Nuttaphol Ma

Nuttaphol Ma’s multidisciplinary works align his dreams, consciousness and memories to compose stories about the dreams of leaving and dreams of roots. Ma connects the seemingly disconnected patterns and sequences of unfolding everyday moments to re-tell empowering stories of becoming. Ma currently runs a nomadic self-imposed sweatshop entitled The China Outpost that migrates throughout Los Angeles and beyond. As part of his residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute, The China Outpost will occupy open lots of big box stores along Cerrillos Road – a major thoroughfare leading to Santa Fe that has eroded its intimacy to a web of megastores. The sociocultural interventions at these contested sites function as make-shift forums that invite curious passerby to open ended conversations about migration and the labor of adapting to a new home. Ma is a recipient of the following fellowships and artist’s residencies: Santa Fe Art Institute Thematic Residency on Immigration, École Internationale de New York Residency, Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Artist Fellowship, California Community Foundation Fellowship, The Feitelson Arts Fellowship, Pitzer College Emerging Artist Fellow, 18th Street Art Center Artist Fellow, The Mountain School of Art Residency, the Richter Watson Fellowship Fund and the Walker / Parker Memorial Fellowship.

Residency/Fellowship

Immigration / Emigration 2015/2016

Website

nuttaphol.com

Location

Los Angeles, CA USA