Arnont Nongyao (b. 1979, Bangkok, Thailand) works with various media including sound, video, and installation, often in site-specific and public spaces. His practice with sound centers on exploring modes of listening and hearing as a social situation and an exercise of control, through experimentation with vibrations derived from connected things, such as human beings, objects and society. Arnont is Co-Director of Chiang Mai Collective (CMC), an open network of innovative sound artists and practitioners in Chiang Mai. He also collaborates with Delicate, a group of artists working on and organizing activities of experimental music in Chiang Mai. Arnont holds a BFA from Chiang Mai University.

Selected solo exhibitions include TRANCE (2014) with Piyarat Piyapongwiwat, Gallery VER, Bangkok; and Imaginarium (2011), Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai. Selected recent group exhibitions include 16th Media Art Biennale WRO 2015, Wroclaw, Poland; Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival 2015, Hong Kong; The Spirit Of The Land (2014), Rumpueng Community Art Space, Chiang Mai; DRIFT Experimental Sound Project (2014), Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok; Mica International Film Festival 2014, Manaus, Brazil; and Art Stage Singapore 2014, Singapore. More about Arnont Nongyao at www.arnontnongyao.com

Piyarat Piyapongwiwat (b. 1977, Phrae, Thailand) works with various media including video, photography, text, sound, and installation. Her work usually reflects surrounding experiences, including questioning of contemporary issues such as gender, marginalized communities, subcultures, cultural change and globalization, informed by the fields of humanities, social sciences, and political philosophy. Piyarat holds a BA from RMIT University, Australia and a BFA from Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier Agglomération (ESBAMA), France.

Selected solo exhibitions include TRANCE (2014) with Arnont Nongyao, Gallery VER, Bangkok; Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?(2013), Angkrit Gallery, Chiang Rai; and Queerness (2012), Toot Yung Gallery, Bangkok. Recent group exhibitions include 7th Yangon Photo Festival (2015), French Institute, Yangon; Swimming in Sand, Growing Rice Under an Umbrella (2014), No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne; RADIATION: Art and Queer Ideas from Bangkok and Manila (2012 & 2014), Department of Avant-Garde Clichés Gallery, Manila & Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; and Zeitgeist (2013), SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco. More about Piyarat Piyapongwiwat at www.piyaratpiyapongwiwat.com

Arnont Nongyao and Piyarat Piyapongwiwat's residency is supported by Foundation for Arts Initiatives (FfAI) and shared funding by the artists.