Artists in Residence – Studio 88 Artist Residency

Hatnim Lee

July 26, 2026July 26, 2026Studio88

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.

Nancy Lu Rosenheim

July 26, 2026July 29, 2026Studio88

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.

Ellie Hatte

July 26, 2026Studio88

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”.

Tran Minh Chau

July 11, 2026July 26, 2026Studio88

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.

Heather Watt

June 21, 2026Studio88

Heather Watt is a New Zealand-based mixed media artist whose practice is rooted in curiosity, experimentation, and the transformative potential of materials. Her participation in the Evolving Identities Residency in July 2026 at Studio 88 Artist Residency reflects her ongoing commitment to artistic exploration, cultural exchange, and site-responsive creative practice.

Sonali Arnaz Mehta-Rao

May 29, 2026May 29, 2026Studio88

Sonali Arnaz Mehta-Rao is a South Asian American visual artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores identity, ecology, and ancestral memory as interconnected and continuously evolving processes. Through her practice, Sonali navigates shifting notions of belonging across geographies, cultures, and spiritual traditions. In June 2026, she will participate in the Evolving Identities programme at Studio 88 Artist Residency.

Bali Ong

May 28, 2026Studio88

Bali Ong is an interdisciplinary artist and designer whose practice moves fluidly between digital media, installation, animation, photography, and graphic design. Drawing from both artistic and technological backgrounds, Ong explores the relationships between identity, culture, memory, and evolving digital realities. Their work often blends visual storytelling with interactive and immersive approaches, reflecting a deep curiosity about how personal and collective identities are constructed and transformed through contemporary media. Through experimentation across disciplines, Ong creates works that are both playful and reflective, inviting audiences into layered visual experiences shaped by cultural hybridity, technology, and human connection.

Chris McCabe

May 28, 2026Studio88

Chris McCabe is a British poet, visual artist, and educator working between Chiang Mai, Thailand and Da Nang, Vietnam whose interdisciplinary practice explores identity, ecology, and human relationships with the more-than-human world. Selected for the Evolving Identities residency programme at Studio 88 Artist Residency in June 2026, he will further develop Animal Imperatives, an ongoing series of poems and watercolour paintings that reimagines animals as poetic guides for survival, transformation, and coexistence.

Neil Patrick Stewart

May 23, 2026May 23, 2026Studio88

Neil Patrick Stewart is an American actor, director, movement specialist, and educator whose work investigates the intersection of highly rigorous physical theatre and vulnerability. Based in Texas, USA, his practice is grounded in the Droznin Russian Movement System and explores how a single kinetic body can embody multiple characters, emotional states, and psychological landscapes. He is selected for the Evolving Identities residency in May-June 2026.

Ellamay Khongroj Fitzgerald

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Studio88

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.