CURRENT EXHIBITION
PLAYBOIL (2024) - The textile installation sculpted from surplus Buddhist textile for the Young Birds from Strange Mountains - The Queer Arts from Southeast Asia and its Diaspora Exhibition at Schwules Gay Museum in Berlin from 29.11.2024 - 04.08.2025
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Artist’s Self-Portrait
LATEST WORK
SOULWHAT explores the connection between the soul, art, fashion, and religion through Eda Phanlert Sriprom, a Buddhist trans artist and innovative fashion designer in Berlin. Her sculptural clothing is crafted from discarded textiles originally made for Buddhist monks, which are in surplus at temples in Thailand and reflect Buddhist values of desexualization.
Documented by JOHNTODS
Visual trans artist and boundary-pushing fashion designer, Eda Phanlert SRIPROM, skillfully manifests social norms by creating innovative self-documented editions that embrace the rich and diverse wealth of individual identities. Through these works, she artistically expresses the principles of Buddhism, particularly focusing on the concept of desexualization by either fashioning the art or articulating the fashion.
Eda resides between Berlin, Basel, and Bangkok.
LATEST WORKS
Eda works between the landscape of Art and Fashion. Her latest work at Basel Social Club during ArtBasel2024, The Staircase to Heaven, was featured in The New York Times. In 2024, Eda exhibited her 1st solo show at the Bodhisattva LGBTQ+ Gallery in Bangkok. During 2022-2024, the Happy Buddha sculptural installation was commissioned and displayed at the Museum de Kulturen in Basel among other galleries and museums such as Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, SAC Bangkok, and ATT19.
The Staircase to Heaven
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The Staircase to Heaven -
seen at Basel Social Club
PRESS
“With a bold, soulfully powerful gaze, Thailandese artist Eda Phanlert Sriprom entrances you with an artistic practice full of haunting underpinnings and spiritual layers, which are soulful and poignant in equal measure. ”
EDAVERSE - aesthetic talk
Written by Chidozie Obasi
SOULWHAT
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SOULWHAT -
seen by INSTINCT#16 at WE.ARE.VILLAGE in Berlin, Germany
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
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SEXPLICIT
Sexplicit Installation illustrates a gender-neutral Buddhist landscape, transcending social constructs, showcased at Le Fesses-tival in Geneva, Switzerland.
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JESUISEDA
The photography questions the roles one Buddhist could achieve when they are on a spiritual journey in today's ever-changing gender identity society documented by JOHNTODS.
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THE HAPPY BUDDHA
The large-scale installation was sculptured from discarded Buddhist monk textiles at the Museum der Kulturen Basel - Switzerland.
SEXTING
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SEXTING -
Solo Exhibition at Bodhisattva LGBTQ+ Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
The Buddhist Development for Sales and Marketing
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The Buddhist Development for Sales and Marketing -
SHOP
The collectible Happy Buddha sculpture symbolizes optimism in the present while enhancing our lifestyle. Beyond decoration, it invites participation in a meaningful mindfulness movement. Made from sustainable Buddhist monk textiles, the Reimagined Object embodies Samatha—a peaceful, content way of living by local handcraft artisans in Berlin.
HAPPY BUDDHA
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HAPPY BUDDHA -
The large-scale installation at the Museum der Kulturen Basel - Switzerland.
HAPPY BUDDHA
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HAPPY BUDDHA -
The collectible little Buddha sculpture sustainably made of the Buddhist monk textiles.
CURRENT SHOWS &
UPCOMING PROJECTS
28.11 @schwulesmuseum
JESUISEDA
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JESUISEDA -
The visual Documentation Photography by JohnTods in Thailand
What sex is an Angel ?
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What sex is an Angel ? -
seen by Adam Broomberg
LOVE IS IN THE HERMES
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LOVE IS IN THE HERMES -
Tapestry Installation at Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum RJM Cologne, Germany
