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]- Thresholds, City Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2022)[6]
- Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden (2022)
- nature danger revenge, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2022)[7]
- Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022)
- twisting, turning, winding: takatāpui+queer objects, Objectspace, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022)[8]
- Wild Once More, Silo 6 Project by Te Tuhi Contemporary Art , Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022)[9]
- Listening Stones Jumping Rocks, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2021)
- Thinking Hands, Touching Each Other, the 6th Ural Industrial Biennial, Yekaterinburg (2021)
- Heavy trees, arms and legs, The Suter Art Gallery, Whakatū Nelson (2021)[10]
- H e a v y t r e e s , a r m s a n d l e g s , C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 1 )
- The Turn of the Fifth Age, Taipei Contemporary Art Centre in collaboration with Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung (2021)[11]
- Cherish TV, Cherish Gallery, Geneva (2020)[12]
- , Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2018)[13]
- Soon Enough: Art in Action, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018)[14]
Solo
[edit]- Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2022.[15]
- Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022)
- Rumours (Mermaid), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2020.[16]
- The Interior, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2019.[17]
- Offspring of Rain, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, 2019.[18]
- Jupiter, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2019.[19]
Awards and residencies
[edit]- Singapore Art Museum residency, Singapore, 2024[20]
- Gasworks residency, London, 2023.[21]
- Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2022.[22]
- Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D in 2020.[23]
- National Contemporary Art Award in 2016.[24]
- Govett-Brewster Art Gallery ‘In Residence’ Programme, 2021.[25][26]
- 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.
- ^ "At Thresholds". City Gallery. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "Nature danger revenge". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "twisting, turning, winding: takatāpui + queer objects — Objectspace". www.objectspace.org.nz. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "TeTuhi". tetuhi.art. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "Heavy trees, arms and legs". The Suter Art Gallery. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "2021.02.26 – 2021.03.28 The Turn of the Fifth Age 轉向第五時代 – 台北當代藝術中心". www.tcac.tw. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "Cherish TV". cherishhhh.ch. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ blueoyster.org.nz https://blueoyster.org.nz/exhibitions/bright-cave/. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Tensta konsthall". www.tenstakonsthall.se (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Our Residents: Sorawit SONGSATAYA | Singapore Art Museum". www.singaporeartmuseum.sg. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "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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