Born
1959, Bangkok, Thailand

Education
2003-05
Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
1980
Graduated with B.A. in Languages [English major, German minor] from Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom
1977
Graduated from Suksanaree High School, Bangkok

Professional Experience
Freelance artist in traditional style and mural painting
Special Instructor, Thai mural painting unit, Painting Section, SUPPORT Foundation. [The Foundation for Supplementary Occupations and Techniques, Office of Her Majesty’s Private Secretary, Chitralada Palace, Bangkok, April 1984 - February 1996]

Working Experience
1984-96
organised and led the Tan Kudt Group of painters temple and hotel murals
1981
E.S.L. teacher for Indo-Chinese refugees, Pragmatics Company Ltd., a UNHCR Project
1970-81
Twelve years’ painting apprenticeship to my father, the late artist in Thai style, Paiboon Suwannakudt, or Tan Kudt

Awards
2005
Gunnery Studio Residency, NSW Ministry for the Arts
2003
Bundanon Trust, residential Studio Grant
2001
Australia Council Studio Grant for new work by an established artist

Solo Exhibitions
2009
Three Worlds, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2007
February, The Journey of an Elephant the ongoing mural, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2004
March, The Elephant and the Bush, Arc one Gallery, Melbourne
January, Recent Works, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok
2002
July, Turtles, a Fish, and Ghosts....,Gallery 4A, Sydney
June, Karma Women Buddha, Span Gallery, Melbourne
2000
November, Buddhist Lives, Tadu Gallery, Bangkok
1999
July/August, New Works, Sherman Galleries, Sydney

Group Exhibitions
2008
50X50 SUMMER SHOW, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Victoria
Utopia Limited: Inhabiting Sydney, curated by Jop Holder, The Cross Art Projects, Sydney
2005-06
Open Letter touring exhibition,Gallery 4A, Sydney, National Gallery of Thailand, The Metropolitan Museum of Manila, The National Gallery of Malaysia
2005
PG Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
2003
Abstractions, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
2000
El Poder de Narrar [The Power of Narration, with nine artists from eight countries] catalogue texts by Kevin Power, Patrick Flores and Trinh Minh Ha], Espai d’art Cntemporani de Castelló, Valenciana, Spain
2000
Gang of Four, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1999
Gang of Four [with Simryn Gill, Lindy Lee, Savandhary Vongphutorn] Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney
1998
Women Imaging Women: Home, Body, Memory [Artists from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Australia]
1997
Co-organiser and exhibitor at Womanifesto Exhibition of work by Thai and Overseas Women artists, Concrete House, Nonthaburi and at Baan Chaopraya, Bangkok
1995
Tan Kudt Group, Place of Art, Bangkok
Tradisexion: Five Thai Women Artists, Concrete House, Nonthaburi
1994
Invited Artists Exhibition of Tadsawat group, Place of Art, Bangkok
1993
Thai Art Exhibition by Art Instructors of the SUPPORT Foundation, The Montien Hotel, Bangkok
1992
Art Exhibition by Eighty Artists, The Montien Hotel, Bangkok
Art Exhibition by Thai Women Artists, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok
Art Exhibition by Thai Women Artists, Contempus Gallery, Queen Sirikit Convention Center, Bangkok
1991
Thai Contemporary Art Exhibition, Artists to Heart for Emergency Home The Hilton Hotel, Bangkok
1990
Thai Contemporary Art Exhibition, Thai Commercial Bank, Bangkok
1989
Organised: Thai Contemporary Artists Exhibition with Tan Kudt Group and invited artists in Paris
1988
Fourth Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group, Thai Cultural Fair, Keio, Co. Ltd., Tokyo. 1988 July, Co-operating Advisor for Student Exhibition from painting section, SUPPORT Foundation, The Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok
1987
Third Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group, Tsa-ho Gallerie Internationale, St.Pierre, Île de La Réunion 1986 Second Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group in co-operation with student work from SUPPORT Foundation graciously presided over by H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirindhorn, The Regent of Bangkok Hotel
1984
First Exhibition of Tan Kudt Group, graciously presided over by H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirindhorn and H.R.H. Princess Chulabhorn, The Montien Hotel, Bangkok

Temple Murals & Other Buddhist Works
1999
A Buddhist Series of Tree & Flower Allegories painted during visits to Thailand & China
1998/99
Commission from the Zen Centre, Annandale for its Gorricks’ Run meditation temple, funded by the Australia Council, for an altar painting of the Buddha in meditation
1998
Brief visit to Thailand to complete designs for a Mahayana Temple in Nakhon Pathom, and commence designs for a specially commissioned temple scheme by Bangkok Airways at a temple on Samui Island
1997/188
Lives of the Buddha Screen entirely executed and completed in Sydney
The work is 1.8 x 4.32 meters overall, on the narrative theme of Buddha’s
previous lives and the life of the historical Buddha
1997
Designs for exterior gables and pediment of Buddha image at Wat Phuttharangsee, Annandale, Sydney
1996
Phutthamonthol Buddhist Center, near Bangkok [1,200 sq. m., basic designs for 86 panels of 1.8 x 8 meters. Supervisor of five teams each of seven-eight artists, about thirty-five artists overall]
1994-95
Wat Sri Dongklang, Khon Kaen [100 sq.m.]
1994
Wat Saket, Samui, Surat Thani [complete ubosot, 200 sq.m]
Completed the unfinished work of Acharn Angkarn Kalayanapon at Wat
Sri Khom Kham, Phayao [figures in upper panels and Tree of Life innreredos behind main icon]
1994
Wat Tha Suthawat, Angthong [complete ubosot, 200 sq.m.] for the Royal Support Foundation. Murals were featured on a special set of Thai postage stamps in 1999
1992/3
Wat Jaksa Phattaram, Uthai Thani [complete ubosot, 160 sq.m.]
1992
Wat Theppol, Bangkok [mondop, 12 sq.m.]
1991
Wat Ban Chang, Chonburi [complete ubosot, 140 sq.m.]
1990
Wat Sri Kom Kham, Phayao, own work on the lower narrative panels only, 220 sq.m.], graciously opened by H.R.H. Princess Mahachakri Sirindhorn in January 1993

Hotel & Office Murals
1996
Mural in residence of District Chief Officer, Tak province
Murals in Wimanthip Room, Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok
Murals for The Century Hotel, Bangkok
1995
Room murals for Laguna Banyan Tree Resort, Phuket
Murals in Bangkok Airways office at Bangkok Airport
Murals in Ballroom, Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok
1994
Murals for Dining Room lobby, Thai Embassy, Paris
1993/4
Murals for Function Room, The Regent of Bangkok, Hotel
Lobby and other murals for Laguna Banyan Tree Resort, Phuket
1991/3
Murals for President’s Office, Bangkok Airways
1991/2
Lobby mural for the Royal Garden Hotel, Bangkok, 11 x 1.35 meters, on Thai silk
1990
Mural for Thai Airways Office, Paris
1989
Leader of the group painting the Koh Kaew Pisadahl / Magical Crystal mural at the Conference Room in Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket
1985
Leader of the group painting Muang Thong / The Golden City mural at the Coffee Shop, Silom Plaza Hotel, Bangkok
1982/3
Assistant, then successor, to my father, the late Paiboon Suwannakudt, the original artist for Barom Ratcha Phisek / The Coronation of the King mural and the Jakrawan Thay / Thai Cosmology ceiling painting at the Lobby, The Regent of Bangkok Hotel
1979
Assistant for mural painting and glass decoration, Montienthip Room, Montien Hotel

Selected Bibliography
Carter, Michael & Gezcy, Framing Art, Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, 2005
Lenzi, Iola, ‘No Hard Lines gender politics in contemporary Southeast Asian visual art: does woman’s vernacular exist’, Gaweewong, Gridthiya, ed, Temporary Insanity, The James H.W. Thompson Foundation, Bangkok, 2004
Pettifor, Steven, ‘Between Tradition and Modernity: Phaptawan Suwannakudt’, Asian Art News, September/October, 2004
Sheriff, Mary, ‘How Images Got Their Gender: Masculinity and Femininity in the Visual Arts’, Moode, Teresa; E Weisner, Mary, ed, A Comparison to Gender History, Blackwell, 2004
Suthee Khunavichaiyanont, Caak Sayaam kaw suu Thay may: waa duay khwaam phalikphan khong sinlapa caak praphenii suu samay may, [2nd ed] Khrungtheep, Baan hua leem, 2547 (2004)
Ewington, Julie, ‘Thai Vision, Australian Painter, in Recent Painting, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, 2004
Power, Kevin; Flores, Patrick, in El Poder de Narrar/The Power of Narration, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castello, Valenciana, Spain, 2000