Thai pop art is having something of a moment with plenty of exposure at home and abroad. Graffiti street artist Alex Face’s three-eyed, rabbit-onesie-clad babies are recognizable pop icons with a message, while Gongkan has had a series of high-profile collaborations — among them, with a musician, a supermarket and a camera maker — that featured his deceptively naive characters.

But they aren’t the only artists who are making a splash around the world.

Udom Taepanich

“Note” Udom Taepanich is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated Thai standup comedians, best known for his 13 solo comedy show series – DEAW, which never failed to become the talk of the town as soon as they were released. During his shows, fans may have noticed the colourful art displayed as sculptures on the stage, but not many realise that those were actually the product of Note’s own creativity.

An artist who follows his own heart, Note’s works are always bright, colourful, and playful in nature.

According to the artist, art is like a playground for him to have fun—a place where he is free to experiment with techniques and colours without rules or constraints.

He used to imply that it is like he wore a mascot costume to provide fun and happiness to the audience.

Even though it becomes very hot and itchy inside a mascot costume, a person inside will never complain and will continue to be lively and humorous to everyone he meets.

On the stage, Udom is a storyteller who narrates his life story to make the audience laugh through verbal humor and body language.

When he takes off his mascot costume and gets off the stage, art becomes the main language that he communicates with himself. Udom has a passion in making art and making art has become his routine.

He has been doing it since he was an art student. Udom stated that creating art is his full-time job and being a stand-up comedian is a hobby.

When good things happen, he makes art.

When bad things happen, he makes art.

No matter good or bad things happen, he will keep making art. He simply creates artworks. As he creates art, he will continually learn from them, learning how his feelings have an impact on each artwork.

Varagun Chongthanapipat

Varagun “Andy” Chongthanapipat, the artist who goes by MRKREME – and who has a master’s degree in Industrial Design from the Pratt Institute in New York – follows a tradition of uber-creatives who lend their wild imaginings to a wide variety of pursuits and across creative genres. One of his series features monsters who all have elaborate backstories and inhabit his Kooky World. Each monster comes from its own ecosystem, and their interactions with each other form the narrative arc of the series. From a mushroom thief to a toy glutton, viewers can follow their adventures as MRKREME makes these characters available on everything from postcards to figurines. MRKREME’s own distinctive tag is also on his fashion line.