A space for making and thinking in Chiangmai
It is our pleasure to welcome Palita Sriwaboot (Fiws) a freelance actress, production manager, and acting coach whose practice is grounded in physical awareness, emotional presence, and mindful observation. Her work is shaped by her interest in Osho meditation, which informs her approach to performance, embodiment, and creative process. Fiws is invited as a Collaborative Artist at Studio 88.
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It is our pleasure to welcome Kongkiat Ruennoy (Geng) a Chiang Mai–based cellist and music composer whose practice centers on storytelling through sound. With a background in classical music and a deep curiosity for folk, pop, and world traditions, his work moves fluidly across genres while remaining grounded in emotional expression. Geng is invited as a Collaborative Artist at 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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Reflecting, Reimagining, Becoming
There are moments when identity feels stable — and moments when it quietly slips out of reach. Evolving Identities 2026 invites artists to explore identity not as a fixed state, but as a lived, evolving process. Open call for application until 15 February 2026. Residency period 4 May – 28 June 2026. Apply now!
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Studio 88 Artist Residency is pleased to welcome filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Borjana Ventzislavova, whose work moves between cultures, histories, and forms. Joining our residency in November–December 2025, she plans to explore connections between indigeneity, meditation, and everyday practices of awareness in Northern Thailand. During her residency, she will visit local communities, document lived experiences, and gather material for her new project The Ghost is Present. Borjana Ventzislavova’s residency is funded by Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture.
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Studio 88 is delighted to introduce Nontawat Machai (Golf) — a visionary artist, curator, and leading figure in Chiang Mai’s performing arts scene. Renowned for his contribution to performance art, festival creation, and the preservation of performing arts history, Golf plays an integral role in shaping the region’s cultural landscape. Studio 88 has had the pleasure of collaborating with him on numerous occasions, and we are excited that he is now actively engaging with our artists-in-residence program.
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Roman Ne is a Zurich-based multimedia artist and digital consultant. With a background in new media, sound, and Web3 tools, his work spans visual design, immersive audio, and experimental mindfulness formats. After five years as a core team member of Acud Macht Neu in Berlin, he now develops conceptual and participatory projects such as Hardcore Yoga Nidra, exploring collective attention and contemporary states of rest. He is artist-in-residence at Studio 88 in November-December 2025.
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Virginia Kennard is Live Artist, Choreographer, Producer, Dance Writer from New Zealand. Her work spans over 15 years, and includes performance installations to dance reviewing, producing to pole performances. An eclectic live artist, she holds an MA Performance from Leeds Beckett University, UK and is currently based in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa, New Zealand. She is artist-in-residence at Studio 88 in November 2025.
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Ebony Rattle is a performance artist, arts worker and disability advocate of Irish and Ukranian Jewish ancestry based on Wurundjeri Country, Australia. Their work investigates performance art through an experimental and accessible methodology, predominantly examining metaphysics; alternative universes steeped in questioning identity, existence, possibility, actuality, corporeality, informed by their own lived experience as a physically disabled queer person. They are artist-in-residence at Studio 88 in November 2025.
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