Descending from a lineage of artists, philanthropists, and collectors, Purat Osathanugrah grew up immersed in the world of art. His experience in business was enriched through early exposure to the Osathanugrah’s multi-industrial family-owned background. Purat’s enterprises encompass the realm of investment and business development as defined through his multidisciplinary roles as a businessman, an investor, an educator and a museum founder. As a businessperson, he focuses on cultivating and investing holistic value in business, people, and society. As a life-long educator, he emphasizes the development of human potential, valuing education and creativity as imperative means to the sustainable development of society as a whole.
As the Chairman and Founder of Dib Bangkok, Purat envisions the museum as a global hub for creative learning—an inspiring space designed to engage the next generation of artists, thinkers, and innovators. Beyond being a contemporary art museum, Dib Bangkok represents the culmination of a multi-generational mission to transform the contemporary art landscape. It serves as a cultural sanctuary where artistic expression nurtures spiritual connections and fosters meaningful cross-cultural dialogue. Through Dib Bangkok, Purat aims to elevate the art world and create a transformative experience that resonates across generations and cultures.
Dr. Miwako Tezuka is the inaugural Director of Dib Bangkok. Before this appointment, she held key leadership roles at several prominent institutions in New York, including Gallery Director of the Japan Society, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Asia Society Museum, and Associate Director of Arakawa and Madeline Gins’s Reversible Destiny Foundation.
Dr. Tezuka has curated numerous exhibitions, working with renowned artists such as Chen Chieh-jen, Robert Indiana, Kimsooja, Maya Lin, Mariko Mori, Yoshitomo Nara, Pinaree Sanpitak, and Yang Fudong, among others. She served as Associate Curator of the Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022, which featured works by 46 artists and collectives from across Asia and the Pacific region.
Her scholarly writings have been published in exhibition catalogs and books by institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; and the Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo, among others.
Dr. Tezuka earned her PhD in postwar Japanese art history from Columbia University in New York. She is also the co-founder of PoNJA-GenKon (Post-1945 Japanese Art Discussion Group/Gendai Bijutsu Kondankai), a global online network of more than 250 scholars and curators of postwar Japanese art, established in 2003.
Descending from a lineage of artists, philanthropists, and collectors, Purat Osathanugrah grew up immersed in the world of art. His experience in business was enriched through early exposure to the Osathanugrah’s multi-industrial family-owned background. Purat’s enterprises encompass the realm of investment and business development as defined through his multidisciplinary roles as a businessman, an investor, an educator and a museum founder. As a businessperson, he focuses on cultivating and investing holistic value in business, people, and society. As a life-long educator, he emphasizes the development of human potential, valuing education and creativity as imperative means to the sustainable development of society as a whole.
As the Chairman and Founder of Dib Bangkok, Purat envisions the museum as a global hub for creative learning—an inspiring space designed to engage the next generation of artists, thinkers, and innovators. Beyond being a contemporary art museum, Dib Bangkok represents the culmination of a multi-generational mission to transform the contemporary art landscape. It serves as a cultural sanctuary where artistic expression nurtures spiritual connections and fosters meaningful cross-cultural dialogue. Through Dib Bangkok, Purat aims to elevate the art world and create a transformative experience that resonates across generations and cultures.
Dr. Miwako Tezuka is the inaugural Director of Dib Bangkok. Before this appointment, she held key leadership roles at several prominent institutions in New York, including Gallery Director of the Japan Society, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Asia Society Museum, and Associate Director of Arakawa and Madeline Gins’s Reversible Destiny Foundation.
Dr. Tezuka has curated numerous exhibitions, working with renowned artists such as Chen Chieh-jen, Robert Indiana, Kimsooja, Maya Lin, Mariko Mori, Yoshitomo Nara, Pinaree Sanpitak, and Yang Fudong, among others. She served as Associate Curator of the Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022, which featured works by 46 artists and collectives from across Asia and the Pacific region.
Her scholarly writings have been published in exhibition catalogs and books by institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; and the Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo, among others.
Dr. Tezuka earned her PhD in postwar Japanese art history from Columbia University in New York. She is also the co-founder of PoNJA-GenKon (Post-1945 Japanese Art Discussion Group/Gendai Bijutsu Kondankai), a global online network of more than 250 scholars and curators of postwar Japanese art, established in 2003.
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