Prima Jalichandra-Sakuntabhai Limited Edition Print

This limited edition print features a digital drawing that commemorates one of the seven vessels taken by the artist's great grand-uncle, Pridi Banomyong, during his escape from Thailand between 1947 and 1949. Pridi, who led the 1932 Siamese Revolution that transitioned Thailand from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, was accused of communism and framed for the king's murder. Forced into exile by a military coup, he fled by sea, never to return in his lifetime. This particular drawing marks one of those significant vessels, part of a journey that culminated with his ashes being scattered in the Gulf of Thailand in 1986, following his death in France in 1983.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Prima Jalichandra-Sakuntabhai is a transdisciplinary artist and curator, working across performance, video and installation, currently based in Los Angeles. Their research-based practice explores ways for identity and sense of belonging to remain undetermined while questioning dominant narratives of history and nationalism. They were born in Bangkok, Thailand, before their family moved to Europe where they spent their formative years. They came to the US in 2011. They received their Visual Arts Degree from the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Nantes Metropole and a License in Film Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3. They hold a BFA from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago and a MFA from the California College of the Arts, in San Francisco. They are a recipient of the SOMA Summer Award, Mexico City in 2016 and the Emi Kuriyama Spirit Award in 2020.

They curated the MAHA Pavilion at the Bangkok Biennial 2020 and Tactics of Erasure and Rewriting Histories at Craft Contemporary in 2022 and at ReflectSpace Gallery at the Glendale Central Library in 2023.