About
Nim Niyomsin (b. 1980, Bangkok) is an independent curator currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. She received a Master of History of Art from Birkbeck, University of London (2009), and a Master of Business Administration, Southeastern Louisiana University (2003). She also enrolled in curatorial and art courses at the Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Niyomsin specialises in contemporary art, photography, and public art events.
Prior to working independently, she worked in galleries in Bangkok, the Artist Pension Trust, and Horniman Museum and Gardens in London. She curated her first shows of Thai artists in several art spaces in London.
Moving to Bangkok, from 2014-2017, she worked as the Marketing Department Manager for international art and culture at the Emporium & EmQuartier, organising public and international art festivals and other cultural events. She then decided to focus on art and curating and became a full-time independent curator.
Seeing the underlying division in the local art scene, her challenge lies in curating the shows of artists who may not usually work together. This also includes a collaboration with others from non-art sectors. Another aim is to encourage artists’ careers and curate shows of talented and underrepresented artists.
Niyomsin has been working as a curator for many art institutions and international organisations, including of Museum of Contemporary Art Bangkok, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center (Bangkok), Tang Contemporary, PhotoBangkok, Richard Koh Fineart (Bangkok/Singapore), HOP – Hub of Photography (Bangkok), 1PROJECTS (Bangkok, Singapore), 333Anywhere (Bangkok), Subhashok The Arts Centre (Bangkok), Objectifs – Centre for Photography and Film (Singapore) and Forty7 Gallery (London). She has written for magazines such as Fineart Magazine (Thailand), Why Magazine (England), and the Bangkok Trader.
Curatorial and other projects
- Breathe, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore, Sep – Oct 2022
- Out of this world. MOCA Bangkok, Jun – July 2022
- Less is OK: a retrospective posthumous exhibition celebrating the life of Chavalit Soemprungsuk, River City Bangkok, Mar-Apr 2022
- Human(e), Museum of Contemporary Art Bangkok, Dec2021-Jan2022
- Body Universe, HOP Hup of Photography, Bangkok, Dec 2021-Jan 2022
- Sky, a man, land and sea, 333Anywhere, Bangkok, Dec 2021
- Introspection – Gongkan Solo Exhibition, Tang Contemporary, Bangkok, Nov-Dec 2021
- Messages, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Bangkok, Mar-May 2021
- Time-lapse: a reflecting on Thai art, 333 Anywhere and Thai Art’s Collector Association, Apr 2021
- Lucid Dreams, 333 Anywhere, Bangkok, Jan-Feb 2021
- Alpha/Omega, WTF, Bangkok, Nov 2020
- Elemental, 333 Anywhere, Bangkok, Oct 2020
- (UN)SEEN, 1Projects, Bangkok, Jan 2020
- Balance – Beam, JOJO KOBE Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Nov 2019
- Strata, Pop-up exhibition Project, Photo Bangkok, Aug – Sep 2019
- Young Thai Artists, The EmQuartier, Bangkok, Mar 2018 – April 2019
- Ecopsychology, Objectifs Centre of Photography and Film, Singapore, Jan 2019
- Shifts, WTF & Bridge Art Space, Bangkok, Nov 2018
- Coercion, Subhashok The Art Centre, Bangkok, Oct 2018
- Habitus, 1PROJECTS, Bangkok, Sep-Oct 2018
- Life and Beauty, YuYuan Art & Antique, Lhong1919, Aug 2018
- Instance, 1PROJECTS, Bangkok, Feb 2018
- In Remembrance, So Soifitel, Bangkok Oct 2017
- In With the New, YenakArt Villa, Bangkok, Oct 2017
- Pause: a reflection on disarray, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok, Sep 2017
- Ta Satit Nai Duang Jai, a group exhibition by 29 Thai Artists, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Centre, Bangkok, 2016
- The EmQuartier Art Festival 2016, The EmQuartier, Bangkok, 2016
- The EM District Art Festival 2015, The Emporium and The EmQuartier, Bangkok, 2015
- Yeast: A Creative Catalyst, Brownstone Studio, Bangkok, 2014
- Art@Suda Project, London 2013
- Origin-Originality: A New Wave of Thai Art, Forty 7 Gallery, London 2012
- Project Assistant; Designed new art display systems for the Education Centre, Horniman Museum and Gardens, London, 2010-2011