ponnapa prakkamakul

Ponnapa Prakkamakul is a multidisciplinary artist and landscape architect based in Massachusetts. As a third-generation, ethnically Chinese born in Thailand, she relocated to Hong Kong then the United States. Inspired by her multinational background, Ponnapa’s work explores the relationship between humans and their environment, focusing on cultural displacement and sense of belonging. Using found materials foraged from landscapes and stories collected from local communities, Ponnapa aims to create place-specific artwork that truly represents their identity and cultivates a stronger sense of place. Ponnapa holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design where she received the Lowthorpe Fellowship Award upon graduation. Currently, Ponnapa is a member at Kingston Gallery and a landscape architect at Sasaki. For more information on Ponnapa Prakkamakul, visit: https://ponnapa.com/
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You. Me. A Place To Be.

In this community-inspired mural, multidisciplinary artist ponnapa prakkamakul uses bright colors and whimsy to celebrate the collective experience of living, learning, playing, exploring, and being in Allston-Brighton. Navigate through beloved landmarks and favorite foods, Braille stories and lush landscapes to (re)discover and appreciate the neighborhood’s eclectic treasures. Through collaborative design, prakkamakul connects people and their environment to better understand cultural displacement and… Read more →

Where We Belong: The Process of Painting with Ponnapa Prakkamakul

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Over a year ago, what used to be grey concrete turned to gold – a radiantly colorful mural unified a community of local residents, visionary youth, vulnerable unsheltered people, and more through an amalgamation of dancing noodles, a majestic dragon, illuminated candles to both celebrate birth and as a vigil to honor those who are gone, and a dialogue of… Read more →

Discovery

I went into the woods because I wished to livedeliberately, to front only the essential facts of life,and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,and not, when I came to die, discover that I hadnot lived. Henry David Thoreau, Walden