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OPEN CALL: Studio 88 Summer Artist Residency 2026

June 20, 2026July 16, 2026Studio88

Up to 3 fully funded residency places are available for Southeast Asian artists and partial funding for international artists. Residency period in July – September 2026.

Discovering Studio 88 Through the Lens of Far Away Fred

June 9, 2026Studio88

Retired law enforcement professional, motivational speaker, and content creator Frederick “Far Away Fred” Jones recently visited Studio 88 Artist Residency to explore its creative community and meet the artists shaping its vibrant atmosphere. This video on Youtube offers an insightful look at how the residency fosters artistic exchange, cultural connection, and personal growth in the peaceful surroundings of Doi Saket, Chiang Mai.

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.

StoryScapes 2026

May 25, 2026July 14, 2026Studio88

Studio 88 Artist Residency is now accepting applications for StoryScapes 2026, Stories That Carry Worlds, a themed residency dedicated to storytelling as a living cultural force — a way of carrying memory, transmitting knowledge, questioning inherited beliefs, and imagining new futures. Residency Period: 6 September – 31 October 2026 (3–8 weeks). Application Deadline extended to 31 July 2026.

Ben Robinson

April 5, 2026Studio88

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.

Jameel Haiat

April 5, 2026April 5, 2026Studio88

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.

Hilcia Peña

April 5, 2026April 12, 2026Studio88

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.

SoulScapes 2026

February 15, 2026May 25, 2026Studio88

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.