Knakorn Kachacheewa

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“Dialogues with Indigo-Blue” presents a series of paintings and sculptures by Knakorn Kachacheewa, who withdraws from the world into the depths of the self, chronicling a camaraderie with silence and loneliness in hues of indigo and blue. Kachacheewa’s palette of colors percolates through echoes of happiness, regret, contentment, sadness and inspiration– the emotional artefacts of his past.

Loneliness and solitude are not states of detachment; rather, they attune us to the world. Should viewers linger in the presence of Kachacheewa’s artworks, the initial impression of loneliness gives way to an inner calm, anchored in a heightened awareness of our fleeting mortality. Grounded by visual motifs drawn from nature, his artworks act as guides to existential contemplation that can provide a measure of healing and peace.

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Encased in claustrophobic white boxes, sculptures of human figures and collaged limbs amplify stillness and silence into a crescendo of existential vertigo. The awareness of the heaviness of solitude bares open the signs of the passage of time and the state of one’s being.

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In “PINK” series, Kachecheewa presents a collection of thirteen portraits of a woman with the use of the color pink in place of skin tones. He creates an illusion of flatness by removing the dimension. The artist uses found images borrowed from different sources such as cartoons or action figures.

In each of the paintings the viewer will notice that the eyes of the subject are either out of frame or looking to the side, this also contributes to the artist’s attempt to access another dimension of truth, without referring the original image.

In most of the artwork there is an object that has been added and appears unnatural or inappropriate, such as the gun, the cigarettes, the sunglasses, the black hand or the helmets. These objects re-builds and challenges the reality of the image. The use of the pale pink and purple color tones with the soft feminine features further draws attention to these bolder, darker ‘out of place’ components. Another interesting feature present in a few of the pieces is the small black dot under each eye of the subject. When first looking at the face the viewer is briefly confused about where to look as the dots can distract from the placement of the real eyes. Similarly to the mismatched objects, these dots create a surrealist quality to the works.

Jungle of Form, Color, and Tempo Series

Works

Television Drama
Television Drama
Series on TV
Series on TV
Hope
Hope
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BIOGRAPHY

Knakorn Kachacheewa is a Thai contemporary artist who creates surrealist paintings that highlight the aesthetic qualities of form and color. His compositions, which integrate human figures with elements of nature, chronicle reflections on his feelings, memories and past with candor

1969 Born in Bangkok , Thailand

Education

  • 1994 B.F.A. Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok
  • 1995 M.F.A. Grapic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok

Awards

1992

  • Supporting Award, The 9 th Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Young Artist

1993

  • Silpa Bhirasri Gold Medal Award, The 10 th Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Young Artists
  • Award Winner, 5 th Toshiba “Brings Good Things to Life” Art Competition

1995

  • 2nd Prize, 7th Toshiba “Brings Good Things to Life” Art Competition

1996

  • 2nd Prize, 8th Toshiba “Brings Good Things to Life” Art Competition
  • 1st Graphic Arts Prize, Gold Medal, The 42nd National Exhibition of Art
  • Award Winner, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Thai Farmers Bank

1997

  • Award Winner, 9th Toshiba “Brings Good Things to Life” Art Competition
  • 2nd Graphic Arts Prize, Silver Medal, The 43 rd National Exhibition of Art
  • 1st Prize, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Thai Farmers Bank

2000

  • 2nd Graphic Arts Prize, Silver Medal, The 48th National Exhibition of Art

2003

  • Honarary Mention, The National Festival of Graphic Arts, Cluj-Napoca / 2003, Romania

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2005 Drama of Life, Surapon Gallery, Bangkok
  • 2007 Instrumental, Surapon Gallery, Bangkok
  • 2014 Jungle of Form, Colour, and Tempo, Bangkok University Art Gallery
  • 2017 Pink, La Lanta Fine Art

Selected Group Exhibitions

1990-1993

  • The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Young Artists, Bangkok

1991-1995

  • The 6th and 8th International Print Exhibition Miniature, Norway

1991-1997

  • The 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Toshiba “Brings Good Things to Life” Art Competition , Bangkok

1992-1995

  • The 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th “Thailand Petroleum Authority” Arts Exhibition of Art, Bangkok

1993

  • An Exhibition of Prints, Space YZ, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Australia

1996

  • International Print Triennial Society “CRACOW”, Poland
  • International Print Exhibition, the Portland Art Museum, U.S.A
  • IV Bienal Internacional de Grabado, Caixa Ourense, Espana

1997

  • Sightline: An International Symposium and Exhibition Program on Printmaking and Image Culture Edmonontion, Alberta, Canada

1998

  • Eastern Approaches Contemporary Prints from Japan, Korea, Thailand, China, Beldam Gallery, England
  • 5th Biennial of Graphic Art Beograd 98, International Exhibition, Yugoslavia
  • Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan

1999

  • The 4th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan

2000

  • Thai Contemporary Art 2000, Art Centre Silpakorn University
  • Bangkok Art Gallery, California Polytechnic University, U.S.A., Kunstwerk, Kunstchakter, Cologne, Germany
  • VI Biennal Internacional de Grabado, Caixa Ourense, Espana
  • The 3rd International Triennial of Graphic Art Bitola, Macedonia

2001

  • The 10th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition 2001 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • The 11th International Print Biennial Varna Bulgaria
  • The 5th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print-Art-2001. Bhopal, India

2002

  • Project Revista De Arte Postal Mail Art. Magazine by Jose’e Roberto Sechi Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2002
  • The 5th Kochi International Triennal Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan
  • MICRO-ART, Project by Bruno Capatti, Medicina , Italy
  • Make Art Not War, Project by Smith & Gold Nobel Ontario 2002, Canada
  • International Mail Art Project by Sigismund Urban in Collaboration with Fantasy Tattoo, Berlin, Germany

2003

  • Art and The Printing Press Biennial 2003 “L’ARTE E IL TORCHIO” Italy
  • The 4th Kyoto International Woodprint Association “KIWA” Kyoto, Japan
  • Art Exhibition “Different Wall, Different Way, Different Work” Department of Fine Arts Faculty of Architecture, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok
  • Art in Box the 4 th Thai Contemporary Art Exhibition of the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Silpakorn University
  • The International Festival of Graphic Arts, Cluj-Napoca/2003, Romania

2004

  • The 10 th Anniversary of Department of Fine Arts, Bangkok

2005

  • Thai-German, Contemporary Art Exchange 2003, Cologne, Germany

2007

  • “No Picnic Printed Exchange” art exhibition, La Lanta Fine Art, Bangkok
  • “400 Artists self-portrait” art exhibition, Silom Galleria, Bangkok
  • The 8 th Thai contemporary art exhibition , Silpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok
  • International small graphic forms and ex-libris ostrow Wielkotolski