{"id":18066,"date":"2025-07-08T10:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chumponapisukhouse.bacc.or.th\/about\/about-chumpon\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:12:46","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chumponapisukhouse.bacc.or.th\/en\/about\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography of Chumpon Apisuk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"section-1\" class=\"wp-block-n4d-container\" data-index=\"0\" style=\"background-color:transparent\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div id=\"section-1\" class=\"wp-block-n4d-row\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"row\" style=\"background-color:transparent\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-n4d-col col-12 col-sm col-md col-lg-6 order-md-1\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"col-wrap\"><div class=\"wp-block-image mb-5\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1502\" src=\"https:\/\/chumponapisukhouse.bacc.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/artist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chumponapisukhouse.bacc.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/artist.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/chumponapisukhouse.bacc.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/artist-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chumponapisukhouse.bacc.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/artist-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/chumponapisukhouse.bacc.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/artist-768x1154.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-n4d-col col\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"col-wrap h-100 v-center\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chumpon Apisuk is a pioneering artist and social activist known for his contributions to performance art in Thailand and Southeast Asia. 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