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MEET THE ARTISTS
KAMANITA KLINJUY
3D Artist, Character Designer, Illustrator
A former work orientation Instructor of the Consortium (a non-profit organization preparing Indo-Chinese refugees for resettlement in the US), Kamanita has also taught drawing, woodworking, Thai cuisine, electronic fun, batik painting, biking and scouting as an after school activity teacher in international schools. He is a former amateur triathlete and currently resides in Chonburi working on cartoon character design and 3D design. He meditates in his free time and is happiest playing the harmonica while he draws since he is more concentrated when both of his hands are occupied.
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KAZI ISTELA IMAM
Graphic Designer, Illustrator
A Bangladeshi graphic designer / illustrator with a passion for words & colours often drawing inspiration from her relationship with her city, matters of the heart, mind and gut.
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LILITH THAYAMONTR
Mixed Media Artist
A mixed media artist based in Bangkok, Liliith is passionate about art, crafts and all kinds of handmade things. She loves being unique more than being trendy.
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LINDA VIKA
Mixed Media Artist, Painter
Linda is an artist from Latvia who is now based in Bangkok. Her work focuses on abstract art, exploring various materials to create unique textures and patterns. She is currently drawn to acrylic resin, clay, and fabric, which allow her to add dimension and volume and make her pieces more dynamic and impactful.
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LIZETTE VAN DER MERWE
Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Digital Artist
Lizette is a qualified graphic designer and lifelong student of the arts who works in both traditional and digital mediums and has a vastly flexible style. She loves oil painting, pen and ink, and Copic markers as well as doodling on her Wacom tablet. She also owns a clothing brand.
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LIZZTA & KAWAKHWAN
Illustrators
Lizzta and Kawakhwan are illustrators and communication design students from Commde, Chulalongkorn University.
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LYCHEE
Comic Artist, Illustrator
Lychee is currently working toward her dream of becoming an illustrator. She believes she still has a lot more to learn ahead, but hopes audiences would give a chance to this amateur creator.
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MAI
Comic Artist, Painter
An art teacher and fine art painter from Oman and living in Bangkok, Mai has a film degree from Los Angeles, California, and continues to express her love for film and television through her artwork. She believes there is never a lack of inspiration when there are thousands of films with beautiful shots to study. While visuals and aesthetics do come naturally to an artist, she is also no stranger to storytelling and has a graphic novel in the works.
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MAIA
Graphic Designer, Web Designer
For as long as she can remember, Maia has wanted to create art, so she started learning classical art techniques in primary school.. She later diverged into graphic and web design while ocasionally still working with traditional art media.
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MAIIMOU
Comic Artist, Concept Artist, Digital Artist, Illustrator
Prolific Bangkok-based artist Maiimou is a lead-concept artist, illustrator, and comics creator. He is the writer and artist of the sequential art publication Wukong & Purple Orchid Prologue and co-founder, along with Nu Formalynn and GK, of SMASHHH STUDIO, a group of three artists with a passion for creating comic books and drawing, who together currently produce work for the studio such as Pandora Book: Sweet Dreams and Wukong & Purple Orchid.
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MARC KUEGLE
Digital Artist, Photographer, Graphic Designer
Marc is an artist born in Canada but based in Bangkok, Thailand and has been working in graphic design and as a self-taught photographer. His work often fuses these two practices together to create vibrant alternate versions of the places he has traveled around the globe, as well as skateboarding, music and their associated cultures and lifestyles.
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MELINA
Illustrator, Painter
Melina, a French and Thai illustrator based in Bangkok, mostly works with watercolor to make kid-friendly art. She finds, a lot of inspiration in old paintings especially medieval illuminated manuscripts or tapestry.
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MENMOPOST
Illustrator
Yui, whose art alias is Menmopost, is a Bangkok-based food illustrator who draws other things occasionally. She loves cooking, eating… basically anything to do with food. Menmopost is also super passionate about creating visual content for small food businesses.
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MICHIKO
Background Designer, Painter, Digital Artist
Michiko is a young artist living in Japan with a Japanese Mom and Filipino Dad, and started drawing since 7 years old and posting my artworks on SNS with Mom’s support, eventually being able to have a solo exhibition at Hokkaido.. At 11 years old, Michiko started a new challenge and entered the field of NFTs. The artist mainly draws Maro Dori, an original imaginary bird character from ancient Japan that has a noble origin .
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MIKE VAN ORDEN
Comic Artist
Mike Van Orden is a full-time professional who creates jaw-dropping art while traveling the world. Presently he is based out of beautiful Thailand, but originally hails from sunny San Diego, California.
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MILES MADONNA
Cartoonist
Miles is a you g artist who is excited to make his first art submission for a magazine. He loves to doodle and draw cartoon in his sketchbook, and feels that it is awesome that he can share them with a wider audience.
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MOE
Comic Artist, Writer
Moe used to photograph a lot while traveling (like spending time, and sometimes effort, to take the right photo) and portraits of people interested him the most. Then he stopped because he didn’t feel as comfortable taking photos. He felt uneasy (and it also took him away from being present amongst people and landscapes), and so he turned to sketching in his travel journals.
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NALANTHA HEMA
Painter
Nalantha is from Chiangmai, Thailand, and practices art, mainly painting, while being homeschooled . For Nalantha, board games are a passion, having created an original board game as well and homeschooling is fun because it allows experimentation.
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NANCY
Painter
Nancy considers herself an artist that loves to play with colors and to be around nature. Most of her pieces are related to nature, as it inspires her to be selfless and stay hopeful…
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NIRUND CHUVICHEAN
Comic Artist
A professional freelance comic artist and illustrator with 15 years of experience, Nirund Chuvichean lives in Bangkok where he creates his own works.
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NIRUT CHAMSUWAN
Illustrator, Comic Artist
Nirut Chamsuwan specializes in illustration, graphic design and portraiture, nurturing the love for popular entertainment, comic books and sequential storytelling that has informed his artwork since youth. While studying architecture at the Savannah College of Art and Design, he would often joke that his reason for pursuing such a major was to learn how to render backgrounds for comic book panels. Currently, Nirut is illustrating the Arthurian reimagining New Camelot.
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NUATFU
Comic Artist, Illustrator
NuatFu has been an illustrator for 4 years, previously working as a graphic designer, and decided to work in this field because having always felt happy and proud to draw. NuatFu wants to be the number 1 artist in the world, like Banksy, Van Gogh, etc. and for the world to know NuatFu, now having self-financed canvases and merchandise.
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OLEY
Graphic Designer, Painter, Photographer
Oley is an artist and graphic designer in Chonburi, Thailand, who loves painting, traveling, photography and exploring nature which fuels her creativity.
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PATRICIA
Pencil Artist
Patricia is an aspiring pencil artist. with a fondness for working in graphite and colored pencil in the last few years. She enjoys the almost meditative effect from using them, a calmness that appears in her.
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PAUL LIMGENCO
Illustrative Artist
Based in Toronto, Paul has been painting comics and covers for years. He has worked on Neon Black and anthologies like Elseworlds and Cauldron Magazine.
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PEPPERMINT SHARK
Cartoonist, Illustrator
A Thai illustrator who always creates work with the concept of nature, culture and lifestyle, Peppermint Shark’s passion is learning about sharks. The artist has an experimental project called “Have a shark day” which shares many marvelous things about sharks through a character designed to create awareness on sharks’ role in the ecosystem.
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PIYANUT WILHELMY-CAVALLO
Visual Artist, Sculptor, Painter
Piyanut is a visual artist based in Bangkok who has been using oil pastels, watercolors, oil and acrylic paint on mediums like paper, canvas, and wood panels. In time, she progressed to include clay sculpting and recently started transforming old furniture into amazing works of art.
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PMB
Visual Artists
PMB are Chulalongkorn University students from esteemed Professor Nicolas Verstappen’s Visual Media course.
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