Pornwipa Suriyakarn

Pornwipa Suriyakarn，(born 1986) resident in Bangkok Thailand, who uses the stage name “Tangchare“. She is Education D.F.A. Art Management and is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkokthonburi University. Her mixed media works, which generally collect existing industrial materials, create the concept of Thai clay sculpting techniques through contemporary local cultures on a daily basis, along with symbols creating new meanings, combining cultural diversity through characters created in the form of 2D works, digital collage techniques, and 3D mixed media. She has held three solo exhibitions and received many national awards.

Pornwipa Suriyakarn （Thailand），《The Horse, Hard Machine》（No.02）Digital collage ，40×60 cm，2026

Concept：The Horse, Hard Machine is a digital collage that critically examines the transformation of cultural belief into a functional component of modern power structures. The work draws inspiration from the stone horse statues used as ballast figures in Chinese temples, objects traditionally associated with faith, protection, and spiritual continuity. Once symbols of movement, vitality, and devotion, these horses are rendered immobile—preserved as sacred forms yet stripped of agency.

In this work, the stone horse is placed atop a military aircraft, a contemporary symbol of technological supremacy, speed, and state authority. This juxtaposition reveals a shift in the role of belief: from a force that once propelled human journeys to a symbolic asset that is transported, managed, and deployed within systems of power.