The Office of Contemporary Art and Culture has scheduled an art exchange programme between artists from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS Artist Residency 2026) under the Mekong River Basin Contemporary Art Festival Project for the fiscal year 2569 BE. (2026 C.E.). The programme aims to enhance collaboration between artists and cultural organisations in the contemporary art field from the Greater Mekong Subregion, as well as to foster cultural diplomacy through artistic works. Six artists will be selected to participate. The selected artists will travel to Nakhon Phanom Province (Thailand) to develop their creative concepts and techniques.
Applicants must meet the following conditions:
- Be an artist in the field of visual arts (without restriction on medium) with at least three years of professional experience working as an artist.
- Hold nationality of, OR currently live and work in, the Greater Mekong Subregion – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, or China – for at least two years.
- Be between 25 and 45 years of age
- Have good proficiency in Thai or English.
- Have not been selected to participate in the GMS Artist under the Mekong River Basin Contemporary Art Festival Project for the fiscal years 2567 - 2568 B.E. (2024–2025 C.E.).
The programme provides round-trip travel from the selected artists’ places of residence within the Greater Mekong Subregion to Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand, as well as accommodation, a per diem, local transportation in Nakhon Phanom for the entire duration of the programme, and the visa application fee (if applicable). There will also be an artist’s fee of 30,000 THB and a production fee up to 60,000 THB.
