Akkara Naktamna

Akkara Naktamna is a photo artist and curator born in 1979 and raised in Bangkok. His work has been featured in numerous photography festivals, including the Miami Street Photography Festival (2013), the Singapore International Photo Festival (2016), the Photo Bangkok Festival (2015–2018), and the Dali International Photography Exhibition (2019). His photobook, Signs, was showcased at the NY Art Book Fair 2016 at MoMA PS1 and was selected for the Anamorphosis Prize 2016, leading to its inclusion in the Franklin Furnace Archive and the MoMA Library.

In 2016, Akkara founded CTypeMag, and in 2021, he opened a photography gallery in Bangkok dedicated to supporting contemporary photography globally, with a particular focus on emerging artists. He has curated several notable exhibitions, including "The Interpreter" (2022) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and "Photography Never Lies" (2024) at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). In 2025, he authored the book Notes on Photography (ข้อสังเกตบาง ประการเก่ียวกับศิลปะภาพถ่าย). Currently, Akkara works as a photographer and a curator at Kathmandu Photo Gallery.

Awards & Honors 

2016 Shortlist of Anamorphosis Prize 2016

2015 Honorable Mention of Prix de la Photographie Paris 2015

2014 Finalist of Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014

2013 Special Mention Award of the IPA Street Photography Asia Award 2013

  Finalist of Miami Street Photography Festival 2013

  Shortlist of the International Street Photography Award 2014

  Finalist of The 2014 EyeEm Awards

2009 Honorable Mention of the International Photography Awards (IPA) in 2009

Solo Exhibitions

2024 "Ordinary People", Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2019 "Demonic", Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2018 "Signs", SPACE PLACE Contemporary Art Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia

2015 "Signs", Photo Bangkok Festival 2015, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Group Exhibitions ― Showcases ― Collections

2026 "DELUSIONAL", West Eden Gallery / 1PROJECTS, Bangkok, Thailand

2025 Xishuangbanna International Photography, Yunnan, China

Bandung Photography Triennale 2025, Bandung, Indonesia

2023 "No Boundaries", West Eden Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

"Time Flies", Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok

2022 "INTERPRETERS", Museum of Contemporary Art Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

"MINT", an NFT photographic exhibition, HOP Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2021 "Taking It Personal", CTypeMag Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2020 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee

2019 Dali International Photography Festival, Yunnan, China

2018 Laatikkomo exhibition, Finland

  "Art on a Postcard", The Other Art Fair Bristol, United Kingdom

  The Photobook, Street Photo Thailand, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

  Thai New Wave, PhotoBangkok 2018, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

2017 Chiang Mai Photo Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  Inpages: Art Book Showcase: (in) THAILAND 2017, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  CEPIC Congress 2017 - Zine Showing curated by PiB Photography in Berlin, Germany

2016 "The Workspace", group exhibition by HUBBA-TO x Canon Thailand

  The 5th Singapore International Photography Festival 2016

  The Anamorphosis Prize 2016's Shortlist Present at NYC Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1

  Franklin Furnace Archive, Long Island City, New York

  Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Library Collection, New York

2014 Southeast Asia Photography Showcase in the Xishuangbana Photo Festival, Yunnan, China

  Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014, Saffron Walden, United Kingdom

  "A Road to Paris", Maison de la Chine, Paris, France

  The 2014 EyeEm Festival, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro

  Slideluck in Bangkok 2014, The Space, Bangkok, Thailand

2015 "Subconscious", Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

2013 "Bangkok Now!" selected work from in-public's workshop, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

  "Unposed Bangkok", Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

  Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Art Basel, Miami, United States

2010 The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

2009 The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Curatorial Works

2026 An Extension of Life by Tetsuya Kusu, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Layered Gazes by Hakbong Kwon, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Truth Flux, Tiga Mata’s zine issue 5, Guest Editor, Malaysia

2025 Route 777 by Kim Honghee, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Pink Mars by Manit Sriwanichpoom, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Syntherealm by Dansoung Sungvoraveshapan, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Spectral Identity by François Cambe, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Xishuangbanna International Photography 2025, China

Examination by Sirawit Kuwawattananont, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2024 Holy Land by Kamthorn Paowattanasuk, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Amata by Kou Kimura, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Photography Never Lies, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Naree on a White Horse by Pakapol Wannao, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Sukhumvit by Adam Birkan, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2023 Time Flies by Street Photo Thailand collective, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Pink, Black & Blue by Manit Sriwanichpoom, HOP Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

White Noise by Kathy Anne Lim, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

The Quarantine Report by Krerkburin Kerngburi, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Tango in the Big Mango by Peter Nitsch, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

EMERGE: Photo Thesis Exhibition 2023, Judge Panel

YOUNG THAI ARTIST AWARD 2023, Judge Panel

Portraits Of "Áo Dài"- Hope For Peace And Love by CHIRON DUONG, HOP Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Resonances of the Concealed by Napasraphee Apaiwong, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

365 by Anawat Petchdomsinsuk, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2022 IN MY PLACE by Natthawut Taeja, CTypeMag's Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Parallel Rays by Sirawit Kuwawattananont, CTypeMag's Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

INTERPRETERS, Museum of Contemporary Art Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

2021 Taking It Personal, CTypeMag's Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Eastern Song III by Kukkong Thirathomrongkiat, CTypeMag's Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

TIME AFTER TIME by Chakrit Leelachupong, CTypeMag's Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Akkara Naktamna