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
Ellamay Khongroj Fitzgerald is an emerging Australian–Thai artist whose practice moves fluidly across lens-based storytelling, installation, painting, and participatory forms. In May 2026, she joins Studio 88 Artist Residency’s Evolving Identities programme, and will develop a new body of work that marks a pivotal moment in her practice, embracing slower, more contemplative modes of making.
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Ayza Akhtar is a South Asian diasporic artist, writer, and mixed reality practitioner whose work moves through the shifting terrain of identity as lived, negotiated, and continually re-authored. In May 2026, she joins Studio 88 Artist Residency’s Evolving Identities programme, investigating femininity as a sensorial, shifting experience and tracing the moment it becomes sovereign.
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Aurelie Rousseau is a French visual artist and writer exploring presence, memory, and emotional perception through watercolour, photography, video, and text. Her work evokes a longing for slowness, reverence, and embodied awareness. In May 2026, she joins Studio 88 Artist Residency’s Evolving Identities programme, and will develop an inquiry into femininity as a lived, embodied, and shifting experience.
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Ben Robinson was born in Dillsboro, a rural town in southern Indiana (USA). He studied photography at Indiana University and received my BFA, along with a minor in Art History, in 2016. He currently lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. He has had exhibitions in the United States and abroad. He previously joined Studio 88 as an artist-in-residence and has since returned for several exhibitions. In May 2026, he returns once again to present a new body of work, alongside leading a photography and darkroom workshop.
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Jameel Haiat is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in Chiang Mai, whose practice is shaped by a rich intercultural background. With over 25 years of experience in the themed entertainment industry, working on large-scale and highly interactive projects, his work explores a dynamic interplay of personal history, cultural identity, and storytelling—infused with both tenderness and tension. Guided by a philosophy of boldness and originality, he creates works that inspire and provoke, bringing a distinctive voice to his upcoming exhibition as part of Studio 88 Artist Residency’s Evolving Identities programme in May 2026.
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Hilcia Peña is an American, Architect and Artist with a Cuban/Mexican roots, who is currently based in Chiang Mai. Her multidisciplinary practice bridges architecture, design, and storytelling, creating immersive and meaningful experiences. She will present her artwork “Threads of Identities” as part of the Evolving Identities programme at Studio 88 in May 2026.
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Tatsuhiro Kurafuji is a Japanese artist, Singapore-based, whose practice moves between myth, ecology, and material imagination, reviving local histories through an intimate dialogue with nature. Joining Studio 88 Artist Residency in April–May 2026 as part of Reviving Nature 2026, he brings a research-driven approach that listens closely to the land—its breath, memory, and unseen rhythms. Rooted in animism and shaped by years of observing how landscapes “desire” and transform, his proposed project in Doi Saket explores the translation of environmental sound into sculptural form, where voiceprints of nature become living, breathing objects.
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The Studio 88 Post-Graduate Fellowship offers graduating students and recent alumni a chance to gain real, hands-on experience in arts management, exhibitions, and cultural programming. This Fellowship is designed to help you move confidently from university to professional life. Apply now, deadline application by 31st March 2026.
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Studio 88 is now accepting applications for the SoulScapes Artist Residency Programme 2026 under the theme “Transition & Transformation.” Residency Period: 1 July – 25 August 2026. Application Deadline: 15 May 2026.
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Aziza François is a Brussels-based musician, composer, and vocalist working at the crossroads of sound, embodiment, and ecological awareness. Her artistic practice is informed by a mixed cultural heritage and a transnational life shaped by multiple relocations. In February 2026, she joins Studio 88 Artist Residency as an Artist-in-Residence as part of the Reviving Nature: Botanical Breath program, to further develop an immersive sound-based project exploring music, sensory experience, and collective listening.
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