Kriangkrai Kongkhanun

Kriangkrai Kongkhanun, who studied at art schools in Thailand as well as in Italy, visiting the most important art museums in the West on a trip to Europe, makes a daring attempt to forge a link between the Buddhist symbolism found in traditional pictures and the western imagery of the Renaissance and the 19th century. The Buddhist codex of ethics conditions his life philosophy and way of thinking. The point of departure for Kriangkrai's art is, however, the knowledge that negative human traits, such as anger, hatred and selfishness, namely evil properties, are so closely woven into human life that they always resurface from the subconscious.

Kriangkrai's series of woodcuts "˜Touching of An Ignorance' of 2009 once again refers to the eternal desires that arise out of the subconscious and that mankind cannot resist despite his striving for good. From a correctly dressed individual in a suit and tie, they develop into a four-headed monster with countless eyes and faces, holding the mask of evil up to the winged chimera. In the series "˜Spiritual Disease' four related pictures in each case with different winged demons, insects with human heads, fantastic reptiles, carnivorous plants with snarling jaws and wondrous flowers and vegetat...

2013 - M.F.A , Silpakorn University.

2007 – Diploma, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence Italy.

2003 – B.F.A. Printmaking, 2nd Hon., Department of Fine Arts, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.

1999 – Diploma,College of Fine Arts, Bangkok, Thailand.

Prizes and distinctions
2009 - 2nd Prize, Silver Medal (Graphic Arts), The 55th National Exhibition of Art , Bangkok.
2010 - 1st Prize, Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, The 56th National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok.

Solo Exhibitions
2010 - “ Spiritual Disease ” at Number 1 Gallery, Bangkok.
2011 - “ Oceanic Wilderness ” at Number 1 Gallery, Art HK 11, Hong Kong.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2002
- Tokyo International Mini – Print 2002, Tokyo, Japan.
- International Mini – Print and Bookplate Exhibition, Cluj – Napoca, Romania


2010
- The 56th National Exhibition of Art , Bangkok.
- Another Side, Contemporary Artists’ Dreams, La Lanta Fine Art, Bangkok.
- Smallery Art Exhibition, ARDEL