SPACE 4 : SOMRAK MANEEMAI & NUKOON PANYADEE

Exhibition dates. 27 July - 7 Aug 2022
Opening Reception : Thur 28 July 2022, 6:00 - 8.30pm.

SOMRAK MANEEMAI

Somrak Maneemai  grew up in a small village in Krabi, South of Thailand, in a family of rubber farmers. He left home at 16 to study art at a college in Nakon Si Thamarat and later, Silpakorn University, Bangkok. where he obtained a Beachelor’s andMaster of Fine Art ( Painting) in 1999 and 2004

After the death of his mother, Maneemai found himself revisiting childhood memories and began experimenting with notions of cloud gazing. Gradually, a new style emerged which Somrak continues to develop and evolve. He has abandoned his earlier realist style for a free form.

He co-founded the Phuket Art Village in 2010. Shortly after, he relocated to Australiawith his family, where he continued to exhibit works and was represented by Salamanca Gallery. He moved back to Thailand in 2017 and returned to his studio at the Phuket Art Village where he is now based. Maneemai has exhibited his works in galleries and museums in Thailand and Australia. His work is part of public and private collections.

NUKOON PANYADEE

At a subconscious level, human beings are influenced by the power of nature. From the colour of clothes that we buy to the places where we travel. Every decision is related to the ecosystems around us with no exception to the way I create my art works. Over the past 30 years on my artistic career, nature always keeps inspiring my imagination.

I hope that the elements of nature reflected on my art works - sky, earth, water or stone surfaces - will become meaningful to the audience, just like Nature when we make a sincere connection with it. Through my oil & acrylic painting techniques, an abstract landscape comes to life in the eyes of the people who look at it. The act of observation brings pleasure and fulfillment, and sometimes poses questions.

It is my desire that this exhibition of my art works will help create the idea of harmonious living between humanity and the environment as a whole.

The Exhibition view