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Ámantee's 5 th Anniversary Celebrations

Fund-Raising Art Exhibition, Classical Piano Recital

and

Mediterranean Buffet

Ámantee

&

D Art Foundation -

are delighted to invite you on May 16th 2009 to the opening reception of a

Fund-Raising Art Exhibition by the renowned Thai artists

Haritorn Akarapat,

Pakitsilp Varamissara and

Niti Wattuya

The Exhibition will run from May 16 to May 30 2009

The opening reception includes

a performance by classical French pianist Sebastien Koch

and a

refined Mediterranean buffet prepared by Ámantee's Chef Jérémie Sebag.

On this special occasion and throughout the exhibition, the selected artworks will be available at very special prices. The proceeds of sales will support the artists ' trip to France in the framework of their exhibition organized by D Art Foundation. The exhibition “ La Thailande vous sourit ” will take place in the Chapel of Salinelles, South of France , in July 2009.

A specially-produced publication comprising 15 original prints signed by the artists will also be available.

On the occasion of their 5th anniversary, Ámantee jointly with D Art Foundation cordially invite you to the opening reception of a fund raising exhibition on Saturday, May 16th 7pm onward featuring distinguished Thai artists Haritorn Akarapat, Pakitsilp Varamissara and Niti Wattuya. A selection of paintings, drawings and sculptures retraces the careers of these renowned practitioners and will be displayed innovatively in the peaceful setting of Ámantee 's traditional Thai house and garden .

The Exhibition will run from May 16 to May 30 2009

The opening reception includes a performance by classical French pianist Sebastien Koch and a refined Mediterranean buffet prepared by Ámantee 's Chef Jérémie Sebag.

This one-night-only event will be a not-to-be-missed opportunity for Bangkok Art lovers who wish to support a worthy cause. The number of places being limited, Reservation is mandatory - RSVP. The entrance is without charge but your donation will be welcome: Suggestion +/- 1000 Thb per person. Your donations will serve to support the artists trip and exhibition in France. .

This exhibition is co-organized by D Art Foundation, a team of young talented European and Thai artists, designers and cultural workers who aim to create opportunities for Thai artists here and abroad. On this special occasion and throughout the exhibition, the selected artworks will be available at very special prices and the proceeds of sales will support an artists' trip to France in the framework of an exhibition in the Chapel of Salinelles, located in the South of France, in July 2009.

Myrtille Tibayrenc is the curator of both exhibitions.

A specially-produced publication comprising 15 original prints signed by the artists will also be available.

The audience for the opening reception will be restricted to 120 persons. Bookings will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Reservations may be secured by e-mail to Ámantee ( info@amantee.com ) - telephone (02-982-8695) or to Myrtille Tibayrenc (E: tibayrenc@yahoo.fr) Tel: 0849145499.

 

The artists:

Niti Wattuya

Self-taught Niti Wattuya has been acclaimed for over four decades. He exhibits internationally, having held solo exhibitions in China , East Asia and the US . Wattuya's paintings explore states of mind and he is particularly concerned with the serene and the contemplative which he explores through imaginative depictions of the natural environment. Occasionally touches of surrealism and elements of religious architecture emerge.

 

 

Haritorn Akarapat

Haritorn Akarapat is a leading contemporary sculptor in Thailand . His robust bronze forms have a strong visceral impact and his use of patina techniques is always innovative and striking. Akarapat's method of simplifying human features to the point of abstraction suggests a search for pure form while also implying the meditative and the spiritual.

Pakitsilp Varamissara

Pakitsilp Varamissara trained in the discipline of traditional Thai painting, which has served as a foundation for the artistic challenges of his over thirty year career. The rich cultural heritage of Thailand inspires the artist as he works to reconcile tradition and modernity, most recently achieving a simplicity that borders on abstraction.

Artist's Bios

Niti Wattuya's bio

1944 Chainat , Thailand - Self-taught

Solo exhibitions

2006 : “Elegy to the Painting”, The Art Center , 7th Floor, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , Thailand - 2005 : “Bliss of Solitude”, 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 2004 : “I traveled to the wooded mountain”, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia - 2003 : “Ancient Voice”, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 2002 : “The Countryside”, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 2001 : “wild Orchids”, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 2000 : “Self Portrait”, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - “Intervened Nature”, Galleriasia, Hongkong - 1999 : “Golden Conquest”, Galleriasia, Hongkong - 1998 : “Dark Age”, Centers for Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University , Thailand - 1997 : “Prototype the Dark Age”, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 1995 : “Chao Praya”, Silom Art Space, Bangkok , Thailand - 1993 : “Golden Worms ”, Silom Art space, Bangkok , Thailand - 1992 : “Return of the Golden Era”, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 1990 : “Oriental Soul”, Central Department Store, Bangkok , Thailand - 1987 : “Ocean Symphony”, British Council, Bangkok , Chiangmai , Thailand - 1986 : “Existing of Splendour”, Gourmet Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 1985 : “Water color”, Regent Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand - 1983 : “Water color and Drawing”, Vishual Dhamma Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 1982 : “Water color”, British Council, Bangkok , Thailand - 1981 : “Chao Praya”, Bhirasri Institute of Modern Art, Bangkok , Thailand - 1979 : Pacific Design Center , Los Angeles , CA

Selected Group exhibitions

2004 : “Ode to the Period's Difference”, Thang Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 2001 : “Thai Contemporary” Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia - 2000 : “ Kwangju Biennale 200 Man + Space, Kwangju , Korea - Exhibition of Invisible Boundary: Metamorphosed Asian Art, Utsunomiva Museum of Art , Japan - 1999 : “Love”, Tachikawa, Tokyo , Japan - 1998 : Self Portrait, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - Plastic (Other) Waste Project, Centers for academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University Art Gallery - World Artists for Tibet , Project 304, Bangkok , Thailand - 1997 : Conversing Contemporary, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - Corners, Project 304, Bangkok , Thailand - 12th Asian International Art Exhitbition, Macau - 1996 : Golden Jubilee Art Exhibition: 50 years of Thai Art, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center , Bangkok , Thailand - 1992 : Drawing Exhibition, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 1991 : Change and Modernism in Thai Art, Canberra Contemporary Art space, ACT, Australia - 1990-1992: Asian Watercolor, Hongkong , Korea , Indonesia , Taiwan - 1989 : Contemporary Thai Artists Exhibition, espace Pierre Cardin, Paris , France - 1988 : 7th Whit Group Exhibition, Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok , Thailand -ASEAN Watercolor Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia - 1987 : Aesthetics in Honor to His Majesty the King Exhibition, Bangkok Bank Gallery, Bangkok , Thailand - 1984 : The Asian Arts Exhibition, 1984 - Guest Artists, British Institute of Modern Art, Bangkok , Thailand - 1983 : Contemporary Printmaking & Drawing from Thailand , Nurnberg , Federal Republic of Germany 2nd White Group Exhibition, Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok , Thailand - 1982 : Pacific Asia Museum , Pasadena , CA, Art After 1932, Thammasat University , Bangkok , Thailand - 1st White Group Exhibition, Bhirasri Institute of Modern Art, Bangkok , Thailand - 1980 : M.M.Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles , CA - Thai Artist in thee US , College of Art and Craft, Bangkok , Thailand - Two man show, Goethe Institute, Bangkok , Thailand - 1979 : Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles , CA

Publications

1994 Loom Chaopraya - 1990 Song of Starlight - 1989 The Oriental Soul - 1985 Spark in an Era

Haritorn Akarapat' bio

1961 Bangkok Thailand

B.F.A. (Sculpture) Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University , Bangkok , Thailand .

Solo Exhibitions

2004 Sajja-Patima, 100 Tonaon Galery Bangkok - 2002 Sculpture exhibition 108 masks and heads, Prathumthani

Selected awards and exhibitions

2001 Sculpture project of the forest and field, Prathumthani - 2000 Art exhibition by members of Alliance francaise, Bangkok - 1998 The Bangkok Art Project, Bangkok - 1996 The Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bangkok The Golden Jubilee Art exhibition, Queen Sirikit Centre, Bangkok - 1995 3rd price, Exhibition on the auspicious occasion of the fiftieth anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty s Accession to the Throne, Bangkok - 1994 Essay of Metropolis, Lake Rjarda Tower , Bangkok - 2nd price, The 40th National Exhibition , Bangkok - Special Prize, 6th Toshiba Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bangkok - 1993 2nd Magic Set Project, The National Gallery, Bangkok Top Award Winner,Selected Sculpture Exhibition, Central City, Bangna - 1992 First Magic Set Project, The Visual Dharma Gallery, Bangkok - Top Award Winner, Sculpture Exhibition, Lake Rajarda Tower , Bangkok - 1991 2nd Price, The 37th National Exhibition, Bangkok - Superior Price, 7th Henry Moore Grandprize Exhibition, Hakone-Utsukushi-Ga-Hara Open Air Museum , Japan - Modern Sculpture by Spear Head Group, National Gallery, Bangkok 1990 3rd Prize, 36th National Exhibition, Bangkok - Excellence Price, 5th PTT Art Exhibition, Bangkok - 1989 2nd Price, 35th National Exhibition, Bangkok - Exhibition of the Youth, Friendship program, Japan 1988 The Contemporary Art Exhibition Bangkok - 3rd Prize, The 34th National Exhibition, Bangkok

 

Pakitsilp Varamissara' s bio

1954 Lopburi Thailand

B.F.A. (Thai Art) Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts,

Silpakorn University , Bangkok , Thailand .

Solo Exhibitions/Murals

2006: Mural Painting Fresco at Pang hang temple, Chiang mai - Thai traditional “Lanna Buddhism” mural, Suandock Hospital , Chaing Mai - 1995: Solo Exhibition, Lake Ratchada Tower , Bangkok

Selected group exhibitions

2007: “Tam Heet Touy Hoy Sala Maung”, Cultural Hall, Chiang Mai University. “Thai Painters”, Tita Gallery, Chiang Mai - 2006: “Mini print 7”, Rajamangala Art University , Chiang Mai, “ Lanna-Lan chang”, Rimnan exhibition hall, Nan - “100 Art and Poem 100 years of Buddha with moving art” - Naresuan University Art hall, Pitsanulok, Silom Gallery, Bangkok ,- Cultural hall, Chiang Mai University , Cultural hall, Kon Kaen University - Chumsangsrivavaram temple, Chonburi, Chuk Pra Tradition, Suratani - Tai Hua Museum , Phuket, Taksin of case education Institute, Songkla - “Tam Heet Touy Hoy Sala Maung”, Cultural Hall, Chiang Mai University - 2005: “san Silp Tin Lanna”, Lifestyle Interior 2, Chiang Mai - “Tam Heet Touy Hoy Sala Maung”, Cultural Hall, Chiang Mai University - 1993: “Exhibition by art instructors” Rajamangala Institute of technology, Chiang Mai, River City - 1987: “Thai farmers Bank Painting competition” Thailand Cultural Center , Bangkok - 1985: “The 9th Bua Luang Art exhibition” Musical Art Center , Chaing Mai - 1982: “The 4th Art Exhibition of the Lanna Artists Group” Public Library Center , Chiang Mai - 1980/81/86/90 “Exhibition of Thai Art 80 Group” The Birashri Institute of Modern Art, Siam Commercial Bangkok , Bangkok - 1980: “Contemporary Asian Art show” National Gallery, Bangkok / Fukuoka Museum , Japan - “26th National Art Exhibition”, Silapakorn University Art Gallery , Bangkok

 

 

 

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