APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL 阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古
b. 1970, works and lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Basic
Education
Prize
Collections
| 1970 | Born on July 16, 1970 in Bangkok |
| 1994 | Began making films and video shorts in 1994 |
| 1999 | “Kick the Machine Films” Film company |
| 1994 | B.A. in Architecture, Khon Kaen University |
| 1997 | M.F.A. in Filmmaking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 2021 | Prix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival, France (Memoria) |
| Grand Prix d'Honneur, FIDMarseille, France (Memoria) | |
| The Gold Hugo for Best Film, Chicago International Film Festival, U.S.A. (Memoria) | |
| 2019 | Artes Mundi 8, National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff ,U.K. |
| 2018 | Mikeldi Honor Award, Zinebi Film Festival, Spain |
| FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives) Award | |
| 2017 | Commandeur de l'ordre des arts et des lettres, France |
| 2016 | Grand Prize, Bildrausch Filmfest Basel, Switzerland (Cemetery of Splendour) |
| Principal Prince Claus Award, the Netherlands | |
| Asia Pacific Screen Award, Australia (Cemetery of Splendour) | |
| 2015 | Gijon Film Festival Award, Spain |
| 2014 | The Yanghyun Art Prize, Korea |
| 2013 | The Silver Mirror Honorary Award, Films From the South Festival, Norway |
| Fukuoka Prize (Art and Culture), Fukuoka, Japan | |
| The Sharjah Biennial Prize, Sharjah Biennial 11th, United Arab Emirates | |
| 2011 | Officiers de l'ordre des arts et des lettres, France |
| 2010 | Winner of Asia Art Award Forum, Seoul, Korea |
| Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival, France (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) | |
| 2009 | Syndromes and a Century was voted the best film of the decade from a poll conducted with international film scholars by Cinematheque Ontario, Canada |
| 2008 | The Fine Prize, for outstanding emerging artist The 55th Carnegie International, U.S.A (Unknown Forces installation) |
| Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres, France | |
| 2007 | Best Film Award, 9th Deauville Asian Film Festival, France (Syndromes and a Century) |
| 2005 | Silpatorn Award, Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, Office of Contemporary Arts, Thailand |
| Special Jury Prize, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore (Tropical Malady) | |
| Best Film and Special Jury Prize, The 20th International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Turin (Tropical Malady) | |
| 2004 | Prix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival, France (Tropical Malady) |
| Grand Prize, Tokyo Filmex, Tokyo, Japan (Tropical Malady) | |
| L’Age d’or Prize, Cine-decouvertes, Belgium (Tropical Malady) | |
| 2003 | The International Critics’ Award (FIPRESCI Prize), Buenos Aires Film Festival, Argentina (Blissfully Yours) |
| Silver Screen Award: Young Cinema Award, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore (Blissfully Yours) | |
| 2002 | Prix Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival, France (Blissfully Yours) |
| Solo Exhibitions | (Selected | | | All) |
| 2024 | Night Particles, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Primitive, M+ Museum, Hong Kong | |
| 2021 | A Minor History, 100 Tonson Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Periphery of the Night, Institut d’art contemporain, Lyon, France | |
| 2019 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2018 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, U.S.A. |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Luminous Shadows, The Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 2017 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, U.S.A. |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Monuments, ShanghART, Shanghai | |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila, Philippines | |
| 2016 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Ghosts in the Darkness, Top Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, Para Site, Hong Kong | |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand | |
| 2015 | Fireworks (Archives), Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Canada |
| 2014 | Fireworks (Archives), SCAI The Bathouse, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | Photophobia, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway |
| Primitive, HangarBicocca, Milan, Italy | |
| 2011 | For Tomorrow For Tonight, UCCA, Beijing |
| For Tomorrow For Tonight, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Primitive, The New Museum, New York, U.S.A. | |
| 2010 | Native Land, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2009 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul-Primitive, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France |
| Retrospektive Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Film Museum at Munich Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany | |
| 2008 | Replicas, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan |
| Group Exhibitions | (Selected | | | All) |
| Projects | (Selected | | | All) |
| 2024 | A Conversation with the Sun (VR), Festival d' Automne, Paris, France |
| Rétrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France | |
| 2023 | A Conversation with the Sun (VR), Theater der Welt, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2022 | A Conversation with the Sun (VR), Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Nagoya, Japan |
| 2018 | Fever Room - A Projection Performance by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, National Taichung Theater, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Tate Film Pioneers, Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Mirages (Retrospective of Films and Videos), Tate Modern, London, U.K. |
| Film Festivals | (All | | | Selected) |
| Aura Contemporary Art Foundation, Japan | |
| Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing | |
| Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, Spain | |
| FRAC Regional Collections of Contemporary Art-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France | |
| UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), Berkeley, California, U.S.A. | |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A. | |
| Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan | |
| Le musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, France | |
| Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland | |
| MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand | |
| Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France; San Francisco, U.S.A. | |
| Singapore Art Museum, Singapore | |
| M+ Collection, Hong Kong | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco , U.S.A. | |
| Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France | |
| Tate Collection, London, U.K. | |
| Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
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