Phansakdi Chakkaphak

Born : October 8, 1949

Place of Birth : Sriracha, Thailand

Education :

B.Arch. (Honors), Industrial Design, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 1969–1973

B.A. (Honors and Highest Distinction), Plastic and Graphic

Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., 1976 Botanical art workshop with Michele Meyer, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif., 1999

Career :

Television Commercial Director, A.V. Craft Production House, Bangkok, 1987–1989

Creative Director, Dentsu Thailand, Bangkok, 1989–1990;

McCann Erickson Thailand, Bangkok, 1990–1991 Freelance watercolor painter, Bangkok, 1992–1999 Freelance book designer, Bangkok, 1999–2009 Freelance botanical painter, Bangkok, 1999–

Professional Memberships

American Society of Botanical Artists, 1999–2002 California Watercolor Association, 1999

Artwork medium Watercolor

One-Person Exhibition(s)

Beauty in Bloom, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok,2009

Group Exhibition(s)

-First and Third Ploy Kaem Petch Art Exhibition, Peninsula Plaza, Bangkok, 1997, 2000

-Golden Jubilee Art Exhibition, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, 1997

- California Watercolor Association juried member exhibition, Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, Calif., 1999; Bedford

Gallery,Walnut Creek, Calif., 1999

- San Francisco Flower Show, San Francisco, Calif., 1999 

- Art in Bloom, NewYork International Orchid Show,World Financial Center, New York, N.Y., 2000

- Flora 2000, International Juried Exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pa., 2000

- Sathira-Dhammasathan Art Exhibition, Sathira- Dhammasathan, Bangkok, 2001

- International Exhibition on Botanical Illustration for Tropical Plants, International Conference, Exhibition and Illustration Workshop, Guild of Asian Botanical Artists, Natural History Museum, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Chiang Mai, 2006

Honor(s)/Award(s)

24th Surithorn Award Winners Best Wall calendar of 2004

(General category) and Best Diary of 2004 (Generalcategory),The Public Relations Society of Thailand, 2004 Outstanding Alumni Achievements, Faculty of Architecture,Chulalongkorn University, 2009