PHINGBODHIPAKKIYA
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya is a Brooklyn-based transdisciplinary artist. Born in Atlanta to Thai and Indonesian immigrants, her practice spans participatory installations, textile, sculpture, large-scale murals, and public art. Her work has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, Lincoln Center, The Museum of the City of New York, Times Square, and countless rallies and protests around the world.
installation
Amanda’s work transforms everyday spaces into spheres of healing and monuments of belonging. Her process draws upon community contribution and personal narrative to shape portals made of textile, metal, wood, and dreams: an ecosystem of reciprocity between the artist and her communities. Through ceremony and ritual, delicate moments of connection and unexpected vulnerability emerge—creating a path to expansive thinking and new possibilities.
time owes us remembrance
In the summer of 2023, Phingbodhipakkiya traveled across Thailand to 17 provinces and 42 different textile communities to immerse in the living heritage of traditional weaving craft and to archive the stories of the women who sustain it.
In January 2024, she unveiled Time Owes Us Remembrance: a monument to making home, enduring community ties, and matrilineal inheritance that spans three levels of the Bangkok Art and Culture Center.
murals
Amanda’s murals function to reclaim space for unspoken narratives and amplifies visions of people and ideas that demand an audience. As visual catalysts for change, they reshape the landscape of cities, creating a presence that is impossible to ignore. Using lifts and ladders, and in partnership with local communities, she exhales wonder, possibility, and defiance onto expansive canvases that help the invisible feel seen.
public art campaigns
Through her public art campaigns, Amanda renders a visual language that speaks to the collective experiences and struggles of marginalized communities, giving them a louder voice to call for change. Her work interrogates art’s role as a medium for unearthing empathy, conjuring courage, and mobilizing resistance. These highly graphic images often become symbols of courage and solidarity as people use collective action to call for lasting change.
