Bundith Phunsombatlert

Bundith Phunsombatlert
Born1972 (age 53–54)
Bangkok, Thailand
EducationMFA (Digital+Media), Rhode Island School of Design
BFA/MFA (Printmaking), Silpakorn University, Thailand
Known forTraditional printmaking, sculpture, site-specific and interactive installations
Websitebundithphunsombatlert.com

Bundith Phunsombatlert (born 1972) is a visual artist from Bangkok, Thailand, based in Brooklyn, New York City.

Early life and education

Bundith Phunsombatlert was born in Bangkok, Thailand,[1] in 1972.[2]

He pursued his studies at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, earning his BFA in 1997 and MFA in 2000, both in printmaking.[3]

Later, between 2008 and 2010, he earned an MFA (Digital+Media) from Rhode Island School of Design, and did studies at the Department of Media Study PhD program, University at Buffalo, NY, from 2015 to 2018.

Art practice and career

Phunsombatlert's range of works, from traditional printmaking to digital media, connect diverse populations, geographies, and historical periods.[4]

In 1999 his project "Beyond the Future" was exhibited at the Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia.[3] It comprised ready-made human products using silk-screened images on embossed plastic, to rekindle their emptiness during a Thailand's consumer crises.

After graduation he further developed his projects into multiple sculptural installations and new media: "Landscape: Transmitting Thoughts", held by the National Gallery in Bangkok, 2004[5] and "Path of Illusion", exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, Finland, 2004.[6] In 2006 his work "On the Ball (The Game Has Begun. Beware Crossing the Grid)" was shown at the Bangkok University.[7]

A grant from Asian Cultural Council in 2007 brought him to New York City for media art research, resulting in a Location One residency.[8] and in 2011 an interactive installation, "Dwelling in Perennial Dreams."[9]

In 2012 at Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC, and in 2015 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, Phunsombatlert created signage and drawings of 100 existing NYC public sculptures, coordinating their locations via GPS.[10][11] In 2013, in collaboration with New York City Department of Transportation, he created the project "Art within One Mile: The Route from Central Park to Brooklyn Bridge", signposting notable works of public art within the city.[12]

Disruptions of various social contexts continue in his 2015 Cuchifritos + Project Space multimedia exhibition, “Memory, Market, and Migratory Transition,” offering again site specific themes.[13]

In 2021 the Katonah Museum of Art in NYC presented an installation of 150 flags of different countries that were all printed in blue using his signature cyanotype process.[14] He was named the 2023 Katowitz-Radin Artist-in-Residence at Brooklyn Public Library resulting in presentation of two interconnected projects revealing immigrant's personal histories otherwise omitted from grander narratives and through maps tracing their unseen paths.[15]

References

  1. ^ "MacDowell Fellow in Visual Art". MacDowell. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  2. ^ "PHUNSOMBATLERT, Bundith". QAGOMA Collection Online. January 1, 1997. Archived from the original on December 7, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Memory, Market and Migratory Transition – Artists Alliance Inc". Artists Alliance Inc. September 18, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  4. ^ "Fragment and Totality: Mapping Fragments by Bundith Phunsombatlert". Prospect Art. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  5. ^ "Landscape: Transmitting Thoughts". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  6. ^ "UNESCO Digital Arts Award Ceremony". ISEA Symposium Archives. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  7. ^ Archive, Asia Art. "On the Ball (The Game Has Begun. 'Beware Crossing the Grid'): Interactive Installation by Bundith Phunsombatlert". aaa.org.hk. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  8. ^ "Bundith Phunsombatlert". Location One. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "Location One » Dwelling in Perennial Dreams". Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  10. ^ "Art in the Parks Current Exhibitions : New York City Department of Parks & Recreation : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  11. ^ Lindgren, Suzanne (2015). "Artography". Public Art Review. 26 (51): 32–41.
  12. ^ "Navigate NYC With Public Art Through This Urban Intervention". Hyperallergic. September 17, 2013. Archived from the original on January 14, 2026. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  13. ^ Farhat, Maymanah (2015). "Memory, Market, and Migratory Transition".
  14. ^ "Crossing the Border: Beneath the Blue Sky · Katonah Museum of Art". www.katonahmuseum.org. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  15. ^ "Bundith Phunsombatlert: Mapping Fragments". Brooklyn Public Library. March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
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