Pam Virada (b. Bangkok, based in Amsterdam) navigates the cinematic and the temporal in domestic spheres, through attunements in the atmosphere and expanded cinema.

Recent presentations include Big Other at Château Shatto (Los Angeles, US), Pillows at Project Native Informant (London, UK), Silvering the Sky at 47 Canal (New York, US), and Housewarming: Activations for a new location at de Appel (Amsterdam, NL).

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Silvering the Sky
2024, solo exhibition

Exhibited at 47 Canal, New York, US

Noriko in The End of Summer
2024, acid etching on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 37.8 x 13.7 x 10.2cm

Noriko in Late Spring
2024, acid etching on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 44.5 x 22.2 x 10.2cm

Noriko in Early Summer
2024, acid etching on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 41.3 x 21 x 10.2cm

Akiko in Late Autumn
2024, acid etching on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 34.3 x 14.6 x 10.2cm

Ayako in Late Autumn
2024, acid etching on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 38.7 x 22.9 x 10.2cm

One to dampen the air, another to collect the stale
2024, tea brewed with pandan leaves, glasses, the audience, dimensions variable

The room i entered was a dream of this room
2024, digital print on fabric, table, glass balls, dust, text, ephemera, reading performance, dimensions variable

Exhibited at Diffractions - Transforming, Kunst Raum Mitte, Berlin, DE

Curated by Agnieszka Roguski and Natalie Keppler, reading peformance by Johanna Eckenhorst, ephemera by Theetat Thunkijjanukij
Early Spring
2024, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 25.5 x 10.5 x 5.5cm

An Autumn Afternoon
2024, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 24.5 x 24.5 x 5.5cm

Late Autumn
2024, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 51.5 x 31.5 x 10cm

Late Spring
2024, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 37.5 x 18 x 8.5cm

The End of Summer
2024, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 52.5 x 40 x 10cm
Descendant (spine x/bag of bones)
2024, chains, clay, glass, beads, marbles, fabric, wood, dimensions variable

Descendant (spine x/afterlife)
2024, chains, clay, glass, beads, found glasses on wood, dimensions variable

Descendant (spine x/droplet)
2024, chains, clay, glass, beads, water, wood, dimensions variable

Whale Park
2024, UV print on tempered glass, privacy film, looped projection, 67 x 40cm

Tree-lined Street
2024, UV print on tempered glass, privacy film, looped projection, 67 x 40cm


Descendant (spine x)
2024, metal chains, found glass, glass balls, beads, 700cm, 800cm, 950cm

Exhibited at Housewarming: Activations for a new location, de Appel, Amsterdam, NL



Eclipse of the Moon I
2023, UV print on stainless steel, tray, lit candle, 41.5 x 26.3 x 12cm

Eclipse of the Moon II
2023, UV print on stainless steel, tray, lit candle, 37.5 x 22.5 x 12cm

Everything is bright, then there is the moon I
2025, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 18.6 x 28.6 x 5.5 m

Everything is bright, then there is the moon II
2025, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 24.5 x 33.8 x 5.5cm

Everything is bright, then there is the moon III
2025, UV print on stainless steel, found tray, metal, candle, 32 x 42 x 6cm


Always coming home
2023, stainless steel chains, dimension variable

Exhibited at How Far, How Close, Aranya Art Center, Qinhuangdao, CN

Curated by Leo Li Chen and Mijoo Park



A Trick of Light
2023, solo exhibition

Exhibited at Meno Avilys Cinematheque, in collaboration with Rupert Residency. Curated by Gerda Paliušytė and Ona Kotryna Dikavičiūtė

Gary Numan, Trois Gymnopedies (slowed)
2023, audio, 4 min 3 secs

Still #1
2023, wood, 8mm film transferred to digital print, cortex lens, flashlight, metal stands, 11 x 34.5 x 18cm

Still #2
2023, wood, 8mm film transferred to digital print, cortex lens, flashlight, metal stands, 11 x 41 x 8cm

Still #3
2023, wood, 8mm film transferred to digital print, cortex lens, flashlight, metal stands, 11 x 31 x 20cm

Ghost Eye-View
2023, looped digitized 8mm film projected on acrylic

Sonnet for Si Chang
2022, digitized 8mm film, 02:16 mins


Prelude: Points of Departure
2022, single channel, 8:10 mins


No Transcendence, Only Immanence
2022, 8mm looped film projection, beads, clay, water, found glass, jasmine tea, dimensions variable


We'll meet in a clearing by the magic mountain
2021, text for exhibition with the same name

Exhibited at The Rietveld Pavilion, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL

Ephemera design by Alex Feraday

The Mirror
2021, duo exhibition with Diego Diez

Exhibited at Mertens Frames Project Space by Plan B, Amsterdam, NL. Works visible from outside.


Descendant (spine x)
2021, clay, beads, 400cm

Exhibited at Open New Window, 3FL 469 Phrasumen Rd. Bowonniwet Phranakon, Bangkok, TH

Curated by expensive to be poor



Jade
2020, graphite on paper, clay, ceramic, glass ball, 37 x 37 x 0.5cm

Sea
2020, graphite on paper, clay, ceramic, glass ball, 44 x 40 x 0.5cm

Room
2020, ceramic, glass ball, 11 x 6.5 x 3.7cm
Dragonfly, peppermint, autumn sky
2020, UV print on aluminum, 30 x 45cm

Exhibited at Speedy Grandma Centennial, Speedy Grandma, Bangkok, TH

Casting a Spell to Alter Reality
2020, single channel, 13:44 mins


Find me a house
2019, wooden frames, metal frames, granite tiles, neon lights, found objects, inkjet di-cut sticker, dimensions variable

Exhibited at Early Years Project #4: Praxis Makes Perfect, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC), TH
Engineered ruin
2019, solo exhibition

Exhibited at TheTip, Frankfurt am Main, DE

lightness
2019, UV print on feather, dimensions variable

untitled
2019, 11 photographs played on iphone’s slideshow, iphone with broken screen, cable, charger, dimensions variable


Memory Palace
2018, UV print on wood and acrylic, dimensions variable

Memory Palace (sections)
2018-2021, UV print on wood, various sizes

Exhibited at Multiple Planes, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (BACC), TH
Curated by Mary Pansanga

Available via expensive to be poor

Dialogues with Memory Objects
2018, publication, 140 pages

Available via BOOKSHOP LIBRARY


Clouded
2018, dust, found image, LED light, shelf, halogen lamp boxes, dimensions variable

Exhibited at Sangnual 2561, Sangnual Lap, Bangkok, TH

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Appearing unannounced
2018, 14 x 21cm, publication, 170 pages

Available via expensive to be poor (special edition), BOOKSHOP LIBRARY


Three-Cornered World
2016, solo exhibition

Exhibited at Tentacles Gallery, Bangkok, TH

Memory Cards
2016, collage of paper and translucent film stored within an archive boxcards: 9 x 6cm, archive box: 10.8 × 21 x 6.7cm, archive

Grass pillow
2016, wood, glass, inkjet print, dimensions variable

Instant Realities
2016, publication, 21 x 29.7cm