Bunpan Wongpakdee CV

Education

- Higher Diploma in Art , Wittayalai Changsin, KlomSilapagon Art College, Bangkok, Thailand.

- BA Degree in Thai Art, Staban Bandhit Pattanasin, Klom Silapagon Art College, Bangkok, Thailand.

 

Exhibitions and Commissions

- Graduate Show, Wittayalai Changsin, KlomSilapagon Art College, Bangkok, Thailand.

- Thai Art exhibit, Nelson Library, Bangkok, Thailand.

- Mural Painting Commissions depicting The Life of Buddha at various Temples (Wats) in Thailand and abroad: Wat Dtum, Ayuthaya; Wat Khaobangran, Patjuabkilligan; Wat Chongron, Chonburi; Wat Intala-Wihan, Ban Khunprom; Wat Bahna, Rayong; Wat Praisali, Nakhon Sawan; Wat Bangnanai, Bangkok; Thai Buddhatakaya Temple, India; Wat Bangkhao, Rayong; Wat Jangkapho, Pattumthani.

- Paintings for Museum of Buddhajangdto Pomrangsi Wat Paknam, Thailand.

- Sketches depicting The Life of Buddha at Si Nakarin Talalam Temple, Switzerland.

- Design and decoration of columns for Uthayam Samkho Town Hall, Muniti Sifeaungfun, Chonburi, Thailand.

- Modern Art Exhibit Kasikorn Thai Bank, Thailand.

- Queen of Thailand Charity Workshop to teach Thai people to create traditional handicrafts.

- 16th and 19th Art Exhibit at PTT Petroleum Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand.

- 2002 Thai Art Show at Resonance Centre, RCK Tower, Bangkok, Thailand.

- 2002 The King in the Heart of the Artist Thai Art Exhibit, Thailand.

- 2002 Panasonic 4th Modern Thai Art Show, Thailand.

- 2004 Chiang Rai Art for Gallery Exhibit , Art Museum, Bangkok, Thailand.

- 26th Bua Luang Bank Exhibit, Bangkok, Thailand.

- 50th Celebration of friendship between Thailand and Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.

- 2004 First Eternal Art Genius Exhibit, Thailand.

- 2006 Drawings and Murals for the new Suannapum Bangkok International Airport under the supervision of Ajarn Phanya Witchitthanasan. Bangkok, Thailand.

 

Awards

- 1992 Winner of 3rd Prestige Award Student Competition at Wittayalai Changsin, KlomSilapagon Art College, Bangkok, Thailand.

- Elected artist to do drawings for King 72nd birthday celebration, Roi Et, Thailand.

- Winner of Design Competition for motif to be printed on scarves for sell at King charity shop, Bangkok, Thailand.

- Art Scholarship from Thai Government and Royal Family, Thailand.

 

International Exhibits

2005 – Zizi Gallery, London; The Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Manchester Art Show, Manchester.

2006 – Art Ireland Spring & Autumn Collections, Dublin, Ireland; The Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London.

2007 - The Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London; Manchester Loves Art, Manchester, England; Art Ireland Spring & Autumn Collections, Dublin, Ireland; The Edinburgh Art Show, Edinburgh, Scotland. 

 

2008 – Art Ireland Spring & Autumn Collections, Dublin; The Chelsea Art Show, London; The Cork Art Fair, Cork; The Edinburgh Art Show, Edinburgh.

 

About the Artist

Bunpan expresses his Buddhist devotion through his art in a variety of techniques, images and colourings. Whereas his temple paintings in Thailand and abroad follow traditional schemes, his acrylic paintings are free to explore contemporary styles and variations. Bunpan stresses the sacred significance for Buddhism of the lotus flower with his lavish application of gold and silver to the canvas. This may be in combination with a palette of pale colourings, as in his 2006 Bodhi Tree or in the starkly contrasted Buddha Diptych of the same year. The application of gold leaf the artist uses to blend pleasingly with the surface texture of his acrylics; the appearance of miniature Buddha statuettes in his Buddha Diptych is a strikingly original twist in the use of textured paint surfaces. His art captures modern vigorous and colourful Buddhist devotion of Thailand. His career is already marked by success and we predict that his art will mature from strength to strength as his contemporary message of spirituality reaches out to an evermore international public.