Pinaree Sanpitak – Curriculum Vitae

PINAREE SANPITAK

Born 1961 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lives and works in Bangkok.

EDUCATION

1986
B.F.A in Visual Arts and Communication Design, School of Fine Arts and Design, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Hanging by a Thread, Tyler Rollins Fine Art.

2011
Body Borders, The Art Center at Chulalongkorn University, H Gallery, and 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

2010
Paper Traces and Flying Cubes, Art-U Room, Tokyo, Japan.
Quietly Floating, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY.
Solid, Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

2009
Breasts, Clouds and Vessels, Gallerie Alain le Gaillard, Paris, France.

2007
Breasts and Clouds, 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

2005
Jedis Vessels and Cooking, The Borderline Event – The Castle; Breast Stupa Cookery collaborations with local patisseries and Aula Gastronomica de l”Emporda, La Bisbal d’Emporda, Girona, Spain.

2004
Temporary Insanity, The Art Center at Jim Thompson House, Bangkok, Thailand.
And Everything In Between, Art U – Room, Tokyo, Japan.

2003
Breasts and Vessels and Mounds, Jendela Gallery, The Esplanade, Singapore.
Metamorphosis, Gallery Art U, Osaka, Japan.
Noon-Nom, Discovery Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
Noon-Nom & Vessels, Babilonia 1808, Berkeley, CA.

2002
Offering Vessels, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS.
Breast and Beyond, Bangkok University Art Gallery, Chulalongkorn University Art Gallery, Open Arts Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
Growth & Void, Atelier Frank & Lee, Singapore.

2001
Vessels and Mounds, The National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
“Shibui” – Breast Stupas, Seinan Gakuin University Library,Fukuoka,Japan (on view annually).

2000
Womanly Bodies – Prints, Art2, Substation, Singapore.
Continued – Compelled – Comforted, Atelier Frank & Lee, Singapore.
Womanly Bodies in Print, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

1999
Womanly Abstract, About Studio/About Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand.

1997
Eggs, Breasts, Bodies, I, Etcetera, The Art Center, Centers of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University.

1994
Breast Works, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.

1993
Mother & Child: A Dialogue, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.

1991
The Cross The Egg The Cow & The Squash, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.

1988
Pinaree Sanpitak: an Exhibition of Photographs, Paintings, and Collages, Central Plaza Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

1987
An Exhibition of Photographs and Collages by Pinaree Sanpitak, Books & Beer, Bangkok, Thailand.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
18th Biennale of Sydney.

2011
Here / Not Here: Buddha Presence in Eight Recent Works, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington New Zealand, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Negotiating Home, History, and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia, 1991-2011, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Stealing the Senses, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

2010
Artists Scarecrows Rice Paddy, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
THAI-YO, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

2009
Emotional Drawings, SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
Breast Stupa Cookery with Bo.Lan Restaurant, Bangkok, Thailand- March 26-27-28, 2009.

2009
Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea.
Virtues of the Kingdom, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

2008
From Surface to Origin, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ethics of Encounters, Gallery Soul Flower, Bangkok, Thailand.
Emotional Drawings, Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Japan.
“Expenditure” Busan Biennale 2008, Museum of Modern Art Busan, South Korea.
Traces of Siamese Smile: Art+Faith+Politics+Love, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
Breast Stupa Cookery with Higashiya and Le Bain, Le Bain, Tokyo, Japan.

2006
Artery, The Gallery and Concourse, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
Breast Stupa Cookery / Artery Exhibition Opening, SMU Singapore Management University, Singapore.
Tout â Fait Thaï : Thai Art Festival Paris 2006, Mairie du 6 e, St. Sulpice, Paris, France.
Breast Stupa Cookery / Soi Projecy / Thai Art Festival Paris, Mairie du 6 e , St. Sulpice and Restuarant Le Trois, Paris, France.
Little More Sweet Not Too Sour, 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pink Bras Alert! / Breast Stupa Cookery, Charity in an A-B-C Cup – Fund raising campaign for The Queen’s Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer, Bangkok, Thailand, The Sukhothai Hotel Ballroom, Bangkok, Thailand.

2005
Thai Festival, Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy.
600 Images / 60 Artists / 6 Curators / 6 Cities, Bangkok / Berlin / London / Los Angeles / Manila / Saigon.
Breast Stupa Cookery / SOI PROJECT-YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE, Press Conference, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok, Thailand.
Soi Project / Yokohama Triennale 2005, Yokohama, Japan.
Pic-Nic in the Room, Collaboration with Dutch designers : Anthony, Kleinepier & TTTVO, Art-U Room, Tokyo, Japan.
Breast Stupa Cookery / Pic-Nic in the Room, Jardin de Bagatelle, Kawazu / Urasenke Tea Ceremony / Art-U Room, Tokyo, Japan.
Breast Stupa Cookery / Lotus Arts de Vivre – WPO Offsite Event, Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

2003
Next Move – Contemporary Art from Thailand, Earl Lu Gallery, La Salle-Sia College of the Arts, Singapore.
The Spirit of Asian Contemporary Art, University Library Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA.

2002
36 Ideas from Asia – Contemporary South-East Asian Art, Singapore Art Museum European Touring Exhibition.
The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2002, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
The 2nd Women’s Art Festival, East Asian Women and Herstories, Women’s History Exhibition Hall, Seoul Women’s Community Center, Seoul, South Korea.

2001
A Shriek from an Invisible Box, The Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
AsiaArt 2001/Labyrinths – Asian Contemporary Art – Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea, Contempoary Art Museum of Genoa, Italy.

2000
Global Scents of Thailand, Edsvik Konst & Kultur , Solentuna, Sweden.
Euro Visions, Art Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts,Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Les Semiophores, Collaboration project on the facade of The Town Hall, Lyon, France, 7 – 10, December, 2000. A proposal by Philippe Moullion of LABORATOIRE, Grenoble, France.

1999
Women Imaging Women: Home, Body, Memory, Main Gallery, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, The Philippines.
Alter Ego – Thai – EU Contemporary Art Project, Art Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Womanifesto 2, Saranrom Park, Bangkok, Thailand.
Festival der Geister / Asian Spirit and Ghost Festival, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany.
“Beyond the Future” The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

1998
Bangkok Art Project 1998, Ratanakosin Island, Bangkok, Thailand.

1997
Womanifesto, Baan Chao Phraya & Concrete House, Bangkok, Thailand.
Glimpses into the Future: Art in Southeast Asia 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan.

1996
The Spiritual and the Social, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
Doris Hinzen-Roehrig, Pinaree Sanpitak, Judy Watson: Paintings, The National Gallery, Chao Fa Rd., Bangkok, Thailand.
Huay Khwang Maga-City Project, Demolition site, Rachadaphisek Rd., Bangkok, Thailand.

1995
Kradaad : Contemporary Thai Works on Paper, Texas Tech University, Department of Art, Texas, USA Touring Exhibition.
Weather Report, A touring group project initiated by Rienke Enghardt.

1994
Herstories, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

1993
Confess and Conceal, 11 insights from contemporary Australia and Southeast Asia, AGWA Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth and toured in Southeast Asia.
Shutter Talk, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

1992
Small Works by 56 Thai Artists, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
Through Her Eyes: An Exhibition by 6 Women Artists, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

1991
Art and Environment, The Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Recent Works by Chatchai Puipia & Pinaree Sanpitak, The National Gallery, Chao Fa Rd., Bangkok, Thailand.

1990
Artists for AIDS: Artists for People with AIDS, Lumpini Park, Bangkok, Thailand.

1989
Metro Mania: ARX 1989 Australia and Regions Artists’ Exchange, PICA, Perth, Western Australia.

1986
Via Tsukuba (3), AXIS Gallery, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan.

AWARDS

2007
Silpatorn Awards 2007

RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

2009
Lenzi-Morisot Foundation, Chateau de la Roche Jacquelin, Daumeray, France.

2008
Lucas Artists Programs, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA.

2003
Pacific Bridge Residency Program, Oakland, CA.

2001
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA.

2000
AFAA: Association Francaise d ’Action Artistique, Artist-in-Residence at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
IASPIS : International Artists’ Studio Program in Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.

1999
Printmaking Workshop – Northern Editions, Northern Territory University (NTU) Darwin, Australia.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
Earl Lu Gallery, La Salle – SIA College of the Arts, Singapore.
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Lenzi-Morisot Foundation, Singapore – France.
Bangkok University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Misiem Yipintsoi Sculpture Garden, Thailand.
Ministry of Culture, Thailand.
The Queen’s Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer, Bangkok, Thailand.