OLIAS is a Bangkok-based street artist and muralist, best known for dreamlike figurative murals that mix myth, memory, and quiet emotion rather than overt political statements or hard graffiti lettering.
Seen from a Chao Phraya river boat, Wat Arun does what it was designed to do: announce Bangkok before the city announces itself. ⸻ From the river, you’re seeing it the old way—how traders, monks, and travelers first encountered Bangkok. Not as a tourist stop, but as a marker of arrival.
• Origins: The site dates back to the Ayutthaya period (before 1767).
Bangkok erases fast — buildings, walls, people, phases. Artists like WARIS respond by painting interiority, not landmarks. This isn’t “Bangkok postcard” street art. It’s Bangkok emotional infrastructure.