Sorawit Songsataya

Sorawit Songsataya is a Thailand-born New Zealand artist based in Wellington.[1]

Education and career

Songsataya is primarily interested in craft, textiles, hand-made objects and their connection to computer technology. They often uses moving image and sculpture within installation environments.[2][1]

Songsataya graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland in 2013, and a BDes in Visual Communication from Unitec Institute of Technology in 2010.[3]

Notable exhibitions

Group
  • Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, 2022.[4]
  • Heavy trees, arms and legs, The Suter Gallery, Nelson, 2021.[5]
  • Comfort Zone, a work as part of the Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Russia, 2021.[6]
  • The Turn of the Fifth Age, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia, 2021.[7]

Solo
  • Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2022.[8]
  • Rumours (Mermaid), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2020.[9]
  • The Interior, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2019.[10]
  • Offspring of Rain, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, 2019.[11]
  • Jupiter, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2019.[12]

Awards and residencies
  • Gasworks residency, London, 2023.[13]
  • Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2022.[14]
  • Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D in 2020.[15]
  • National Contemporary Art Award in 2016.[16]
  • Govett-Brewster Art Gallery ‘In Residence’ Programme, 2021.[17][18]
  • McCahon House residency, Auckland, 2018.[1]

References
  1. "Sorawit Songsataya | McCahon House". mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. "Sorawit Songsataya | Multimedia Artist - SCAPE Public Art". 26 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. "Coastal Signs - Sorawit Songsataya". coastal-signs.net. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. "Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery | Otherwise-image-worlds". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. "Heavy trees, arms and legs". The Suter Art Gallery. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. "Sorawit Songsataya". uralbiennial.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  7. "Some Kind of Travelogue". contemporaryhum.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. "Sorawit Songsataya, Nature and State | Contemporary Hum". contemporaryhum.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  9. "Sorawit Songsataya: Rumours (Mermaid)". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  10. "The Interior by Sorawit Songsataya - SCAPE Public Art". 25 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. "Offspring of rain | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  12. "Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery | Sorawit Songsataya: Jupiter". Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  13. "Sorawit Songsataya awarded the seventh residency for an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand at Gasworks, London". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  14. Fox, Rebecca (7 July 2022). "Fellowship freedom". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  15. "Winners 2020". Molly Morpeth Canaday Award. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. Mather, Mike (2 September 2016). "Good Kisser earns National Contemporary Art Award". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  17. "Residencies | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre". govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  18. "Three Artists Picked For Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 'In Residence' Programme | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.


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