Natee Utarit

Natee Utarit (Thai: นที อุตฤทธิ์, born 9 April 1970) is a contemporary artist from Bangkok, Thailand.[1] He has participated in group and several solo exhibitions in East Asia and Europe.

Natee Utarit
Born9 April 1970 (1970-04-09) (age 53)
NationalityThai
Alma materUniversity of Silpakorn
OccupationArtist

Utarit's artworks have been described as involving the relationships between historical arts such as Renaissance art from the Western world and postcolonialism.[2]

Commentators state that Utarit questions the world of contemporary art through his aesthetics skills, creating metaphors on all his artworks.

Biography

Natee Utarit was born in 1970 in Bangkok. He graduated from Silpakorn University majoring in Graphic Arts (Fine Arts) at the Painting and Sculpture Faculty.[3]

Utarit has received the Art Game Changer Award from Asia Society.[4][5]

Professional career and exhibitions

Natee's works have been described as a combination of philosophy, beliefs, religious views, history, knowledge of various elements from various centuries, and experimentation (on connecting between his artworks and historical cultures from the Western world).[6] The artist also uses photographs as a communication tool, creating a visionary view presenting cultures and an informative background on the relationships between Western and Eastern cultures, respectively.[7]

According to one analysis, Natee's works can be regarded as finding newer perspective by creating a figurative which differs from the original / tradition views. With that, the artist's use of sociopolitical and religious points of view to craft up his works of art, reflecting both contemporary points of view and hidden messages for the audience to comprehends through various visuals and forms.[8]

Natee's works include "Optimism is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces", from solo exhibitions in both museums and art institutions.[9]

Bibliography
  • Natee Utarit: Optimism is Ridiculous" by Demetrio Paparoni 2018
  • Natee Utarit: After Painting"written by Singapore Art Museum 2010
  • Natee Utarit: Illustration of the Crisis" published by Richard Koh Fine Arts 2013.

Selected solo and group exhibitions[10]
Year Exhibition
2020 Natee Utarit – Déjà Vu: Your Past is my Future, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore.
2019 Natee Utarit – Déjà Vu, Made in Cloister, Curated by Demetrio Paparoni, Naples, Italy.
2019 Natee Utarit & Anne Samat – Metafysica, Tønsberg, Norway.
2019 Your Past is My Future, Richard Koh Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2018 Untitled Poems Of Théodore Rousseau, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
2018 Natee Utarit – View From the Tower, Richard Koh Projects, Bangkok, Thailand.
2018 Untitled Poems Of Théodore Rousseau, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong.
2018 Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2018 Untitled Poems Of Théodore Rousseau (in remembrance of Théodore Rousseau, "a man who is tormented by several devils"), THAI FOCUS, ART STAGE Singapore 2018, Singapore.
2018 Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces, The Private Museum, Singapore.
2017 It Would Be Silly to Be Jealous of a Flower, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2017 Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2017 Natee Utarit – It Would be Silly to be Jealous of a Flower, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2017 Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous: THE ALTARPIECES, Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines.
2016 Samlee & Co., The Absolutely Fabulous Show, Art Stage Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2016 Optimism is Ridiculous, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2013 Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous at Hyundai Gallery, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
2013 Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous, Richard Koh Fine Art Singapore, Singapore.
2013 Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2012 Illustration of the Crisis, ARNDT Berlin, Germany.
2011 Bourgeois Dilemma, Finale Art File, Philippines.
2011 Illustration of The Crisis, Art Season Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
2009 Natee Utarit – Tales of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2008 Dreams, Hope and Perfection, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2008 Transparency Happiness, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China.
2007 The Amusement of Dreams, Hope and Perfection, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2006 The Fragment and the Sublime, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2006 Kyotek Sae-Wu's 12 photographs during 1969–1973, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2006 Signed and Dated, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2005 Natee Utarit – Paintings by Natee Utarit, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2005 The Last Description of the Old Romantic, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2005 Portrait, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2003 Still Pictures, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore.
2003 Recent Paintings, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2003 Recent Paintings, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2002 Developing Time, Tadu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2002 Silent Laughing of Monster, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2002 Painting with Pure Reason, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2001 Painted, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2001 Thai Contemporary Exhibition, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2001 Root, Open Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
2001 Equivalence Second Dialectic, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore.
2001 Views and Transference, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
2000 Snapshot, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore.
1999 Homage to Landscape Painting, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1999 Internal Landscape, Art Forum, Singapore.
1999 Appearance and Reality, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1998 Portrait, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1998 Book, Kurusapa Building, Bangkok. – Bangkok Art Project 1998, Public Art in Community lives across the Rattanakosin Island, Bangkok, Thailand.
1998 Internal Landscape, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1997 Conversing Contemporary, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1997 Mother Figure, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1996 Hidden Agenda, Project 304, Bangkok, Thailand.
1995 Drawing and Watercolors, British Council Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1994 Anthropology, The Bangkok Playhouse, Bangkok, Thailand.
1993 Life Now, 3 Artists Exhibition, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1992 Small Work, An Art Exhibition by 56 Thai Artists, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
1992 The Exhibition of Prints, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1991 Small Work, Group Show by 3 Artists, The Seven Seas Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1991 Spiritual Sense, 2 Artists Exhibition of Prints, British Council Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.
1991 The Small Prints by 10 Artists, River City Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand.

Literature
  • Natee Utarit: Optimism is Ridiculous (2017), ISBN 978-88-572-3787-9
  • Natee Utarit: Illustration of the Crisis (2013), ISBN 9789-834-407-827
  • Natee Utarit: After Painting (2010), ISBN 978-981-08-6692-1

References
  1. "Natee Utarit". Ocula. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "Is optimism ridiculous? Thai artist Natee Utarit on subversion, symbolism and ideas of God in art". www.indulgexpress.com. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  3. "Natee Utarit | Tang Contemporary Art". tangcontemporary. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. "Richard Koh Fine Art". Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. "ArtAsiaPacific: Four Artists Recognized At2019 Hong Kong Asia Arts Game Changer Awards". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. "Natee Utarit, Optimism Is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces, exhibition review / ArtReview". ArtReview. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  7. Jessop, Sonia Kolesnikov (22 November 2010). "Art Shaped by Thailand's Changing Landscape". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  8. "Natee Utarit". RichardKoh. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  9. "Symbolism and parody in Thai artist Natee Utarit's 'Optimism Is Ridiculous' | The Star Online". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  10. Natee Utarit (n.d.): n. pag. Richard Koh Fine Art. Web. 30 October 2019.
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