Pojai Akratanakul 

CURATOR

Industry : The Arts

Graduated with an MA in Visual Arts Administration (Curatorial Concentration and Non-profit Management) from New York University, Pojai Akratanakul is a Bangkok-based curator committed to supporting and expanding Thailand’s contemporary art scene.

Pojai was an assistant curator for the Bangkok Art Biennale in 2020 and 2022, and for a special exhibition in Venice, ‘The Spirits of Maritime Crossing,’ an official collateral event to the 60th La Biennale di Venezia. In 2024, she took on the role of curator of the Bangkok Art Biennale, becoming one of the key voices behind the contemporary art festival. She believes a curator’s most important role is to generate knowledge alongside artists, translating ideas into forms and creating platforms for meaningful dialogue. With her background in management, she is also deeply invested in researching different models of art institutions, exhibition history, and the development of the Thai art ecosystem.

Pojai’s current goal is to collaborate more with emerging Southeast Asia-based artists to help grow and sustain the region’s art community. Her independent curatorial projects include “Area 721,346” and “Footnotes on Institution” at Gallery VER, as well as “Almost Nature” at 3RD Fl alternative space. She also works in a curatorial collective called “Charoen Contemporaries,” with whom she co-curated “Early Years Project #4: Praxis Makes Perfect” at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and “PostScript” at Praisaneeyakarn. Pojai also teaches curatorial practice and contemporary art history at major Thai institutions, where she advocates for a new generation of curators.