The National Gallery of Thailand is presenting the “Ways of Life: Shadows and Lights’’ by Thai female artist, Suwannee Sarakana from April 3 – 30, 2011. The solo exhibition of sixty-five paintings represent the family’s love as the guiding light in the individual’s sometimes stormy earthly life.  The paintings explore the traditional rural family as the foundation of Thailand’s culture so as to not forget where we come from.

About the Artist

Suwannee is a 35-year-old Thai female artist who received her MBA from Silpakorn University.  She just returned from Rome, Italy where she won first prize in an international watercolor exhibition presented by the Fondazione Sinaide Ghi Premio Internazionale Di Pittura Ad Acquerello – XVII Concorso.  The award presentation was attended by the Thai Ambassador to Italy and his wife.

Suwannee was competitively selected to represent Thai artists in exhibits in Singapore, UAE, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei and Macao. She won awards in Singapore. Her work also has appeared in shows in Spain, Italy, and in the United States where she exhibited at the 100th Monkey Studio in Portland, Oregon in 2010; in 2009 at the Walters Cultural Arts Center Gallery in Hillsboro, Oregon and at the exhibition “Look Behind You” at Worksound Gallery with two American artists in November 2010 in Portland, Oregon.