Be Takerng Pattanopas

The trajectory of Pattanopas’s oeuvre suggests a concern with generating a sense of the human body in flux; a concern that links with Buddhist notions of impermanence while acting directly on the viewers senses.

Pattanopas’s sculptures are labour-intensive in their detailing of exterior and interior views of the human body. He works with disparate materials and intricate structures to create illusions of bodily spaces and depth.

Furthermore, Pattanopas’s largest sculpture to date, Porta-atroP I, treads a particularly provocative line between beauty and ugliness in terms of a seductive yet disturbing imaging of seemingly infinite corporeal passages that bespeak the human body as subject to endless change.

Be Takerng Pattanopas is a Thai-born artist and academic and currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Architecture of Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University. He exhibits and publishes internationally and his recent exhibitions have been reviewed in Flash Art and Frieze.com.

2010    
* Unspeaking Engagements, School of Art And Design, Coventry, UK
2009     
* Permanent Flux, GMT+7 art&design Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
* (to be titled), SCG Foundation, Bangkok.
* Unspeaking Engagements, Chulalongkorn Art Centre, Bangkok.
* From Surface to Origin: Journeys through recent art from India and Thailand, Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok.
* Crack2: Artistic Flowers In The Park, Banjasiri Park, Bangkok.
2008    
* Internior Horizons, Catherine Schubert Fine Art Gallery, Bangkok.
2007     
* Prana: Art, Light, Space, Chulalongkorn University Art Center, Bangkok.
* Chapter 75: Clay Overture, Playground Gallery, Bangkok.
* Ethnic, Its Abundance and Freedom, 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea.
* Space of 10 Light Years, Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai.
* Cracks: The Magic Clay Can Do, Baan Silom, Bangkok.
2006    
* Inspired by the King: an art exhibition to celebrate the King of Thailand's 60 years on His Throne, Playground, Bangkok.
* 1st Pechakucha in Bangkok, House Rama, RCA, Bangkok.
2005    
* Mould Boy, Industrial Design Gallery, Bangkok.
* Design, Approaches to Critical Projects, University of Florence.
2004    
* Galileo Chini and Colors of the Orient, Queen Sirikit's Gallery, Bangkok.
2000    
* Space Animated by Light, Portcullis Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, UK.
1999    
* Pneuma & Prana, The Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, England.
1998    
* Matrix 4, Letheby Gallery, Central Saint Martins School of Art, London.
1996     
* Research Fellow Show, Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham, England.
* Seven, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, UK.
* New Designers, Business Design Center, Islington, London.
1995    
* Interim, University of Wales Gallery, Cardiff, UK.

2006    
* Invention Award (for arts & crafts), The Research Council of Thailand
2005    
* Honorable Mention (with Pim Sudhikam and Vannapa Pimviriyakul) for the design of Ashwattha: the tsunami memorial, Tsunami ; Memorial International Competition.
2004    
* Elle Décor Thailand Award for Best Tableware Collection (with Pim Kongsangchai and Sadanont Tayankanont)
2003    
*Award for excellent research from the ministry of universities of Thailand
1998    
* Award for excellent research progresss, Cheltenham&Gloucester CHE.
1994    
* 2000 Master/Doctorate Scholarship from the Royal Thai Government
1992    
* Awards for best creative print campaign and for best copywriting print adverstising, Bangkok Art Directors' Club
1990    
* Best print adverstising and best print campaign, TACT Awards.

For more information about the Artist, please contact
GMT+7 art&design Gallery
258 Chaussee d'Ixelles, 1050 Brussels
gmt7gallery@gmail.com
Tel: +32 2 648 26 23