A space for making and thinking in Chiangmai
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.
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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.
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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.
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Reviving Nature 2027 International Artist Residency and Festival is now calling for applications.
Residency period January – March 2027. Application deadline 31 October 2026.
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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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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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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It is our pleasure to welcome back Joanne Lauterjung. She is a peacebuilder, musician, and interdisciplinary artist whose work sits at the intersection of sound, creativity, and social connection. With over two decades of experience, Joanne has developed a practice that uses music and artistic collaboration as tools for emotional well-being, resilience, and dialogue across cultures. She is based in Chiang Mai, where she works with individuals and communities through creative, participatory approaches.
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Veronika Petuchova is a visual artist working across painting, drawing, and photography. She graduated from HKU Utrecht in the Netherlands in 2021 and subsequently established her studio practice in The Hague, where she also participated in and organised exhibitions. Since 2024, Veronika has been based in Prague, where her practice has taken on a slower, more intimate rhythm, focusing on smaller-scale works, including watercolours, sketches, and digital drawings.
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