Gridthiya Gaweewong

Gridthiya Gaweewong (; born 1964) is a Thai curator and Artistic Director at the Jim Thompson Art Centre in Bangkok since 2007. She also serves as guest curator of MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai. She is one of Thailand's top curators respected for her achievements, and recognised as "one of the most prominent curators working out of Southeast Asia today".

Background Gridthiya Gaweewong was born in Chiang Rai, Thailand in 1964. She later received a Masters of Arts in Administrations and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. More specifically, she looked to various artist collectives in her research, such as the Chiang Mai Social Installation, ruangrupa's Militia and Video Art Festival, as well as TheatreWorks' Flying Circus Project.

She also presented an essay at a conference in Brazil, titled On Thai Artists and An Issue of Cultural Identity in 2001. In the essay, she exposited on Thailand's history, Buddhist philosophy and globalisation, and how these factors influenced various generations of Thai artists and filmmakers. The list of founders also included architect Sajeetip Nimvijit and art director Teerapole Ngamsinjamrus.

Chiang Mai Social Installation Project Gaweewong and Thai artist Navin Rawanchaikul have been core members of the Chiang Mai Social Installation Project since 1995. The Project was established by Thai artist Mit Jai Inn in 1992. The Project was primarily an outdoor sculpture festival but also served as an intervention to Bangkok's dominance as the centre of contemporary art and culture of Thailand.

Collaborations with Apichatpong Weerasethakul Gaweewong and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul first met in art school in Chicago and have since then been long-term collaborators and interlocutors to each other.

Curatorial approaches Following her doctoral dissertation, the idea of 'small narratives' has served as a parameter and departure point as part of her curatorial practice. She also described herself as knowing where she stands-"on the borders, in the margins", and her love of work which paired aesthetics with subversive political content. 12th Gwangju Biennale, Imagined Borders (served in the curatorial team) 2018 South Korea Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness exhibition 2016-2019 MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiangmai; also toured in Asia, Europe and US 2006-2007 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam The Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (with Apichatpong Weerasethakul) 1997-2007 Bangkok Politics of Fun (with Ong Keng Sen) 2005 Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin Underconstruction 2000-2002 Tokyo