2 NOV, 12 – 1PM, P 152 LECTURE ROOM, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART 

Thai video artist Kawita Vatanajyankur creates works that offer a powerful examination of the psychological, social and cultural ways of viewing and valuing the continuing challenges of women’s everyday labour. In her staged performances, Vatanajyankur undertakes physical experiments that playfully, often painfully, test her body’s limits - a challenge that is both unavoidably compelling and uncomfortable to watch.

Vatanajyanlur has achieved significant recognition since graduating from RMIT University (BA, Fine Art) in 2011. In 2015 she was a Finalist in the Jaguar Asia Pacific Tech Art Prize and curated into the prestigious Thailand Eye exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, London. In 2017, her work has been curated into 'Islands in the Stream' exhibition in Venice, Italy alongside the 57th Venice Biennale. Vatanajyankur has exhibited widely across Australia, as well as Asia and Europe.

Kawita Vatanajyankur is the Dunedin Public Art Gallery | Partner Dunedin School of Art International Visiting Artist 2017.


Published on 1 Nov 2017

Orderdate: 1 Nov 2017
Expiry: 3 Nov 2017