Apichaya Wanthiang
This spring, Artipelag presents the first solo exhibition in Sweden by artist Apichaya Wanthiang. Wanthiang is known for her immersive installations in which painting, architecture and perception are interwoven. She was born in 1987 in Bangkok, grew up in northeast Thailand and Belgium, and has been based in Norway since 2012.
Information
Admission
Includes both solo exhibitions:
• Apichaya Wanthiang – I C 3 D 2 (it’s all in your head)
• Fredrik Wretman – January 2567
Regular (Adult) – 195 SEK
Senior/Student – 165 SEK
Children/Youth 0–18 years – Free admission
Art.Pass – Free admission
20 SEK discount when purchasing tickets online
Combined Ticket
Includes all current exhibitions:
• Apichaya Wanthiang – January 2567
• Fredrik Wretman – I C 3 D 2 (it’s all in your head)
• MUCHA – Beyond Art Nouveau
Regular (Adult) – 395 SEK
Senior/Student – 365 SEK
Children 0–11 years – Free admission
Children/Youth 12–18 years – 195 SEK
20 SEK discount when purchasing tickets online
The exhibition runs from March 14 – August 30.
Welcome to an introduction covering both solo exhibitions: Apichaya Wanthiang’s January 2567 and Fredrik Wretman’s I C 3 D 2 (it’s all in your head).
Tue–Sun, from March 15:
11:30 am – in Swedish
2:00 pm – in English
The introduction lasts approximately 15–20 minutes. It is free of charge and included in the exhibition admission ticket.
About the exhibition
Apichaya Wanthiang's exhibition January 2567 encompasses installation, video and painting. A central video work is projected on an installation of textiles and takes us to Ban Tow Hai, a rural village in north-east of Thailand where the artist originates. In nocturnal scenes, the light emerges as the work's main protagonist: it leads our gaze, emphasises hands and their movements and shapes the course of the image. The palmyra palm leaves that appear in the video also serve as the point of departure for a number of larger site-specific works that occupy three of the exhibition rooms. In the paintings, nocturnal landscapes recur, where the vegetation seems to bear traces of human presence without any figures being visible. The motifs are characterised by dark, dense fields of colour, and the images balance between stillness and something that seems to rest beneath the surface.
In her artistic practice, Apichaya Wanthiang examines how our perception is altered when sight is not the primary sense. Using darkness, light, textile materials and spatial displacement, she creates immersive environments in which the body is activated and orientation occurs more intuitively than visually. Rather than portraying a motif or narrative, she employs rhythm, texture and mood, leaving room for the viewer's own associations.
Apichaya Wanthiang was born in 1987 in Bangkok and is currently based in Norway. Over recent years, she has established herself as a significant voice within the Nordic contemporary art scene, with solo exhibitions at institutions including MUNCH and the Vigeland Museum. The exhibition at Artipelag marks Wanthiang's first solo exhibition in Sweden.
The presentation is produced by the artist herself in dialogue with Artipelag's art department and can be seen in relation to Fredrik Wretman’s solo exhibition, which takes place during the same period.
Special thanks
We extend our special thanks to our art hosts for their valuable work in connection with the installation of the exhibition:
Apichaya Wanthiang
Exhibition concept
Painting
Co-development of sound concept
Field recordings
Camera
Video editing
Tolga Balci
Co-development of sound concept
Sound design and composition
Markus Moestue
Co-development of wood structures
Construction of wood structures
Camera
Hangmen (Annika, Stephen, Oscar, Patrik, Pelle, Susanne)
Exhibition production and install
Billie Brundell, Fanny Fermelin, Molly Fagerberg, Mojgan Hassani, Agnes Kern och Hanna Östman, Lina Nordqvist
Sewing of textiles
Tobias Hallgren, Arne Åkerström
Install of video, sound and light
Curators: Iselin Page and Olga Krzeszowiec Malmsten