About Pichai Pongsasaovapark
Born in Hat Yai, in the south of Thailand, Pichai Pongsasaovapark is an artist based in Bangkok.
He uses abstract imagery, digital photography, conceptual installation works, sculpture, and performance art to raise awareness, move hearts and minds, provide insights and fuel public discussion on a range of social and environmental issues.
Since completing his MFA (Painting) at the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Fine Arts, and curator studies at California State University East Bay, in the United States, he has focused his art on a wide variety of issues.
These include the human and social impact of catastrophic climate change; pollution; the crisis of rising seas and urban flooding; overfishing and loss in Thai fishing communities; the impact of drought, the use of agrichemicals, and global market competition on Thai farming communities; and the need for environmentally conscientious urban planning.
His artwork is in private and public collections, including the Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Foundation Collection in Milan, Italy; the City of South San Francisco, California; the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Complex in Tokyo, Japan; the United Nations Conference Center, in Bangkok, Thailand; the U.S. National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland; and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in Alexandria, Maryland.
His work has been shown in art fairs, galleries, and exhibitions around the world, including Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Marseille, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, New Delhi, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Tampa, Venice, and Washington, DC.
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All photos by Preecha Pattara, except for bottom left that is courtesy of Art for Air
Unique style and artistic vision
Pichai's artistic practice integrates abstract art, digital photography, and thought-provoking installation works. Through these mediums, he strives to encourage viewers to engage with pressing environmental and social issues. Each painting, sculpture, and photograph is meant to provoke reflection and foster a deeper understanding of our shared world.
The Impact of Pichai's Art
Pichai endeavors to inform and move people who encounter his work. His goal is for viewers to consider the critical issues his art raises, fostering empathy and inspiring discussion.
Through his art, he hopes to leave a lasting impression that encourages awareness and action on social and environmental challenges.
As art critic Scott Thayer observed in a 2017 Art Asia Pacific review of his exhibition, Looking and Seeing, the artist’s work provides “a sobering solemnity in its visualizations of pollution and catastrophic climate change.”
