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 presented in major group exhibitions both in Thailand and internationally, including LOCAL MYTHS #2: Shifting Terrains at BACC (2026); THE ABYSS IS CALLING at Gallery VER (2025); ART for AIR (2021); SPECTROSYNTHESIS II – Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia at BACC (2019) and Sublimation of Boundaries at 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, Thailand
THAPFA Beauty Salon, Bangkok, Thailand
2025
Pindrop(red)
VS Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2024
After Julieta
People’s Gallery, BACC pop⋅up, MMAD, Thailand
2023
Julieta
People’s Gallery, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Thailand
LANNA ANNAL ANNEX
Gallery VER Project Room, Bangkok, Thailand
2022
LANNAANNAL
The Meeting Room Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2019
FLEUR: Blooming of Diversity
Alliance Française Bangkok, Thailand
2018
Loves Get Better with Time Quietly
Serindia Gallery at O.P. Garden, Bangkok, Thailand
2016
HEARTFELT: Abstract Tributes
Serindia Gallery ANNEX, Bangkok, Thailand
PURIFY by Sudaporn Teja
Serindia Gallery at O.P. Garden, Bangkok, Thailand
Serindia Gallery ANNEX, Bangkok, Thailand
2015
ÉMOTIONS: Sudaporn Teja et la sculpture khmère
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau, Paris, France
Le Royal Monceau, Paris, France
2014
ÉMOTIONS II: Paintings by Sudaporn Teja
Alliance Française Bangkok, Thailand
EMOTIONS: Paintings by Sudaporn Teja
Serindia Gallery at O.P. Garden, Bangkok, Thailand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
LOCAL MYTHS #2: Shifting Terrains
Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Thailand
2025
THE ABYSS IS CALLING
Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand
MOMENTUM
M Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2024
Longevity: An Abstract Conversation
Four Seasons Art Space by MOCA Bangkok, Thailand
2023
Rencontre Abstraite
Galerie ELHABIBI, Paris, France
2022
막막
Placemak BKK, Thailand
2021
ART for AIR
Chiang Mai City Arts and Cultural Center, Thailand
FLIP
Museum of Something, Bangkok, Thailand
2020
RAMPANT
AAH Studion Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2019
SPECTROSYNTHESIS II – Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia
Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Thailand
2018
Gender Illumination
Museum Siam, Bangkok, Thailand
All Time High
Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand
ART HSINCHU
FleurLis Hotel, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
2017
Sublimation of Boundaries
R. Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016
Art Stage Singapore
Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
2014
PAD PARIS
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2019
AIR | Artist Inn Residency
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2013
Thaillywood Artist Residency
Banglamung, Chonburi, Thailand
EDUCATIONS
2013
Master of Fine Arts (Painting)
Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai, Thailand