PRAWEEN’S SIGNATURE STARTED COMING THROUGH IN 2015. IT HUMBLY EMERGED AT A BLURRED BOUNDARY BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW. YOU ARE WALKING INTO HIS SOUL SPACE, TAKING SMALL STEPS AT A TIME. ALTHOUGH STANDING AFAR, SOMEHOW, HIS CHAIRS, TABLES AND DISTANCE BETWEEN OBJECTS WHISPER TO YOUR EARS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS FILLED WITH SOFT LIGHT, SIMILAR TO LANNA REGION AFTER THE RAIN.
LAMPANG IS PRAWEEN’S HOME, A CITY LESS THAN 2-HOUR DRIVE FROM CHIANG MAI. IT IS BEST KNOWN FOR CERAMICS AND HANDCRAFTS FROM TRADITIONAL TO CONTEMPORARY. COMING FROM AN ARTISTIC PLACE THAT HOLDS LAYERS OF INTERESTING STORIES, HIS ART GIVES SIMILAR VIBE. ‘ SANCTUARY INSIDE THE SOUL ‘ CONTAINS ALTOGETHER 25 PRINTMAKING LAYERS. THE FIRST FEW LAYERS GIVE BACKGROUND TO THE STORY BEHIND EACH ART PIECE THEY BUILD AMBIENT LIGHT THROUGH DIFFERENT SHADES OF WHITE. THEN CHAIRS AND TABLES ARE SLOWLY IMPRINTED, INTRODUCED AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE STORY. PRAWEEN CHOOSES OBJECTS JUST AS WHEN HE DECORATES HIS OWN HOME. TO HIM, ALL OBJECTS CONVEY PERSONAL MESSAGE. TO AUDIENCE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF ROOMS FOR INTERPRETATION.
PRAWEEN SEES MAGIC IN EVERYDAY OBJECTS. WHEN HE LOOKS AT SOMETHING CLOSE ENOUGH AND CHOOSES TO MAKE ART, HE VIEWS EACH PIECE AS THOUGH IT IS BEING HELD BY THE AIR IN A WARM SPACE. EACH OBJECT, TO HIM, IS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL PLACED INSIDE THE SOUL SANCTUARY, BLENDING IN HARMONIOUSLY.
PRAWEEN’S SMOOTH GRADIENT OF SOFT HUE CAME FROM A TECHNICAL MISTAKE DURING HIS COLLEGE YEAR. FINDING THE EFFECT RATHER INTRIGUING, HE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IT INTO PRINTMAKING BY USING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SHADES OF THE SAME COLOUR, PRINTING PATIENTLY LAYER BY LAYER.
HE BELIEVES LESSONS ACTUALLY HELP FORMING ONE’S IDENTITY AND THAT SOMETHING NEW ARE OFTEN DISCOVERED FROM MISTAKES.
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PRAWEEN PIANGCHOOMPU
Education
2013 — M.A. Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok Thailand.
2008 — B.F.A. ( Printmaking ) Faculty of Fine Art and Architecture, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, ( RMUTL ) Chiangmai Thailand.
Awards
2019 — Special Juri Prize, The 6th Indonesia International Print Triennial Competition 2018
— Gold Prize Award, 2019 Ulsan International Woodcut Print Biennale, South Korea
2016 — The Winner 1st Award, International Print Biennial Lodz 2016, Poland
— The Honorable Mention, International Biennial Print Exhibit 2016 ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts ( NTMoFA )
— The Winner, 2nd ASEAN Graphic Art Competition and Exhibition – Vietnam 2016
2015 — Print Prize Guanlan International Print Biennial China.
— Distinguished Prize The 30th PTT Art Exhibition Thailand.
— Silver Medal Award The 61th National Exhibition of Art Thailand.
— Prize Winners Semi Grand-Prix , Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial Japan.
2014 — Silpa Bhirasri Silver Medal Award Thailand.
— Distinguished Prize The Young Thai Artist Award 2014 Thailand
Exhibition
2020 — Solo Exhibition “Intertwined” at Jojokobe, Chiangmai, Thailand.
— 2020 International Outstanding Printmaking Artists’ Works Exhibition ” Stones from other mountains ” China.
— International Biennial Print Exhibit 2020 R.O.C., Taiwan.
2019 — Haugesund International Festival of Artistic Relief Printing ( HIT 2019 ), Norway.
— The 6th Indonesia International Print Triennial 2018, Jarkarta Indonesia.
— The 8th Beijing International Art Biennale, China.
— 2019 Ulsan International Woodcut Print Biennale, South Korea.
— Solo Exhibition “ Resilience ” at Affinity Art, Hong Kong.
— ” On The Edge ” International Exhibition of Graphic Arts in Stubel Gallery, Bulgaria.
— Print of the world at Informel Nakagawa-Mura Museum, Japan.
2018 — 18th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh.
— Teaching and workshop at Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle Washington USA.
— Orchids and Evergreens : Thai and Seattle Printmakers at M Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle Washington USA.
2017 — The 6th Guanlan International Print Biennial 2017, China.
— The 6th Ulsan International Woodcut Print Art Festival, South Korea.
— Solo Exhibition “ Inside the soul ” at La Lanta Fine Art, Bangkok, Thailand.
— SCOPE Art Show Basel 2017, Switzerland.
— 8th International Split Graphic Art Biennial 2017, Croatia.
— Affordable Art Fair Battersea Spring
2016 — The Queen Sonja Print Award 2016
— Silpa : Transform Exhibition at Art Centre, Silpakorn University, Thailand.
— International Biennial Print Exhibit : 2016 R.O.C. at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, China.
— 2nd New York International Miniature Print Exhibition, USA.
— 2nd ASEAN Graphic Art Competition and Exhibition, Vietnam.
2015 — The 5th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China.
— The 4th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Thailand.
— The 2nd International Creative Art Disseminating ( ICAD ), Thailand.
— Tactile Exhibition at La Lanta Fine Art, Bangkok Thailand.
— Tokyo International Mini- Print Triennial Japan.
— The 61st National Exhibition of Art Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2014 — Cubic Museum Exhibition at Art Centre, Silpakorn University, Thailand.
— The International Biennial Print Exhibition 2014, ROC, Taiwan.
— The 31st Exhibition of Contemporary Art by the Young Artists.
— The 5th Young Artists Talent Exhibition , Los Angeles Consulate.
2013 — Solo Art Exhibition ” Untitled ” at The Meeting Room Art Cafe, Chiangmai Thailand.
2012 — Art Thesis Exhibition at CMU ART CENTER, Chiangmai Thailand.
2011 — The Group Exhibition ” Mini Prints 11 ” of Rajamangaia University of Technology at Jangmeung Gallery, Chiangmai Thailand.
— The Group Exhibition ” Printmaking Chiangmai — Lampang 2 “, Lampang Culture Art Museum, Thailand.
— The Group Exhibition ” Mini Prints 12 ” of Rajamangaia University of Technology at Suriwong Book Center, Chiangmai Thailand.
— The Group Exhibition Music & Aesthetic at 9W Studio, Thailand.
— R.A.P. Alumni Printmaking Art Exhibition of Rajamangaia University of Technology, Northern Campus, Chiangmai Thailand.
— The Group Exhibition ” Bang Ban “, Chiangmai National Museum, Chiangmai Thailand.
2010 — The Exhibition ” Printmaking Chiang mai Lampang 1 “, Lampang Culture Art Museum, Thailand.
— ” The Roads That Have Lead Us ” Here Art Exhibition of Studio Xang Teachers.
— The Group Exhibition ” Hope ” at Minimal Gallery, Chiangmai Thailand.
2008 — The Exhibition ” Mini Prints 10 ” of Rajamangaia University of Technology at NIM CITY, ChiangMai Thailand .
