Sudaporn Teja (Thai: สุดาภรณ์ เตจา; b. 1986 in Chiang Mai, lives and works in Bangkok) is a multidisciplinary Thai artist whose practice operates at the intersection of abstraction and conceptual art. She is recognized for exhibitions that bring together abstract and conceptual approaches in a coherent manner, connecting emotional expression with critical reflection. Her research-based practice weaves together personal and collective narratives with anthropological, sociological and historical perspectives to examine equality and the mechanisms through which it is constructed, negotiated, and destabilized within society.
Through diverse lines of inquiry, she explores intangible dimensions including belief systems, temporality and conditions of possession. These complex themes are distilled into symbolic forms embedded within layered visual compositions. Her practice spans mixed-media abstract painting, installation, video and photography, with each medium functioning as a vehicle for subtle and nuanced meaning. When considered together, these works resonate through a shared dialogue, generating relational meanings that support one another and form a cohesive body of work.
Her artwork has been featured in major group exhibitions both locally and internationally, including Bangkok Art Biennale: Angels & Mara (2026), LOCAL MYTHS #2: Shifting Terrains (2026), THE ABYSS IS CALLING (Gallery VER, 2025), ART for AIR (2021), SPECTROSYNTHESIS II – Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia (2019), and Sublimation of Boundaries (R. Gallery, 2017). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna and a Master of Fine Arts from Chiang Mai University.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
LANNA SALON
HOP Hub of Photography, Bangkok
Thapfa Beauty Salon, Bangkok
2025
Pindrop(red)
VS Gallery, Bangkok
2024
After Julieta
People’s Gallery, BACC pop⋅up, MMAD
2023
Julieta
People’s Gallery, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
LANNA ANNAL ANNEX
Gallery VER Project Room, Bangkok
2022
LANNA ANNAL
The Meeting Room Art Gallery, Chiang Mai
2019
FLEUR: Blooming of Diversity
Alliance Française Bangkok
2018
Loves Get Better with Time Quietly
Serindia Gallery at O.P. Garden, Bangkok
2016
HEARTFELT: Abstract Tributes
Serindia Gallery ANNEX, Bangkok
PURIFY by Sudaporn Teja
Serindia Gallery at O.P. Garden, Bangkok
Serindia Gallery ANNEX, Bangkok
2015
ÉMOTIONS: Sudaporn Teja et la sculpture khmère
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau, Paris
Le Royal Monceau, Paris
2014
ÉMOTIONS II: Paintings by Sudaporn Teja
Alliance Française Bangkok
EMOTIONS: Paintings by Sudaporn Teja
Serindia Gallery at O.P. Garden, Bangkok
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
Bangkok Art Biennale: Angels & Mara
Art Centre, Silpakorn University
LOCAL MYTHS #2: Shifting Terrains
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
2025
THE ABYSS IS CALLING
Gallery VER, Bangkok
MOMENTUM
M Contemporary, Bangkok
2024
Longevity: An Abstract Conversation
Four Seasons Art Space by MOCA Bangkok
2023
Rencontre Abstraite
Galerie ELHABIBI, Paris
2022
막막
Placemak BKK
2021
ART for AIR
Chiang Mai City Arts and Cultural Centre
FLIP
Museum of Something, Bangkok
2020
RAMPANT
AAH Studion Gallery, Bangkok
2019
SPECTROSYNTHESIS II – Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
2018
Gender Illumination
Museum Siam, Bangkok
All Time High
Gallery VER, Bangkok
ART HSINCHU
FleurLis Hotel, Hsinchu City
2017
Sublimation of Boundaries
R. Gallery, Taipei
2016
Art Stage Singapore
Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre
2014
PAD PARIS
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2019
AIR | Artist Inn Residency
Ubud, Bali
2013
Thaillywood Artist Residency
Banglamung, Chonburi
EDUCATIONS
2013
Master of Fine Arts (Painting)
Chiang Mai University
2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai