A space for making and thinking in Chiangmai
Studio 88 Artist Residency is a creative home where global voices meet local roots. It is located in a rustic town of Doi Saket, 25 km from Chiang Mai, City of Crafts and Folk Art, in Thailand. Studio 88 has been a long-held dream of international cultural manager and Doi Saket local Sasiwimon Wongjarin (Aom). … Read more About
Studio 88 Artist Residency is based in the northern Thai town of Doi Saket, 25 kilometres from the creative city of Chiangmai. Studio 88 provides space to experiment with the process of creating, as well as time out from the busy day-to-day life in order to relax and reflect.Read more The Residency
Studio 88 Artist Residency is a space to experiment, play, share, make mistakes and learn in the northern Thai town of Doi Saket. Set in a rural landscape just 25 km from the cultural city of Chiangmai, Studio 88 gives time and space to focus on creating, rather than producing outputs. Studio 88 is now … Read more Apply Now
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.
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Gardika Gigih is an Indonesian composer, pianist, and soundscape researcher. He will be participating in the Studio 88 “Summer Residency” programme as one of the selected Southeast Asian artists who has received full residency waiver. He will spend 2 weeks in Doi Saket, working on his unique audio works.
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Storyscapes Festival 2026
Stories as Community
Beginning 26 September 2026
Studio 88 Artist Residency, Doi Saket, Chiang Mai
Stories help us understand where we come from, encounter lives different from our own, and find common ground.
Storyscapes Festival 2026 explores the theme Stories as Community: how stories carry knowledge and culture, shape identity and belonging, and bring people together across different backgrounds and generations.
The festival begins on 26 September with Gathering of Stories, its principal public event. It continues with Guardians of Phaya Luang, an immersive story adventure created especially for young children, alongside further activities during the festival period.
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Jay Cheng is a Hong Kong-born artist and practitioner currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, whose creative journey has evolved through different forms of making, identity and care. Currently in transition from her longstanding practice as a hat-maker towards healing and mediumship, Cheng is exploring this transformation through her healing art. Her first exhibition “A Moving Ceremony: The Art of Becoming” is taking place at Studio 88 in September – October 2026.
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In July 2026, we were honoured to welcome Professor Michael Huang 黄天祥 from the Department of Architecture at Nanhua University, Taiwan, to Studio 88 as part of our Creative Research Stay programme. Professor Huang was in Chiang Mai on an exploratory visit and came to Studio 88 on recommendation.
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2026 年 7 月，我們非常榮幸迎來來自臺灣南華大學建築學系的黃天祥教授，參與 Studio 88 的「創意研究駐留」（Creative Research Stay ）。當時，黃教授正在清邁進行探索性參訪，經由推薦來到 Studio 88。
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Hatnim Lee is a Brooklyn-based photographer specialising in portraiture, creative direction, and editorial storytelling. For her first visit to Thailand, she has chosen to undertake a residency at Studio 88, where she will engage with local communities through photography, exploring the people, cultures, and traditions of Northern Thailand.
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Nancy Lu Rosenheim is a visual artist from Chicago, Illinois, USA, whose multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, painting, drawing, and printmaking. A Studio 88 Artist Residency alumni, she returns in July–August 2026 for a solo residency, continuing an evolving body of research that began during her previous stay in Chiang Mai.
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Ellie Hatte is an Australian photographer partaking in the “Summer Residency” programme as one of the selected partially funded international artists. In Doi Saket, she will continue her photo series “Light Beings”.
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Tran Minh Chau is a Vietnamese photographer partaking in the “Summer Residency” programme as one of the selected Southeast Asian artists who has received full residency waiver. Studio 88 was inspired by her work and chose Tran Minh Chau to grant her full funding to participate in the residency in Doi Saket.
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