University) Research Scholarship
2018 : Faculty of Fine Arts (Chiang Mai University) Research Scholarship
2017 : 2nd-prize winner, Silver Medal in Mixed Media category, The 63rd National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 : General Prem Tinsulanonda Statesman’s Foundation Scholarship
2016 : 1st-prize winner, Gold Medal in Mixed Media category, The 62nd National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 : The 16th Silpa Bhirasri Creativity Grants
2015 : Project Prize Winner, The 7th Edition Celeste Prize 2015’s Finalists Exhibition, Milan, Italy
2015 : 2nd-prize winner, Silver Medal in Mixed Media category, The 61st National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 : top-prize winner in the R.D. Pestonji category : best short film by general filmmakers), 16th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
Exhibition/Event/Screening :
2024 : Chaõ Hāus Really? : Nongpho Community International Art Festival 2024 (Baan Noorg Biennial #4), Ratchaburi, Thailand
2024 : “Evolutionary Space”, Some Space Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2023 : The 9th Nakanojo Biennale, Nakanojo, Japan
2022 : “Floating Lights”, Chiang Mai X Nakanojo International Exchange Exhibition, Chiang Mai Art Museum, Thailand
2022 : The 8th Suwon International Photo Festival, Suwon Manseok Gallery, Suwon, South Korea.
2022 : Contemporary Video Art : Thailand & Austria EU Relationship, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand
2022 : ExScreen 021: “Vignettes of Moments”, hosted by KLEX x Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC), Online Screening Event
2022 : “Zwischenwelten / Grauzonen“, HBK Braunschweig’s Filmforum [curated by Michael Brynntrup], Braunschweig, Germany
2022 : Digital Art Fair Bangkok 2022 (DAFBKK2022), 333 Anywhere Gallery (Warehouse 30), Banngkok
2022 : Bangkok Design Week 2022 (Data Art section), Silpakorn Uiversity, Bangkok
2021 : the 8th Nakanojo Biennale, Nakanojo, Japan
2021 : “Cross-Words“, Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2021 : “Arche’ – Architecture of Universe“, Pavilion 0/3 at Giudecca Art District (GAD), Venice, Italy
2020 : “OxLight” exhibition at Oxotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2020 : the 7th Mediations Biennale, Warsaw, Poland
2020 : “Libera-tion”, an Annual Exhibition of Lecturers in Visual Art Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University Art Center
2019 : “Memories and Places”, KLEX screening programme at Northbridge Piazza (hosted by Tone List), Perth, Australia
2019 : “ HAIKU – Sculpture 2019 ”, Okinawa, Japan
2019 : “Nakanojo Biennale” , Japan
2019 : “Elementary Complexity” , CMU Art Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2019 : “Pioneer in Video Art From Thailand, Slovenia, Norway Since 1980 Exhibition”, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand
2019 : “KLEX à MTL”, hosted by Festival Accès Asie, la lumière collective, Montreal, Canada
2019 : “Gazing Into Infinity”, a screening program at Alfred University, New York
2019 : “Memories and Places”,hosted by Collective Misnomer, Denver, Colorado
2019 : Asian Artist Moving Image Platform (AAMP) Curatorial Forum 2019: A Dialogue (as part of KLEX’s lecture performance), Bucheon Art Bunker B39, MMH, Seoul, South Korea
2018 : The 9th Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 : Kaohsiung Film Festival 2018, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2018 : Exhibition of Lecturers in Visual Art Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University Art Center
2018 : “Hybrid Sculpture” at Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom
2018 : “2nd CMU x TZU”, Tokyo Zokei University and Chiang Mai University Joint Exhibition, Chiang Mai University Art Center
2018 : “Before_On_After”, Makok Art Space, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2018 : “30sPro : Chiang Mai International Sculpture Symposium”, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2017 : “Origini”, screening programme at InVideo 2017, Milan, Italy
2017 : The 63rd National Exhibition of Art (2nd-prize winner, Silver Medal in Mixed Media category) at The National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand
2017 : KLEX’s ExScreen 16 (as part of Light Grey Art Week), Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
2017 : EVA 2017, Experimental Video Art Exhibition, Thai-European Friendship at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), and Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz, Austria
2017 : “Shift 5.0”, a group exhibition at Subhashok The Arts Centre (S.A.C.), Bangkok
2017 : “KLEX Cologne Kurzfilmabend”, Neue Musik Köln, Cologne, Germany
2017 : “KLEX’s screening series, ExScreen 014” , Sunway Velocity Mall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017 : The 16th Silpa Bhirasri Creativity Grants Exhibition, The Art Centre, Silpakorn University (Wangthapra), Bangkok, Thailand
2016 : ” This Moment : Thailand ” at Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, South Korea (please click >> here for more info about the programme and artists)
2016 : The 62nd National Exhibition of Art (1st-prize winner, Gold Medal in Mixed Media category) at The National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand
2016 : Directors Lounge Screening at “48 Stunden Neukölln“, Berlin, Germany
2016 : C.A.R. Network Event, Gallery Jinsun , Seoul, South Korea
2016 : Directors Lounge at the contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.), at World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein XII, Essen, Germany
2016 : KLEX Experimental Shorts Screening Programme at 自由人藝術公寓 Freedom Men Art Apartments, Taichung, Taiwan
2016 : KLEX Experimental Shorts Screening Programme at 能盛興工廠 , Tainan, Taiwan
2016 : Kinoflow Kísérleti Film Fesztivál, Budapest, Hungary
2016 : ARTROOMS 2016, London, UK
2015 : Alternative Film/Video Festival 2015 ( in International Competition ), Belgrade, Serbia
2015 : THE VISION OF ASIA：AMNUA International Video Art Forum and Special Screening, at AMNUA, Nanjing, China
2015 : KLEX 2015 / Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2015 : The 7th Edition Celeste Prize 2015’s Finalists Exhibition (Project Prize Winner), Milan, Italy
2015 : Gei-Dai-Go Art Project (a pre-event of Kenpoku Art 2016), Ibaraki, Japan
2015 : Asia Film and Video Art Forum, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea (MMCA), Seoul, South Korea
2015 : ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
2015 : EVA12 : Experimental Video Art Exhibition:Thai-European Friendship, Bangkok,Thailand
2015 : The 61st National Exhibition of Art (2nd-prize winner, Silver Medal in Mixed Media category) at Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center (RCAC), Bangkok, Thailand
2015 : ” Impermanence “, KLEX screening programme at ” Copacabana @ Rozenbroek “, organized by PORT ACTIF , Ghent, Belgium
2015 : ” Tropical Seasonings “ , KLEX Screening at DocLab, Hanoi, Vietnam
2015 : Welcome to the New Age, ( “In between in – between Worlds”, a shortfilms screening programme #7, curated by Michael Brynntrup ) Stuttgart, Germany
2015 : Ph.D. Research Presentation at Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, Vietnam
2015 : Ph.D. Research Presentation at New Space Arts Foundation, Hue, Vietnam
2014 : KLEX 2014/ Kuala Lumpur Experimental film&Video Festival 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2014 : “Asia – Vacuumed Cityscape“, Sakaiki (Yotsuya sanchome / Tokyo), Japan
2014 : HBK Film Forum Screening Programme (Gott und die Welt (2) / Buddhismus – Tönung und Stille) at The Braunschweig University of Art (HBK),Braunschweig, Germany
2014 : “Tropical Seasonings”, KLEX Screening Programme at The Athena Cinema in Athens, Ohio, USA
2014 : KOSMA International Film Festival (KLEX Screening Programme), Seoul, South Korea
2014 : Filmvirus WILDTYPE, Bangkok, Thailand
2014 : “Home Portrait”, KLEX Screening Programme at School of Media Arts & Design, Linton University College, Malaysia
2014 : ” Tropical Seasonings “, KLEX Screening Programme at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
2013 : Directors Lounge at the contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.), at Zollverein World Heritage Site, Essen, Germany
2013 : Different Wall/ Different Way/ Different Work, a group exhibition at Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 : In collaboration with Nitipak Samsen, “Trails”,short film was screened as part of “Media/Art Kitchen“, a media art exhibition travelled throughout 4 Cities in Southeast Asia,
including Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila
, Bangkok.
2013 : The 11th International Festival Signes de Nuit, (in International Competition), Paris, France
2013 : WNDX Festival 2013, Winnipeg, Canada
2013 : EVA10 : Experimental Video Art Exhibition:Thai-European Friendship, Bangkok,Thailand
2013 : 17th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, Bangkok,Thailand
2013 : The 29th Hamburg International Short Film Festival ( in NoBudget-competition ), Hamburg, Germany
2013 : In collaboration with Nitipak Samsen, “Trails”,short film was screened as part of “Money after Money” exhibition at Eye of Gyre, Tokyo, Japan
2013 : The 9th Berlin International Directors Lounge 2013, Berlin, Germany
2012 : Colima en Corto shortfilm contest 2012, Festival Showroom, Colima, Mexico
2012 : KLEX 2012/ Kuala Lumpur Experimental film&Video Festival 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012 : EVA9 : Experimental Video Art Exhibition:Thai-European Friendship, Bangkok,Thailand
2012 : 16th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, Bangkok,Thailand (top-prize winner in the R.D. Pestonji category : best short film by general filmmakers)
2012 : In collaboration with Nitipak Samsen, “Trails”,short film was screened as part of 23rd Biennale of Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2011 : A 4-loop animation was screened as part of “Flightpath Toronto”, Toronto, Canada.
2011 : In collaboration with Nitipak Samsen, “Trails”,short film was screened as part of GlitchFiction, Paris Design Week, Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris, France.
2011 : “Cubicadios”, short film, screening as part of “46-Hour Film Jam” Competition. The event were hosted in London by SAE institute and Gorilla Film Magazine.
2011 : “MA/MFA Degree Show”, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2010 : “Interim Show”, Slade School of Fine Art, Slade Research Center, Woburn Square, London, UK
2010 : “Vauxhall Fashion Scout 2010” a fashion film, “2025 eco.00”, was screened as part of the event.
2010 : “Off The Shelf” : an evening of live-events staged by Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London UK
2009 : 30-Second film for “Ed Ruscha film Challenge” , the film was showcased by Southbank Centre, London, UK, and made the final selection of best films.
2007 : “Noufaux Riche”, shortfilm screening at Baby Bar, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
2006 : video art “Reflection” (in collaboration with Navin Rawanchaikul), exhibited as part of “ Lost in the City ” at Jim Thompson Art Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 : 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2004 : “8th Thai Short Film and Video Festival” (in competition), Bangkok, Thailand.
2004 : “My First Film Festival” (Jameson Short Film Award), handled by Bioscope magazine, Bangkok Thailand.
Curatorial Project :
2015 : “ Transitional State ” , a Thai experimental film programme at Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival, KL, Malasia ( with curatorial support from Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa )
Publication/Press :
2018 : 108 Thai Contemporary Artists (108 ศิลปินร่วมสมัยที่น่าจับตามอง) by Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Thailand’s Ministry of Culture. Please click here for E-book version.
2016 : Internationale Kunst Heute 2016, IKH-Publishing, Brunnenstr. 18, D – 86938 Schondorf am Ammersee/Munich, ISBN : 978-3-9816595-2-8
2015 : BK magazine, interviewed by Bonnie Sananvatananont
2015 : Art Radar Journal, an article by C. A. Xuan Mai Ardia
2011 : “Conflict” : Collective Publication. Screenprinting Artist book
. Slade School of Fine Arts. UCL.
2010 : “Speed, Light, Time/ Colour, Scale, Space” : A two-section programme of Graduate Research. Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
2007 : http://www.loudspkr.org/noufaux.html : online press for “Noufaux Riche”
2005 : “34th International Film Festival Rotterdam Catalogue” : the annual publication of the films selected for screening at the festival each year.
Work Experience :
2017 – present : Full-time Lecturer in Sculpture Division (Department of Visual Art), Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
2013 – present : Part-time Lecturer, School of Digital Media, Sripatum University, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 : creative director/motion graphic designer/film director at Music Union by OHM Chatree Kongsuwan, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 : internship at Haque Design+Research, London, UK
2011 : internship with Susan Steinberg, an American Emmy Award-winning filmmaker at SDS production, making a documentary film about 10 female artists based in the UK.
2011 : video editor(volunteer), 2nd London Iranian Film Festival, UK
2002 – present : freelance motion graphic artist and independent director
