Jirapat Tatsanasomboon

b. 1971, Samut Prakarn, Thailand
Lives and works in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jirapat is an award-winning Thai artist whose work pivots on the cultural relations between Thailand and the West. He completed his Bachelor’s degree at Chiang Mai University in 1996 with his B.A thesis painting ‘Foreign Intervention’ (1996), which was awarded the Grand Prize of Panasonic Contemporary Art in 1997.

In 1999, he acquired a Master’s degree at Silapakorn University; his M.A thesis painting ‘Green Goblin vs Maiyarap’ (2004) was also awarded the Grand Prize of Panasonic Contemporary Art in 2004.

Other awards include the Special Award in the 9th Toshiba Thailand Contemporary Art competition in 1997; Grand Prize in the 13th Toshiba Thailand’s Contemporary Art competition in 2001; and Special Prize in the 14th Toshiba Thailand’s Contemporary Art competition in 2002.

Jirapat has participated in several international art shows including ‘Asia Art Now’ at the Korean Cultural and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea (2003); ‘Tradition and Modernity’ in South East Asian Art at Galerie l’Indochine, New York, USA (2006); ‘Art Singapore 2008’ Singapore (2008); ‘Semangat X exhibition’ in Petronas Gallery, KL Malaysia (2016), ‘Art Central’, Hong Kong (2019); ‘Art Fair Philippines 2019’, Philippines (2019).

Biography information from Number 1 Gallery, February 2023