Adulaya Kim Hoontrakul graduated with a BA in History of Art and Archaeology with Music from SOAS London, an MA in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmith’s London in partnership with LA SALLE College of the Arts, Singapore and received her PhD in Art Studies and Curatorial Practice from GEIDAI Tokyo. Her current research is focused on decolonial dialogues, transculturation, and the politics of display.
Selected curatorial projects include Bangkok Art Biennale: Angels and Mara (2026-2027), Zomia In the Cloud (2023–24), Spectrosynthesis II (2019–20) and I Am You, Vasan Sitthiket retrospective (2017-2018). She is also the co-founder of the HAIIJAII Project, an artist-led collective connecting Thailand, Hong Kong, and France, fostering cross-cultural collaboration to confront ecological disasters. Selected publications include The Separation of Art from Craft in 20th Century Thailand: An Introduction, The Politics of Global Craft, Ed. by D Wood, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2025. Curatorship as a Sub-Colonial Act: An Introduction, GA Journal, Volume 3, GEIDAI Tokyo, Tokyo, 2022. Translating Thai Contemporary, Extracting the Thai Approach Through the Visual Arts of the 1990s, GA Journal, Volume 5, GEIDAI Tokyo, Tokyo, 2025