Supachai Areerungruang was born in Thailand in 1975. He holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Poh-Chang Academy of Arts and Masters in Fine Art in History of Architecture from Silpakorn University, Bangkok before graduating from Chulalongkorn University with a Doctorate of Fine and Applied Arts.
Under Top Boot was featured in Supachai's solo exhibition ‘Sound of Silence’ at NAFA in 2019 in conjunction with NAFA’s inaugural SEA Art Forum. The work was one of the 120 ink on paper drawings and paintings that was shown. Supachai's exceptional drawing skills and his practice represents the regional fray, social, political and cultural thoughts and ideas threading through the daily life and and landscape of both the ordinary citizen and the engaged artist of several generations. This work is an example of his reflections on Thailand’s military coup since 2014 and the suppression of freedom of thought and speech under this regime. The boots represent the military and below, the people under them. The planned succession of the military leader to govern the country as the prime minister in the 2019 elections further evoke feelings that may not be voiced.
