Ruangsak Anuwatwimon Thai, b. 1975

a Thai contemporary artist based in Bangkok, Thailand. He is passionate about art, nature, and the future of human evolution. His works is reflecting the affect from various human activities in the environment and raises the wide range questions about the political and governing power that also affect human well-being and the environment. He has exhibited his works locally and internationally, his works have been shown in Ver Gallery, Cartel Artspace, Bangkok Art & Cultural Centre, Whitespace Gallery in Bangkok, at the Verbeke Foundation (Belgium), LaSalle College of Art (Singapore), the 11th Taipei Biennial (2018), and most recently at Singapore Biennale (2019). He participated in “Secret Archipelago”, a joint exhibition organised by the Singapore National Heritage Board and the Palais De Tokyo in Paris where his works were shown.

Ruangsak is currently in the midst of 10 years project called GOLEM that began in 2011 and is still maintained, for what he is attempting construct two artificially composed human figures from the ashes of organisms that have died due to some form of human activity. His almost apostolic approach in his preparation of materials is reminiscent of human crematory rituals. Careful in his selection of specimens, which are always loaded with symbolism and hold a powerful place in human history, Ruangsak cremates plant and animal species, and uses their ashes to objects reminiscent of life. These specimens include the carcasses of dogs poisoned and abandoned to die, as well as the poisonous hemlock plant, use to kill condemned Greek prisoner such as Socrates. These materials and artworks are evocative of the cycle of life, which is the source of all suffering according to Buddhist teaching.