Kawita Vatanajyankur

b.1988, Bangkok, Thailand
Lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand

In her performance videos, Kawita Vatanajyankur uses her body to interrogate and challenge the intersections of womanhood, labour, and consumerism. Assuming the repetitive and strenuous tasks of domestic objects and mechanical tools, she hybridises human and machine and embodies the role of a cyborg. Drawing from a globalized and digitally networked visual language of consumption and instant gratification, her alluring videos bear semblance to bold and colourful commercial advertisements. Yet, her arduous works are difficult to witness, forming a testament to human capability and female resilience. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Nova Contemporary, Bangkok; Museo Novecento, Florence; Jim Thompson House Museum, Bangkok; and Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at MadeIn Art Museum, Shanghai; JUT Art Museum, Taipei; Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; 4A Centre of Contemporary Asian Art; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg; MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (MACAN), Jakarta; and Saatchi Gallery, London. Her works belong to the collections of MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Bangkok; M Woods Museum, Beijing; and the Akeroyd Collection.