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PANITA SIRIWONGWAN-NGARM (SHE/HER)
Visual Communication • mixed media illustrations • culture • intersectionality • genders • artivism




Story of Toey: Trans youth, the welfare & country development

Responsibility: Illustrator, layout designer, campaigner
Writer: Panod Srinual
Editor: Phat

A picture book telling the coming-of-age story of “Toey”, a transgirl from Isan (Northeastern Thailand), the poorest region of the country. The book is a journey of learning about her body, gender, identity, sexuality, and transitioning process: the necessary welfare for many trans who suffer from gender dysphoria while going through class struggle and sexual discrimination simultaneously.

This picture book is one of the 7 shortlisted campaigns mentored and funded by “YouthWel Hackathon 2021” by “People's Network for the Welfare State”' and “SYSI: Society of Young Social Innovators”. The agenda is to spread knowledge about transgender and LGBT+ that has never been officially addressed in any Thai coursebook, aiming for an equal and inclusive society. It targets kids from ages over 10 to adults.






Panita [She/Her]
is a Thai visual communication designer based in London, currently an MA Visual Communication student at Royal College of Art. Her works revolve around socio-politics, culture, intersectional feminism, individual stories, history, and memories. Her methodology is a combination of storytelling and mixed media. She is currently exploring the possibility of surrealistic visuals to convey the hidden emotions and conversations between time-space, human-object, and the lost archives.



Contact
Panita.siri.pin@gmail.com

UK (+44) 7788472874
TH (+66) 820111551

IG: @cabinet_de_pin (visual experiments) @papurupin (doodles and illustrations)
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