阿彼察邦 · 韦拉斯哈古 1970年出生于泰国曼谷,毕业于孔敬大学建筑专业,后于芝加哥艺术学院获电影制片硕士,现生活工作于清迈。曾获第63届戛纳电影节金棕榈奖(2010)和第8届Artes Mundi国际艺术奖(2019)。近年重要展览包括:重思集体:广州影像三年展 2021,广东美术馆,广州(2021);阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古: 狂中之静,台北市立美术馆(2019);第58届威尼斯双年展——愿你生活在有趣的时代,威尼斯,意大利(2019);仪礼 · 兆与易,红砖美术馆,北京(2018);阿彼察邦 · 韦拉斯哈古:纪念碑,香格纳上海,上海(2017);泰特电影先锋——阿彼察邦 · 韦拉斯哈古:海市蜃楼,泰特现代美术馆,伦敦,英国(2016);阿彼察邦 · 韦拉斯哈古:原始,新美术馆,纽约,美国(2011);阿彼察邦 · 韦拉斯哈古:明日今夜,尤伦斯当代艺术中心,北京(2011)等。
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, born in Bangkok in 1970, now works and lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand. After studying Architecture at Khon Kaen University, he received his M.F.A in Filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997. He is the winner of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or prize, and the 2019 Artes Mundi 8, the UK’s leading award for international contemporary art. Recent exhibitions include: Rethinking Collectivity: Guangzhou Image Triennial 2021, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou (2021); Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei (2019); May You Live in Interesting Times – the 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2019); Rituals of Signs and Metamorphosis, Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing (2018); Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Monuments, ShanghART Shanghai, Shanghai (2017); Tate Film Pioneers – Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Mirages (Retrospective of Films and Videos), Tate Modern, London, UK (2016); Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Primitive, The New Museum, New York, USA (2011); Apichatpong Weerasethakul: For Tomorrow For Tonight, UCCA, Beijing (2011), etc.