JIANDYIN

ji, born in Rajburi in 1969, obtained an MFA degree in sculpture from Silpakorn University, Thailand. Yin, born in Chiang Mai in 1968, obtained an MA degree in Metalwork from Royal College of Art, UK. Since 2002 Jiandyin are interdisciplinary collaborative artists. Their work focus on creating situation to construct relationships between human and human in relation to his/her social context. In 2010, they initiated an ongoing project so-call “Dialogue: Seeing and Being”, an interactive performance that invite audience to participate by drawing portraits for them at many public spaces in New York and San Francisco and it continued with a sub-project entitled “We are Going to Taipei” in 2012 that inclusded visiting participants homes for taking photo where they placed their portraits. Jiandyin were awarded a fellowship grant from the Asian Cultural Council in 2009 and were artists in residence at Headlands Center for the Arts San Francisco ,International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) NY 2010, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan 2012. Civitella Ranieri center, Umbria Italy, Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin, Germany 2013. Since 2011, They create many community platform for contemporary art and culture development in Rajburi province, Thailand and Found NongpoKIDdee work group for community children in their home town. In curatorial plactice, they curated a Nongpo Short Film Festival 2011-2013, co-curate THAI TAI : A Measure of Understanding project, Bangkok-Taipei 2012-2013, the METRO SAPIENS : Dialogue in the cave 2013. They have exhibited internationally for example REACTIVATION, 9th Shanghai Biennale. The Exotika 2013, Bangkok-Berlin. 14th Asiatopia international performance art festival, Bangkok. 5th OK Video FLESH Indonesia International Video Festival, Jakarta. They currenty live and work in Rajburi,Thailand

Pornpilai and Jiradej Meemalai are also invited lecturers and instructors include Creative Morphology lecture, Technopreneurship and Innovation Management PhD study program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, BA study program of Faculty of Fine and Applied Art, Thammasart University and MA, BA study program of Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University; BA study program of Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. In June 2010, they had studio visits for MA students at the Department of Art, California State University, Long Beach, L.A. They were invited as artists in several workshops include Art, Nature and Community Life in Ratchaburi Workshop Project organized by ministry of Culture of Ratchaburi province and Ratchabhat Jombueng College, Beyond Paradise The Nordic Artists Travel East Exhibition & Education Program, National Arts Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.