Nino Sarabutra

Nino Sarabutra is a Bangkok based Thai artist, best known for her large ceramic installations. She also works with glass, metal, acrylic and other media.  

Nino studied Ceramic Arts at Silpakorn University in Bangkok. In the past 13 years, Nino has held regular solo and group exhibitions, in Bangkok, New York, Manila, Singapore, Berlin and Venice.

Nino’s work explores human emotions and existence. Her previous exhibitions have included filling a gallery with 125,000 porcelain skulls to remind us of the precious nature of life, lit ceramic bottoms to remind us of the warmth of human contact and, perhaps Nino’s most recognizable image, walls of ceramic hearts framing images of all that we can love. Nino believes that the role of the artist is to make people reflect on how they live and stimulate energy and passion in her viewers.

‘I like my art to provoke the thoughts in people’s heads.

I want people who visit my show to walk away with a question in their minds. Are you happy? What will make you happier? What are you drinking? What are you gifting? What will you leave behind? Also I want to ask myself these questions.

I don’t expect people to always have the answer to my questions. Even if they have but don’t want to share it, that’s their choices. The most important part for me is that people take the questions into their minds.’