Art meets eternity in Phuket as the Thailand Biennale 2025 returns for its fourth edition — a celebration of art, time, and sustainability. Hosted under the theme “Eternal Kalpa”, this year’s event explores the endless cycles of creation, destruction, and renewal inspired by Buddhist philosophy. Through large-scale installations and immersive exhibitions, artists from Thailand and around the world invite visitors to reflect on our connection with nature, the passage of time, and the shared responsibility to protect the planet for generations to come.

Theme: Eternal Kalpa — The cycle of creation and renewal

The Thailand Biennale 2025 in Phuket embraces the theme “Eternal Kalpa”, which invites people to reflect on the cycles of creation, change, and renewal that connect humanity with nature. The concept encourages visitors to think about how time shapes life, how humans affect the environment, and how we can live more sustainably.

Key ideas behind the theme:

• “Kalpa” comes from ancient philosophy and represents an endless cycle of creation, destruction, and rebirth.
• It symbolises time that moves in rhythm with nature — always changing, yet eternal.
• The Biennale uses this idea to highlight sustainability and the need for balance between people and the planet.

Artists from Thailand and around the world express these ideas through materials, sound, and light, showing how life and the world are always transforming. Many draw inspiration from Phuket’s culture, environment, and identity, using art to remind visitors of the beauty and fragility of the natural world.

By spreading exhibitions across Phuket’s landscapes and historic venues, the Biennale supports the island’s vision of becoming a global centre for creative tourism. It turns public spaces into platforms for reflection, conversation, and renewal through art, inspiring everyone to see time, life, and sustainability in a new light.

Art across the island: Connecting communities and spaces

The Thailand Biennale Phuket 2025 turns the island into an open-air art gallery, bringing creativity to beaches, historic landmarks, and cultural centres across Phuket Old Town, Kathu, Thalang, and Promthep Cape. Each location becomes part of a shared art experience that connects visitors, artists, and local communities.

Key highlights:

• Art spreads across both natural and urban spaces, from coastal areas to historic venues.
• The event invites people to explore art outside traditional galleries, creating a more personal and interactive experience.
• Local communities are encouraged to join workshops and public art projects, strengthening ties between culture, creativity, and sustainability.

More than 60 artists from Thailand and abroad will showcase their work through installations, sculptures, sound art, performances, and interactive pieces. Their creations reflect Phuket’s culture, environment, and evolving identity, blending local heritage with global artistic ideas.

By merging art with everyday spaces, the Thailand Biennale Phuket 2025 promotes sustainable cultural tourism and builds a dialogue between people and place. It invites everyone—locals and travellers alike—to experience Phuket as a living, breathing work of art.

Sustainable Art Showcase at Jungceylon, Inspired by Thailand Biennale Phuket

Jungceylon, Phuket, has created a special art installation as a collateral activity of the Thailand Biennale Phuket 2025, bringing a touch of art to the Front Plaza and offering visitors, artists, and the local community a meaningful and sustainable creative experience.

Highlights of the collaboration:

• Jungceylon becomes a living art space filled with large-scale installations made from recycled and eco-friendly materials.
• Visitors can enjoy art up close while shopping, joining workshops, and taking part in interactive sessions.
• The project reflects the Biennale’s goal to make art part of daily life and promote environmental awareness.

A standout feature is the installation “Invisible – Livable” by Phuket artist Kitipong Ngowsiri (Pui) from Phuket Art Village.

• The artwork is built from recycled wood and marine debris, showing how discarded materials can be turned into something valuable and beautiful.
• It represents the idea of “home” as a shared and sustainable space for all, created with care and imagination.

As part of the Art for Ocean initiative, the piece encourages visitors to think about conservation and how creativity can help protect the environment.

Through this collaboration, Jungceylon shows how public spaces can inspire people to reflect, connect, and act towards a more sustainable future — proving that art truly belongs everywhere.

Artist spotlight: Kitipong Ngowsiri (Pui)

Kitipong Ngowsiri, known as Pui, is a Phuket-based artist recognised for his creative use of recycled materials and his deep connection to nature and time. He studied Fine Arts at Chiang Mai University, earned his master’s in Printmaking from Silpakorn University, and later received a scholarship from Tama Art University in Japan.

Key highlights of his work and philosophy:

• Founder of The Love Art Studio at Phuket Art Village, a community space made from reclaimed wood taken from old boats.
• The studio serves as both a creative hub and an artwork itself, hosting exhibitions, workshops, and music events that bring artists and locals together.
• Pui’s art explores themes of memory, time, and imperfection, using discarded materials to tell stories about resilience and transformation.

His philosophy, “The soul of the ship remains,” reflects how every object carries its past and how beauty can exist in flaws and scars.

His installation, “Invisible – Livable”, featured at Jungceylon as a collateral program of the Thailand Biennale Phuket 2025, continues this idea. Made from recycled wood and marine debris, it represents the idea of “home” as a shared and sustainable space. It transforms forgotten materials into a place of warmth and connection, showing how art can inspire people to care for the environment and rethink waste as something valuable.

Why visit the Thailand Biennale 2025 in Phuket?

The Thailand Biennale Phuket 2025 brings together art, culture, nature, and sustainability in one inspiring event. Spread across beautiful locations—from sandy beaches to historic sites and public spaces—Phuket turns into a living art gallery where creativity meets the island’s natural and cultural charm.

Here’s why you should visit:

• Unique open-air experience: Explore contemporary art displayed across beaches, cultural centres, and local communities.
• Meet the artists: Engage in workshops, talks, and live performances led by 65 artists and artist collectives from Thailand and around the world, offering a direct connection to the creative minds behind the works.
• Interactive learning: Take part in educational programmes that encourage reflection on time, nature, and sustainability.
• Support meaningful causes: Discover how art can promote environmental care and inspire community action.

The Biennale is perfect for anyone who loves creativity, culture, and connection. It’s a rare chance to see world-class art in breathtaking settings while supporting a global movement toward sustainability.

Plan your visit to the Thailand Biennale Phuket 2025 and experience the power of art to transform spaces, inspire change, and celebrate the spirit of Phuket’s creative future.