Education
1986 BFA in Visual Arts and Communication Design, School of Fine Arts and Design,
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Solo ExhibitionS
2020 · Breast Stupa: the world turns upside down, Nova Contemporary, Bangkok,
Thailand
· House Calls, 100 Tonson Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 · The Roof, Winter Garden at Brookfield Place, New York, NY, USA.
· Mats and Pillows and Vessels, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.
· The House is Crumbling, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore.
2015 · Ma-lai, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.
· Anything Can Break, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA.
2014 · Collection+: Pinaree Sanpitak, curated by Jasmin Stephens,
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia.
· Hanging by a Thread, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles,
CA, USA.
2013 · Temporary Insanity, AMOA-Arthouse (now known as The Contemporary Austin),
Austin, TX, USA.
· Temporary Insanity, Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center, Korea.
2012 · Temporary Insanity, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, USA.
· Hanging by a Thread, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.
2011 · Body Borders, The Art Center at Chulalongkorn University, H Gallery, and 100
Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2010 Paper Traces and Flying Cubes, Art-U Room, Tokyo, Japan.
· Quietly Floating, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY, USA.
· Solid, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2009 · Breasts, Clouds and Vessels, Gallerie Alain le Gaillard, Paris, France.
2007 · Breasts and Clouds, 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2005 · Jedis Vessels and Cooking, The Borderline Event - The Castle; Breast Stupa
Cookery collaborations with local patisseries and Aula Gastronomica de
l’Emporda, La Bisbal d’Emporda, Girona, Spain.
2004 · Temporary Insanity, The Art Center at Jim Thompson House, Bangkok, Thailand.
· And Everything In Between, Art U – Room, Tokyo, Japan.
2003 · Breasts and Vessels and Mounds, Jendela Gallery, The Esplanade, Singapore.
· Metamorphosis, Gallery Art U, Osaka, Japan. Noon-Nom, Discovery Center,
Bangkok, Thailand.
· Noon-Nom & Vessels, Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, CA, USA.
2002 · Offering Vessels, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS, USA.
· Breast and Beyond, Bangkok University Art Gallery, Chulalongkorn University Art
Gallery, Open Arts Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Growth & Void, Atelier Frank & Lee, Singapore.
2001 · Vessels and Mounds, The National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
· “Shibui” - Breast Stupas, Seinan Gakuin University Library,Fukuoka, Japan (on
view annually).
2000 · Womanly Bodies – Prints, Art2, Substation, Singapore.
· Continued – Compelled – Comforted, Atelier Frank & Lee, Singapore.
· Womanly Bodies in Print, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1999 · Womanly Abstract, About Studio/About Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand.
1997 · Eggs, Breasts, Bodies, I, Etcetera, The Art Center, Centers of Academic Resources,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
1994 · Breast Works, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
1993 · Mother & Child: A Dialogue, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
1991 · The Cross The Egg The Cow & The Squash, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
1988 · Pinaree Sanpitak: an Exhibition of Photographs, Paintings, and Collages, Central
Plaza Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
1987 · An Exhibition of Photographs and Collages by Pinaree Sanpitak, Books & Beer,
Bangkok, Thailand.
Group Exhibitions
2017 · Jakarta Biennale 2017, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem,Jakarta, Indonesia.
· Problem-Wisdom: Thai Art in the 1990s, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of
Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia.
· All Matterings of Mind: Transcendent Imagery From the Contemporary
Collection, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
· Converging Voices: Gender and Identity, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead,
NY, USA.
· Sugar Spin: You, Me, Art and Everything, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of
Modern Art, Brisbane,Australia.
· Mon Art Du Style, MAIIAM, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2016 · SEA+ Triennale 2016, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
· Utopias and Heterotopias: Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition
Anything Can Break, Xiushui Corridor Opera Theater, Wuzhen, China.
· Farewell: The Art Center’s Acknowledgments 1995-2016, The Art Center,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
2015 · First Look: Collecting Contemporary at the Asian, The Asian Art Museum, San
Francisco, CA, USA. Open Sea, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France.
2014 · InSight: Contemporary Sensory Works, Anything Can Break, Toledo Museum of
Art, Toledo, OH, USA.
· Sensorium 360˚, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
· Rates of Exchange, Uncompared: Contemporary art in Bangkok and Phnom Penh
– Breast Stupa Cookery Project: Psar Kap Ko Restaurant, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
2013 · Female Power, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
2012 · 18th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
2011 · Here / Not Here: Buddha Presence in Eight Recent Works, Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
· roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, and the Tel Aviv
Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
· Negotiating Home, History, and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art in
Southeast Asia, 1991- 2011, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
· Stealing the Senses, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
2010 · Artists Scarecrows Rice Paddy, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
· roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
· THAI-YO, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
2009 · Emotional Drawings, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
· Breast Stupa Cookery with Bo.Lan Restaurant, Bangkok, Thailand
· Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, IncheonArt Platform, Incheon, Korea.
· Virtues of the Kingdom, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
2008 · From Surface to Origin, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Ethics of Encounters, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Emotional Drawings, Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Museum ofModern Art
Kyoto, Japan.
· “Expenditure” Busan Biennale 2008,Museum of Modern Art Busan, South Korea.
· Traces of Siamese Smile: Art+Faith+Politics+Love, Bangkok Art andCulture
Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Breast Stupa Cookery with Higashiya and Le Bain, Le Bain, Tokyo, Japan.
2006 · Artery, The Gallery and Concourse, Singapore Management University,
Singapore.
· Breast Stupa Cookery / Artery Exhibition Opening, SMU Singapore Management
University, Singapore.
· Tout â Fait Thaï : Thai Art Festival Paris 2006, Mairie du 6 e, St. Sulpice, Paris,
France.
· Breast Stupa Cookery / Soi Project / Thai Art Festival Paris,
· Mairie du 6 e , St. Sulpice and Restuarant Le Trois, Paris, France.
· Little More Sweet Not Too Sour, 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Pink Bras Alert! / Breast Stupa Cookery, Charity in an A-B-C Cup - Fund raising
campaign for The Queen’s Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer, Bangkok, Thailand,
· The Sukhothai Hotel Ballroom, Bangkok, Thailand.
2005 · Thai Festival, Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy.
· 600 Images / 60 Artists / 6 Curators / 6 Cities, Bangkok / Berlin / London / Los
Angeles / Manila / Saigon.
· Breast Stupa Cookery / SOI PROJECT-YOKOHAMA
· TRIENNALE, Press Conference, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Soi Project / Yokohama Triennale 2005, Yokohama, Japan.
· Pic-Nic in the Room, Collaboration with Dutch designers : Anthony, Kleinepier &
TTTVO, Art-U Room, Tokyo, Japan.
· Breast Stupa Cookery / Pic-Nic in the Room, Jardin de Bagatelle,
· Kawazu / Urasenke Tea Ceremony / Art-U Room, Tokyo, Japan.
· Breast Stupa Cookery / Lotus Arts de Vivre – WPO Offsite Event, Oriental Hotel,
Bangkok, Thailand.
2003 · Next Move – Contemporary Art from Thailand, Earl Lu Gallery, La Salle-Sia
College of the Arts,Singapore.
· The Spirit of Asian Contemporary Art, University Library Gallery, California State
University,Sacramento, CA, USA.
2002 · 36 Ideas from Asia – Contemporary South-East Asian Art, Singapore Art Museum
EuropeanTouring Exhibition.
· The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2002, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka,
Japan.
· The 2nd Women’s Art Festival, East Asian Women and Herstories, Women’s
History Exhibition Hall, Seoul Women’s Community Center, Seoul, South Korea.
2001 · A Shriek from an Invisible Box, The Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
· AsiaArt 2001/Labyrinths - Asian Contemporary Art – Biennale d’Arte
Contemporanea, Contempoary Art Museum of Genoa, Italy.
2000 · Glocal Scents of Thailand, Edsvik Konst & Kultur , Solentuna, Sweden.
· Euro Visions, Art Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic
Arts,Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Les Semiophores, Collaboration project on the facade of The Town Hall, Lyon,
France, 7 - 10, December, 2000. A proposal by Philippe Moullion of
LABORATOIRE, Grenoble, France.
1999 · Women Imaging Women: Home, Body, Memory, Main Gallery, Cultural Center of
the Philippines (CCP), Manila, The Philippines.
· Alter Ego - Thai - EU Contemporary Art Project, Art Gallery of the Faculty of
Painting, Sculptureand Graphic Arts, SilpakornUniversity, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Womanifesto 2, Saranrom Park, Bangkok, Thailand.
· estival der Geister / Asian Spirit and Ghost Festival, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin,
Germany.
· “Beyond the Future” The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
1998 · Bangkok Art Project 1998, Ratanakosin Island, Bangkok, Thailand.
1997 · Womanifesto, Baan Chao Phraya & Concrete House, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Glimpses into the Future: Art in Southeast Asia 1997, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Tokyo,
· Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan.
1996 · The Spiritual and the Social, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
· Doris Hinzen-Roehrig, Pinaree Sanpitak, Judy Watson:
· Paintings, The National Gallery, Chao Fa Rd., Bangkok, Thailand.
· Huay Khwang Maga-City Project, Demolition site, Rachadaphisek Rd.,Bangkok,
Thailand.
1995 · Kradaad : Contemporary Thai Works on Paper, Texas Tech University, Department
of Art, Texas, USA Touring Exhibition.
· Weather Report, A touring group project initiated by Rienke Enghardt.
1994 · Herstories, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1993 · Confess and Conceal, 11 insights from contemporary Australia and Southeast
Asia, AGWA Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth and toured in Southeast Asia.
· Shutter Talk, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1992 · Small Works by 56 Thai Artists, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Through Her Eyes: An Exhibition by 6 Women Artists, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok,
Thailand.
1991 · Art and Environment, The Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and
Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
· Recent Works by Chatchai Puipia & Pinaree Sanpitak, The National Gallery, Chao
Fa Rd., Bangkok, Thailand.
1990 · Artists for AIDS: Artists for People with AIDS, Lumpini Park,Bangkok, Thailand.
1989 · Metro Mania: ARX 1989 Australia and Regions Artists’ Exchange, PICA, Perth,
Western Australia.
1986 · Via Tsukuba (3), AXIS Gallery, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan.
Residencies
2014 Guest Artist Pavilion Project (GAPP), Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA.
2009 Lenzi-Morisot Foundation, Chateau de la Roche Jacquelin, Daumeray, France.
2008 Lucas Artists Programs, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, USA.
2003 Pacific Bridge Residency Program, Oakland, CA, USA.
2001 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, USA.
2000 AFAA: Association Francaise d ’Action Artistique, Artist-in-Residence at Cité
Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
2000 IASPIS : International Artists’ Studio Program in Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
1999 Printmaking Workshop - Northern Editions, Northern Territory University (NTU)
Darwin, Australia.
