Arthub is beginning to work with BUG (Bangkok University Gallery) on educational and curatorial programs.

The first activities will be translating publications on Chinese contemporary art and continuing the 40+4 project in Bangkok. Arthub will work in close collaboration with ARK FONGSMUT starting from beginning of 2009.

Ark Fongsmut received his MA in Fine Art Administration and Curatorship from Goldsmiths College, London, and his MA and BA in Political Science from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

He has been a curator at Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok since 2000 and has produced many important exhibitions and initiations, including the annual Brand New Project and Artist Residency Programme. With insight and experience in the field of contemporary Thai photography, Ark was appointed chief curator of the 2004 and 2006 Month of Photography – Bangkok, a major international photography exhibition.

One of the vocal contributors to critical writings on contemporary Thai art, Ark has published in numbers of exhibition catalogues and books, including “Art Now,” his latest collections of art writings. He has also been contributed to many publications, namely, Esquire (Thai Edition), MARS, and East Bridge, an online Korean art magazine.

He was a recipient of several Curatorial Fellowships and Residencies including BizArt Residency (Shanghai); Association Francaise d’Action Artistique Fellowship (Paris); The Alliance Francaise Residency (Bangkok); and The Japan Foundation Fellowship (Bangkok and Tokyo).