Suriya Namwong
b. 1978, currently resides and works in Bangkok, Thailand

Suriya Namwong is a multidisciplinary Thai artist working across painting, sculpture, and land art. He also serves as a curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA BANGKOK), where he has overseen a number of significant exhibitions. These include Silpa Bhirasri’s Contemporary Sculptures, Thai Traditional Sculptures, and The Thai Contemporary Art Exhibition in 2013—led by Phra Methee Vajirodom and 11 Thai artists—to raise funds for the restoration of Yan Fa Temple in Xishuangbanna, China. That same year, he curated the 1st National Art Auction organized by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC), Ministry of Culture. In 2017 and 2019, he supported the Art Auction for Refugees organized by UNHCR, with proceeds going toward urgent refugee relief efforts.

Beyond institutional projects, Suriya has acted as an advisor and pioneer in philanthropic art initiatives in Thailand. In 2015, he launched CORO Care: The Talents of Giving—the country’s first official online art auction via Facebook—focusing on charitable giving through art. Since 2013, he has continuously exhibited in both solo and group shows alongside many of Thailand’s leading artists.

Deeply inspired by nature, ecology, and Buddhist philosophy, Suriya’s artistic practice explores the interconnectedness of all life. His paintings, sculptures, and land art reflect a reverence for the subtle forces that shape balance, impermanence, and cultural evolution. In 2012, he was selected as one of nine artists to create land art across Thailand as a tribute to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. His piece, “Persevering in All Deeds: Following in the Footsteps of the Great King of Tenacity”, was installed at Cherntawan International Meditation Center in Chiang Rai and marked a pivotal moment in his approach to site-responsive artmaking.

Since then, land art has become central to Suriya’s work. Notable projects include:

• Ecological Land Art in Ban Ku Ka Sing, Thung Kula Rong Hai, Roi Et (2016, 16 rai) 
• Agricultural Eco-Forest Land Art at Bencharongkul Farm, Saraburi (2017, 100 rai) 
• Magic Tree Land Art Farm in Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima (2017, 10 rai) 
• Rukkha Chedi at Cherntawan International Meditation Center, Chiang Rai (2020, 50 rai) 

Each of these sites reflects his commitment to integrating art into lived environments—where viewers not only experience the artwork but inhabit and coexist with it as part of a shared natural and spiritual ecosystem.