10 Facts About Michael Shaowanasai

Michael Shaowanasai was born on 1964 and is a Thai-American artist and actor who lives in Bangkok, Thailand.

Michael Shaowanasai's works includes performance art, photography, video, film and installations.

Michael Shaowanasai graduated from School of Law at Chulalongkorn University in 1985, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at San Francisco Art Institute in 1994 and a Master of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996.

Michael Shaowanasai is a founding member of Project 304, a contemporary art group based in Bangkok.

Michael Shaowanasai, who is openly gay, ran the inaugural Gay and Lesbian Video Festival in Thailand in 2002.

Michael Shaowanasai was awarded many residencies between 1997 and 2005, including at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada; New Delhi, India; Paris, France; Columbo, Sri Lanka; and Hokkaido, Japan and at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Michael Shaowanasai has given guest lectures at a number of other institutions on topics such as fine and applied arts, gender studies, philosophy, religion and anthropology, at his alma maters Chulalongkorn University and the school of The Arts institute of Chicago; Emory University, Atlanta; Rijksakademie, Amsterdam; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; the Elam School in Auckland; and the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Michael Shaowanasai's work is represented in several institutions, including the Singapore Art Museum.

In 2012, Radu Die: New works by Michael Shaowanasai, was mounted at the H Gallery in Bangkok.

Michael Shaowanasai's work has been exhibited in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America, including the following group exhibitions:.