After being awarded the winner of the second Han Nefkens Foundation – BACC Award for Contemporary Art in January this year, the Indian artist, Mr. Anup Mathew Thomas has arrived in Bangkok, Thailand from Kochi, India to participate in the Artist-in-residence programs from 16 June -31 July 2015.

During the residency in Bangkok, Mr. Mathew has been visiting various places, exhibitions, museums, galleries and meeting with
the local artists such as Mr. Piyatat Hemmatat, Mr. Manit Sriwanichpoom and Mr. Petch Osathanugrah. Mr. Mathew also travelled
to Chiang Mai for 3 days to visit galleries and artists including Mr. Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Mr. Navin Rawanchaikul, Mr. Kosit Juntaratip and Mr. Tawatchai Punsawat.

After the residency, Mr. Mathew will travel back to India and work on his exhibition which will present his concern together with
situations he has been involving during his visits to Bangkok and between. The exhibition is scheduled to be displayed at Studio,
4th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre from 2 February - 6 March 2016.

'Han Nefkens Foundation-BACC Award for Contemporary Art'

In 2012, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) together with the Han Nefkens Foundation, Spain initiated Han Nefkens - BACC
Award for Contemporary Art. This biannual award seeks to encourage artists in Asia under the age of 40 who already have a solid
body of work but have not yet been showcased in major institutions. The award consists of 15,000 US dollars: a $3,000 artist’s fee
and $12,000 towards the production of new work as well as a residency and an exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.

For more information about 'Han Nefkens Foundation-BACC Award for Contemporary Art':
http://en.bacc.or.th/event/Han-Nefkens-2015.html

Anup Mathew Thomas

Anup Mathew Thomas works primarily with the medium of photography and his work often
engages ostensibly local narratives. Over the last decade he has produced a series of projects
that engage with and make referenceto the cultural history of his native Kerala. Thomas’s
works introduce audiences to stories that mayhave gone missingfrom the archive. In exploring
the slippages betweendocumentary and artistic practice, Thomas employs both anecdotal
and factual narrative styles, and his work often culminates in carefully staged portraiture.
His practice explores the immediacy of the photograph, and its potential for ambiguity,
as a medium for storytelling.

Anup Mathew Thomas lives and works in Bangalore, India.

His recent participation in group exhibitions include Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi (2012);
The Matter Within, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco(2011); Generation
inTransition, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2011); The Self and the Other,
La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona (2009 - 10); and Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie
Arnolfini, Bristol (2009). Solo exhibitions include shows at Gasworks Gallery, London (2007);
The Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo (2010) and Lothringer13, Munich (2013). He is
a recipient of The Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014.

BANGKOK ART AND CULTURE CENTRE

For more information, please contact BACC Information

939 Rama 1 Rd., Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel. 02 214 6630-8 Fax. 02 214 6639
Email : [email protected]

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