Somsak Chowtadapong
Name :
Somsak Chowtadapong
Born :
December 22, 1949 Bangkok
National Artist :
National Artist 2017, Visual Arts (Painting)
Education :
M FA Painting from Silpakorn University
Cert. Institute of Fine Arts Urbino Italy
Dip Yokohama National University, Japan
Solo Exhibition :
1983 Solo Exhibition National Gallery, Bangkok
1985 Solo Exhibition Sairin Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1986 Solo Exhibition Sairin Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1987 Solo Exhibition "Poetic Garden" The Artist's Gallery, Bangkok
2016 Solo Exhibition "Works on paper & Watercolours", Wangna Arts Gallery, Bangkok
2017 Solo Exhibition "The Dark Paintings", Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center (RCAC, Bangkok
Selected Exhibitions :
1972 "Contemporary Thai Art" Copenhagen, Denmark
1974 22nd National Art Exhibition, Bangkok
1975 "5 Contemporary Painters" Bonn, West Germany
1976 "Contemporary Thai Art in the '70s" Germany
1978 "Singapore Art Festival '78" National Art Gallery Singapore
1979 "Young Foreign Artists" Sala De Collegio Raffaello, Urbino, Italy
1980 - 1982 Asean Exhibition, Asean Countries
1983 - 1996 Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition by the White Group
1985 "Asian Art Show" Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1986 "The Baghdad International Festival of Art 1986, Irag
1988 "2nd Baghdad International Festival of Art 1988, Irag
1989 "Inspiration from Japan" National Gallery, Bangkok
1990 "Asian International Art Exhibition, National Gallery, Malaysia
1991 "The Integrative Art of Modern Thailand" 5 Museums in the U.S.A.
1992 Asian Watercolour Confederation Taipai Fine Art Museum, Taiwan
1993 Asian Watercolour Confederation Neka Museum Bali, Indonesia
1994 Asian Watercolour Confederation Kuala Lumper, Malaysia
1995 Art Exhibition by the members of the College of Fine Arts, National Gallery, Bangkok
1996 A View of Asian Modern Art in the 21st Century, Japan
1997 Art Exhibition by the Members of the College of Fine Arts, National Gallery, Bangkok
1998 "Report from the Forest" National Gallery, Bangkok
Awards :
2nd Prize, 21st National Art Exhibition
3rd Prize, 22nd National Art Exhibition
Sairin Gallery's Grand prix, Yokohama, Japan
Merit Award from "The Baghdad International Festival of Art 1986", Irag