| Uthit
Atimana is the director of Chiangmai
University Art Museum, in Chiangmai, Thailand. He was trained
as a sculptor from Silapakorn Universtity, Bangkok. Uthit has been
actively involed in an alternative art and cultural production
from the northern region by co - founding the public art project, "Chiangmai
Social Installation" since the early 1990s. His vision on adminstrating
an art museum is to reposition a traditional art museum in the
center of the community, by working with both tradtional art and
contemporary art, and incorporating such activities into life's
everyday settings. Recent projects produced by the museum under
his direction include Eukabeuk, EukabuekTV with Superchannel, Superflex
(2002), MayDay by Karl Holmqvist (2002), Story of the I, curated
by Gridthiya Gaweewong (2002), Simply Simple, German Design with
the IFA, Germany to name a few. In spring 2003, The New Media Art
Exhibition at CMU Art Museum Hall 'B'' was launched, one of three
self-contained sections of the New Media Art Festival on the CMU
Campus. Selected works were presented in the fields of video art,
interactive and computer installations. [Pictured below.]
Mr. Atimana was recommended to apexart's residency program by
Gridthiya Gaweewong, Director of Project 304 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ms. Gaweewong participated in apexart's second conference program
- read paper here.
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