Kawita Vatanajyankur

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Education

2011  Graduated with Distinction from Bachelor of Art, Fine Art (Painting),
          RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2005  Completed RMIT Art and Design Foundation Studies,
          RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia 

Selected Prize and Awards

​2016   · Winner of Young Alumni Community Engagement Award 2016
           · Finalist of Australian Alumni Awards 2016
2015   · Finalist of Jaguar Asia Tech Art Prize 2015

 

Solo Exhibition

2019   · Performing Textiles, Mosman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2018   · The Balancing Act (Curated by Antidote), Sydney Opera House,
             Sydney, Australia
           · Kawita Vatanajyankur, Anantara Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
           · Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
           · Performing textile, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin,
            New Zealand
2017   · Splashed, Nova Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2016   · Work, Clear Edition & Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 
           · Machinized, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015   · Tools, The Jam Factory, Bangkok, Thailand  
           · The Carrying Pole, Screen Space, Melbourne, Australia
           · Work, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia 
2014   · Play, Beam Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia
           · The Ice Shaver, Sencus Luoghi per l’Arte Contemporanea,
              Florence, Italy
2013  · The Ice Shaver, Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP),
             Melbourne, Australia
           · Tools, Beam Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia
2012   · Domesticated, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
           ·  Body and Elements, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 
​2011   · Walking on Water, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

 

Group exhibitions

2019    · Here be Dragons 1/3: Because We’re Worth It, Centre d’art
              de la Maison Populaire, France
            · In her Words, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham,
             Victoria, Australia

2018    · Video Art in Focus presented by Cobo Social, Asia Now Paris,
             Paris, France
            · Absurdity in Paradise, Kasseler Kunstverein Museum, Kassel,
              Germany
           · Video Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks,
             Sydney, Australia
           · ART FORMOSA,Shongshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
           ·  The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Brooklyn, New York
           · Next Wave X Melbourne University, Melbourne University,
             Melbourne, Australia
           · Under the Sun: Reimagining Max Dupain’s Sunbaker (Presented by
              Australian Centre for
             Photography), Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, Australia
           · Chaos & Order: 120 Years of Collecting at RMIT, RMIT Gallery,
             Melbourne, Australia
           · Beyond Bliss, Bangkok Art Biennale 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
           · Traverse Vidéo Festival, Toulouse, France
           · Spring Break Art Show, New York, USA 
           · MeCA l Media Culture in Asia: A Transnational Platform curated
             by Japan Foundation Asia Center, Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo,
             Japan
           · Extraordinary Meetings, Small Compendium of Oriental Art, Census
​             Foundation, Florence, Italy​

​2017   · Islands on the Stream: Alamak!, Alongside 57th Venice Biennale,
​             Venice, Italy
           · ASIATOPA  Festival, State Theatre Stage: Arts Centre Melbourne,
            Melbourne, Australia
            · Body and Cloth: Performing Textiles, ASIATOPA Festival, Australian
            Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
            · Under the Sun: Reimagining Max Dupain’s Sunbaker, Australian Centre
             for Photography (ACP), NSW, Australia
2016   · You are not Alone, Oi! Art Space, Hong Kong
            · 30th Anniversary of CCP Fundraiser, Centre for Contemporary
            Photography, Melbourne, Australia
           · The Melbourne City Art Loop, Melbourne Central, Melbourne, Australia
            · PLAY2, Federation Square Big Screen, Melbourne, Australia
            · Dirty Dozen, Melbourne City Council, Melbourne, Australia
            · Ever Fresh, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
            · Thailand Eye, Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
            · Video Video, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
            · Cornucopia, Shepparton Art Museum (SAM), Shepparton, Australia 
2015    · Thailand Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
            · Feast, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
            · Art Normal (In collaboration with Duangrit Bunnag),
             Rachaburi, Thailand
            · Jaguar Asia Tech Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, World Trade Center,
              Taipei, Taiwan
            · 15 Artists, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Caboolture, Australia
            · Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2015, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia
            · La Movida, Biblioteca Municipal de Barranco, Lima, Peru
            · With Her Feet off the Ground, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Australia   
2014    · Subjectify Me, Feltspace, Adelaide, Australia
           · Season 14, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
           · Play, Blindside Online Video Space, Melbourne, Australia
           · Melbourne Art Fair 2014 (Stills Gallery Stand), Royal Exhibition Building,
             Melbourne, Australia
           · MAF Video, Melbourne Art Fair 2014, Royal Exhibition
             Building, Melbourne, Australia
           · Melbourne Art Fair 2014 (off-site), Chin Chin Wall of Art,
             Melbourne, Australia
           · The Museum of Abject Sentimentality, RMIT School of Art Gallery
            , Melbourne, Australia
           · P ROX IMITY: An art exhibition of distance and relativity (As part of
              Bangkok Art and Culture Centre’s exhibition), National Museum,
              Szczecin, Poland
           · Totally Looks Like, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
           · New Grand Narrative (Next Wave Festival 2014), Testing Ground,
             Melbourne, Australia
           · Rooftop Transmissions (As part of the National Gallery of Victoria’s
             Melbourne Now Exhibition),
             Rooftop Cinema, Melbourne, Australia
2013    · BorderBody: International Art Festival of Photography, Video Art,
              Painting and Performing Art,MECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico,
             Almeria, Spain
           · BorderBody: International Art Festival of Photography, Video Art,
             Painting and Performing Art, Gallery MD_S (miejsce dla sztuki),
             Wrocław, Poland
           · Ikono On Air Festival, Ikono TV, Berlin, Germany
           · Channels : The Australian Video Art Festival, Federation Square
             (Big Screen),Melbourne, Australia
           · ll Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace): Melbourne Offsite
             for the 55th Venice Biennale, Platform Contemporary Art Space,
             Melbourne, Australia
           · Hua Krathi Project, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
2011   · Pop-up Migrants, The Tinder Box Studio, Melbourne, Australia
           · Graduate Painting Exhibition, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
           · Media Arts Installation Group Show, Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery,
 ​            Melbourne, Australia​

 


Activities


2017  · Speaker, HeforSheArtsWeek: UN Women Asia and the Pacific,
            Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
          · Guest Speaker, BACC Art Forum: Differing Experiences,
            Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 
2016  · Speaker, TEDx Talk: TEDxYouth@STA, How to Transform Pain, Fear 
            and Insecurities into Power, St. Andrew’s International School, Bangkok,
             Thailand
          · Guest Speaker, Artist Talk: Kawita Vatanajyankur, King Mongkut’s
             Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
          · Guest Speaker, BACC Art Camp, Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre,
            Bangkok, Thailand 
          · Guest Speaker, Les Mercredis de la French Tech: When Tech Meets Art,
            YenakArt Villa Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
          · Guest Speaker, BACC Arts Forum: Arts and Gender, Bangkok Arts and
            Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2015  · Guest Speaker, Creative Industries Exchange by Australian-Thai
            Chamber of Commerce, Siam@Siam Design Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 
          ·  Alumni of the Month, Australian Embassy in Thailand,
            Bangkok, Thailand
2014  · Present Owner and Director of The Ferry Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand  
          · Guest speaker, Muse Pass by Museum Siam, Siam Center,
             Bangkok, Thailand
          · Guest speaker, The Arts Club, Thai PBS TV Channel,
             Bangkok, Thailand 
          · Guest speaker, Muse Talk: The Artist, National Discovery Museum
             Institute​ (Museum Siam), Bangkok, Thailand