Bangkok 1899 Team
Founder & Executive Director
Susannah Tantemsapya
Creative Migration, Inc.
Creative Migration (East) Foundation
Susannah Tantemsapya is the Founder & Executive Director of both Creative Migration and Creative Migration (East).
Her career has spanned the fields of music, art, film and journalism with an eclectic mix of experience. Her most ambitious endeavor to date is Bangkok 1899.
Read her full bio here︎︎︎
Hub Manager
Waranya “Ying” Tieammuang
Waranya “Ying” Tieammuang is the Hub Manager at Bangkok 1899, and oversees the day-to-day operations, assists in programming planning, and helps create a warm and inviting environment for all of the guests and partners. She is instrumental in expanding the center’s network with local artists and other local art spaces.
Before joining Bangkok 1899 Ying worked with several other Thailand NGOs to bridge relationships between local teams and international organizations, utilizing her understanding and sensitivity of both Eastern and Western culture. These roles include being both Executive Producer and Actor for two sell-out productions of immersive theater in Bangkok, directed by Single Thread (Canadian art non-profit), a main contributor of a project advocating for mental health literacy called Mood Hopping for Bangkok Design Week 2020, and over two-years as Operations Manager with Love Frankie – a social change agency.
Ying spends her free nursing tropical plants, cultivating beautiful spaces, and exploring how to cultivate health and wellness into the program.