Pariwat Anantachina
Collage Artist / Book Designer / Memory Hacker

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Pariwat Anantachina is a Bangkok-based artist and book designer whose work blurs the lines between memory, identity, and imagination. Working primarily with collage—both analogue and digital—he reassembles found photographs, vintage manuals, and urban ephemera into new visual narratives that are as poetic as they are provocative.

Born in 1981 in Ratchaburi, Thailand, Pariwat’s creative path has taken him through design, publishing, architecture, and visual storytelling. His most recognized body of work, The L_st Album, reimagines discarded family portraits by removing facial features and overlaying the images with vintage graphics and texts. The result is hauntingly beautiful—a meditation on memory, anonymity, and the gaps between history and fiction. The project earned him the LensCulture HOME International Photography Prize in 2021 and international recognition across art and photography circles.

While his analogue collages often incorporate found imagery and forgotten prints, 90% of Pariwat’s digital collage work is created from his own original photography—shot in the streets of Bangkok and beyond. These self-sourced images lend a deeply personal and documentary quality to his surreal compositions, capturing the texture of everyday life with an experimental twist. His work doesn’t just remix the past; it reframes the present with layers of meaning, irony, and visual rhythm.

In 2024, he was named one of 100 Plus Asia’s rising creative talents—an accolade that highlights his role in redefining visual culture in Southeast Asia. His artwork has been exhibited in Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, and France, and he’s collaborated with brands like Google, Agoda, Penguin Books, EmPorium and EmQuartier Departmentstore. He is also the co-founder of Arc Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to experimental print and visual storytelling.

Most recently, Pariwat created the key visual identity for Slow Hand Design and FRONT 100, two major showcases at Milan Design Week 2025—bringing a distinctively Thai surrealist energy to one of the world’s most influential design stages.

Pariwat’s creative world is one of remix and rediscovery—a space where the past is never static, and nothing is ever truly forgotten. He currently lives and works on the outskirts of Bangkok, often collecting antiques, exploring city streets, and building stories from what others leave behind.

Catch his latest work at pariwatstudio.com or follow his visual journey on Instagram @big_pariwat.

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