Sorawit Songsataya
Sorawit Songsataya (born in Chiang Mai, Thailand[1]) is a Thai-New Zealand artist based in Wellington, New Zealand.[2]
Education and career
[edit]Songsataya is primarily interested in craft, textiles, hand-made objects and their connection to computer technology. They often employ moving image and sculpture within installation environments.[3][2]
Songsataya graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland in 2013, and a BDes in Visual Communication from Unitec Institute of Technology in 2010.[4]
From November 23, 2019 until October27, 2020 Songstaya's sculptural instillation The Interior was prominently displayed at the Auckland Art Gallery.[5]
Notable exhibitions
[edit]Group
[edit]- Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, 2022.[6]
- Heavy trees, arms and legs, The Suter Gallery, Nelson, 2021.[7]
- Comfort Zone, a work as part of the Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Russia, 2021.[8]
- The Turn of the Fifth Age, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia, 2021.[9]
Solo
[edit]- Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2022.[10]
- Rumours (Mermaid), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2020.[11]
- The Interior, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2019.[12]
- Offspring of Rain, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, 2019.[13]
- Jupiter, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2019.[14]
Awards and residencies
[edit]- Gasworks residency, London, 2023.[15]
- Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2022.[16]
- Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D in 2020.[17]
- National Contemporary Art Award in 2016.[18]
- Govett-Brewster Art Gallery ‘In Residence’ Programme, 2021.[19][20]
- McCahon House residency, Auckland, 2018.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sorawit Songsataya | Satellites Archive".
- ^ a b c "Sorawit Songsataya | McCahon House". mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Sorawit Songsataya | Multimedia Artist - SCAPE Public Art". 26 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Coastal Signs - Sorawit Songsataya". coastal-signs.net. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Sorawit Songsataya: The Interior". 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery | Otherwise-image-worlds". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Heavy trees, arms and legs". The Suter Art Gallery. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Sorawit Songsataya". uralbiennial.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Some Kind of Travelogue". contemporaryhum.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Sorawit Songsataya, Nature and State | Contemporary Hum". contemporaryhum.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Sorawit Songsataya: Rumours (Mermaid)". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "The Interior by Sorawit Songsataya - SCAPE Public Art". 25 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Offspring of rain | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery | Sorawit Songsataya: Jupiter". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Sorawit Songsataya awarded the seventh residency for an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand at Gasworks, London". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Fox, Rebecca (7 July 2022). "Fellowship freedom". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Winners 2020". Molly Morpeth Canaday Award. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Mather, Mike (2 September 2016). "Good Kisser earns National Contemporary Art Award". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Residencies | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre". govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Three Artists Picked For Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 'In Residence' Programme | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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