Kan Nathiwutthikun (Khan Nathi) is a Thai artist living and working in Chiang Mai. She holds a B.A. in Interior Architecture from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and a Ph.D. in Regional and Urban Planning from the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University. With over 30 years of professional experience, she has consistently integrated art into her architectural practice, expanding her research into public spaces and local wisdom, and co-authoring The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs.

Her transition into contemporary art began in 2016 with acrylic and wood-based works, leading to an eight-year collaboration with Mit Jai Inn as an assistant and exhibition installer. Her architectural expertise shaped major international projects including Sunshower (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2017), 21st Biennale of Sydney, Art Basel Hong Kong (2019), Color in Cave (MACAN, Jakarta), Weaving in Dreamworld (Ikon Gallery, UK, 2020), Aichi Triennale(Japan, 2022), and APT11 (QAGOMA, Australia, 2024).

Her experience at Aichi Triennale inspired her to develop a personal practice exploring natural dyeing, short film, and meditative processes. In 2023, she debuted as an independent artist at the 17th Biennale Jogja (Indonesia) with two large-scale installations of clay-dyed fabric—one an outdoor bamboo structure, the other a tent-like form inside a Javanese building—accompanied by a short film documenting her creative process. In 2025, her works were featured in the group exhibition Art on Fire at BACC and Aswin Culture and Contemporary Art alongside leading Thai artists, Living with Art at Numthong Art Space, and The Human Everest at La Luna Gallery. In early 2026, she will present her solo exhibition at VS Gallery, Bangkok.

Her current practice investigates materials such as fabric, clay, charcoal, ash, and reclaimed wood. Often working in monochrome, she assembles large-scale compositions from smaller elements, pushing the boundaries of materiality while fostering an ongoing dialogue between human, nature, and social phenomenon.

Kan Nathiwutthikun (Khan Nathi)

Born

Born in 1964 in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Lives and works in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Education

2003-2007 Ph.D. in Regional and Urban Planning, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

1998–2001 Master in Economics, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

1982–1986 Bachelor in Interior Architecture, KMITL. Bangkok, Thailand

Mit Jai Inn's  Assistant and installation design in Group Exhibitions:

2024 APT11 QAGOMA, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2023 Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila

LUMA, Curated by Jenn Ellis, APSARA Studio, London, England

ART SG, TKG+, Singapore

2022 Still Alive, Aichi Triennale 2022, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

2019 Art Basel Hong Kong, Encounters, Hong Kong.

2018 21th Biennale of Sydney.

2017 Sunshower: Contemporary Art From Southeast Asia 1980s to Now, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.

Mit Jai Inn's  Assistant and Installation Design in Solo Exhibitions:

2023  Mit Jai Inn: Ocular Vocabulary, Silverlens, Manila

2021  Dreamworld, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, U.K.

2019 Color in Cave, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Actants, Silverlens, Manila.

2018 Beautiful Futures, H Gallery Bangkok.

Group Exhibition:

2023  Biennale Jogja 17 2023, Jakatar, Indonesia.

2025 Art on Fire, BACC and Aswin Culture and Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand.
2025 Living with Art, Numthong Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
2025 The Human Everest, La Luna Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Solo Exhibition 
2026 coming exhibition, VS Gallery , Bangkok, Thailand.