• Performance art at Above the cloud festival in Lijiang China/2018
Mongkol Plienbangchang

Mongkol Plienbangchang

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Born in Bangkok in 1965, he is a Thai performance artist who has been active since 1995.
He is the director of blurborders International Performance Art eXchange, which examines social and political issues through alternative art practices.
He has been invited to perform at festivals around the world, including in Germany, Poland, the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, and Japan. In 2022, he will participate in the Bangkok Art Biennale held at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, presenting photography, video, and live performance.
He incorporates the body and symbolic objects to express social chaos, political issues, and inner changes in the world. With a poetic and provocative approach, he moves between personal experience and public engagement, engaging in artistic activities that reflect changes in the times, space, and society.

(born 1965, Bangkok) is a Thai performance artist active since 1995. He is the director of blurborders International Performance Art eXchange and is known for engaging with social and political issues through alternative art practices. Over nearly three decades, he has been invited to perform at festivals across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including in countries such as Germany, Poland, the US, Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, and more. In 2022, he participated in the Bangkok Art Biennale at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, presenting photo, video, and live performance works. Mongkol's performances use his body and symbolic objects to reflect on social chaos, political tension, and inner transformation. His work blends poetics and provocation, shifting between personal experience and public interaction— mirroring the changing conditions of time, space, and society.

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