Gridthiya is one of Thailand’s most prominent art curators. She once taught English at a refugee camp in Phanat Nikhom, before pursuing her interest in the art field, graduating with a master’s in art administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1996 she co-founded Project 304, an alternative space for contemporary art, with the late Montien Boonma and Kamol Phaosavasdi. On the international scene, she curated Underconstruction, Tokyo (2000 - 2002), Politics of Fun at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2005), and Unreal Asia at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (2010), among others. She is a co-founder and instructor of The Alternative Art School, an online platform offering live classes with the world’s best artists and curators, allowing for networking and building up of the global art community. At the new Jim Thompson Art Centre, she aims to create programmes that are more diverse, multidisciplinary and relevant to the current context. For the art scene in Thailand, she hopes to see better developed and visionary cultural policies, a wider engagement with the public, and a less nationalistic focus.