Studio 88 Artist Residency

Reviving Nature: Art, Nature, and Learning to Look Again

November 3, 2026November 3, 2026koihin

Reviving Nature began with a question: how might artists help us pay closer attention to the natural world and our relationship with it?

The first programme in 2024 brought together artists working across different disciplines and perspectives. I was present during that first edition. It gave me a deeper understanding of how environmental issues connect places and people, often in ways we do not immediately see. Air pollution, for example, respects no national boundaries. The haze that blanketed Singapore and Malaysia, caused by man-made fires in Indonesia last month, was a stark reminder of this.

Stephanie Lachnit (La Steff)

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026Studio88

Stephanie Lachnit (artist name — La Steff) is a Berlin-based sound artist, composer and audio producer. She will be participating in the Studio 88 “SensoryScapes” programme in November 2026, working on her new Sonic Statement based on the field recording made in Doi Saket and Chiang Mai.

Rath Chun

October 13, 2026October 13, 2026Studio88

Rath Chun is a documentary filmmaker and visual artist with a background in architecture. He is Co-Founder/Content Creator/Creative Director at Aglaia Docufilms. He has collaborated with Studio 88 and its artists since 2025, continuing to engage with Chiang Mai’s local creative scene and the international arts community.

Join Us at Studio 88

October 12, 2026koihin

Studio 88 is an independent artist residency in Doi Saket, Chiang Mai. We are building a place where artists can focus on their practice, and where the space, its surroundings, and the community around it can grow together.

We welcome people who share an interest in what we are building, whether through employment, collaboration, or contributing their skills and experience.

Explore our current opportunities, or get in touch if you see a way you could contribute.

Come help us shape what Studio 88 can become.

Studio 88 Statement on Generative AI and Creative Practice

September 24, 2026September 24, 2026Studio88

Generative AI is rapidly changing how creative work is produced, distributed and understood. Its technologies, uses and consequences are still developing.

Studio 88 wants to state the principles that guide our position.

We are concerned by generative AI systems that use creative work without the knowledge, permission or meaningful participation of the people who made it.

From Creating Hats to Creating Space for Herself

September 21, 2026koihin

Sometimes you know something in your life is changing before you know what comes next.

For Jay Cheng, that feeling has appeared more than once.

Her life has taken her from Hong Kong to Canada and, eventually, Chiang Mai. For many years, she built a life and practice around millinery. Then, quite simply, she stopped feeling the same joy in making hats.

“I didn’t know why,” she says. “Maybe I was tired, maybe I needed a break.”

Rather than push herself through it, she slowed down.

Millie Tyler

September 12, 2026November 1, 2026koihin

Millie Tyler, a multidisciplinary artist from the United Kingdom, will be participating in the Studio 88 “Summer Residency” programme in September 2026. She will spend 3 weeks in Doi Saket, exploring the natural surroundings of the town and working on her new installations.

Millie works with photography, installation, collage, and graphic language. The core question of her artistic work is the interaction between identity and nature. For example, in her project “Girls in Nature”, Millie explores feminine identity, memory, and fantasy in nature through prints. For her ongoing project “Altar series”, she creates temporary installations made of objects and images she has collected and created over many years. These “altar” compositions hold her personal experiences with spirituality, mental, and physical health.

Tidtaya Sinutoke

September 12, 2026November 1, 2026koihin

Tidtaya Sinutoke is a Thai musical theatre composer, writer, and musician. She will be participating in the Studio 88 “Summer Residency” programme as one of the selected Southeast Asian artists who have received a full residency waiver. She will spend 2 weeks in Doi Saket, working on her new multidisciplinary performance.

Reviving Nature 2027 – Open Call

September 8, 2026October 27, 2026koihin

International Artist Residency & Festival — Third Edition

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

One Sponsored Residency Place Available

Studio 88 Artist Residency invites artists and creative practitioners from around the world to join the third edition of Reviving Nature in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Artists Don’t Need Our Permission

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026koihin

Lily Kaiser, Artist in Residence in discussion with Aom, Director of Studio 88

The art world has an odd habit of waiting to be chosen.

Apply for the residency. Hope you get in. Find a gallery. Get noticed by a curator. Win the grant. Get invited to the exhibition. Meet someone who knows someone. None of these things is bad. Artists need opportunities, and many good things begin with someone opening a door. The challenge comes when being chosen starts to feel like validation of your work.