Born in Trad, Thailand. Lives and works in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook received MFA from Silpakorn University, Bangkok, in 1986, Diplom Fuer Bildende Kuenste from Hochschule Fuer Bildende Kuenste Braunschweig, 1990 (DAAD) and Meisterschuelerin, Hochschule Fuer Bildende Kuenste Braunschweig Germany in 1994. 
Solo exhibitions: In this circumstance, the sole object of attention should be the treachery of the moon, Ardel Gallery, Bangkok (2009); The Two Planets, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London (2008); In a blur of desire, 100Tonson Gallery, Bangkok (2007); Great Times Message, 100Tonson Gallery, Bangkok (2006); Lament, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2003); At Nightfall Candles Are Lighted, Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai and Chulalongkorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok (1999,2000); Lament of Desire, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas, and the Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand (1998-99); Printmaking and Drawing, Atelier Forsthaus, Gifhorn, Germany (1990,1991); and Small Graphic, Goethe Institute, Bangkok (1987). Numerous solo exhibitions at National Gallery, Bangkok, including: Why Is It Poetry Rather than Awareness? (2002); Lustful Attachment (1995); Water Is Never Still (1994); Stories in Room (1992); and Graphic Notes (1987).