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

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

Group

  • 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 and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2021)[10]
  • 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]
  • Bright Cave, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2018)[13]
  • Soon Enough: Art in Action, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018)[14]

Solo

  • 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

  • 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

  1. ^ "Sorawit Songsataya | Satellites Archive".
  2. ^ a b c "Sorawit Songsataya | McCahon House". mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sorawit Songsataya | Multimedia Artist - SCAPE Public Art". 26 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Coastal Signs - Sorawit Songsataya". coastal-signs.net. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Sorawit Songsataya: The Interior". 23 November 2019.
  6. ^ "At Thresholds". City Gallery. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Nature danger revenge". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ^ "twisting, turning, winding: takatāpui + queer objects — Objectspace". www.objectspace.org.nz. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  9. ^ "TeTuhi". tetuhi.art. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Heavy trees, arms and legs". The Suter Art Gallery. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Cherish TV". cherishhhh.ch. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Past Exhibitions: Bright Cave". blueoyster.org.nz. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Tensta konsthall". www.tenstakonsthall.se (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Sorawit Songsataya, Nature and State | Contemporary Hum". contemporaryhum.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Sorawit Songsataya: Rumours (Mermaid)". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  17. ^ "The Interior by Sorawit Songsataya - SCAPE Public Art". 25 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Offspring of rain | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery | Sorawit Songsataya: Jupiter". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Our Residents: Sorawit SONGSATAYA | Singapore Art Museum". www.singaporeartmuseum.sg. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Sorawit Songsataya awarded the seventh residency for an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand at Gasworks, London". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  22. ^ Fox, Rebecca (7 July 2022). "Fellowship freedom". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Winners 2020". Molly Morpeth Canaday Award. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  24. ^ Mather, Mike (2 September 2016). "Good Kisser earns National Contemporary Art Award". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  25. ^ "Residencies | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre". govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  26. ^ "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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