Vichaya “Win” Mukdamanee

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Vichaya Mukdamanee, D.Phil., (Born 1984, Bangkok) is currently a lecturer at Department of Painting, the Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University. Vichaya received his Bachelor Degree of Fine Art (Majoring in Painting) from Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University. As a Fulbright scholar, he then received his Master Degree of Fine Art from Pratt Institute in New York. Vichaya completed his PhD in Fine Art (Practice-led Research) at The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.

Vichaya has performed various roles relating to art, including an artist, a curator, and art teacher. He also gives lecture as a visiting art instructor and speakers in several institutions and venues. In addition, he writes articles in numbers of art magazines and art catalogues. For the past 10 years, Vichaya’s artworks have been created and exhibited in various media and techniques, such as painting, sculpture, video, and installation. The artist focuses on the narrative and perceptions from city life, especially the everyday life that gets reflected in the design and function of found objects and readymade. The artworks act as an evidence of the endless journey of artistic learning, which also mirrors the concept of experimentation and trial-and-error, while the artist is coping and questioning the experience of living in the rapidly changing society.

Vichaya has had numbers of solo exhibitions both inside and outside of Thailand, including City Life, Bangkok at Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok (2007), Combination: Vermont at Vermont Studio Center, USA (2007), Urban Motion at WhiteSpace Gallery in Bangkok (2008), Industrial Reflection at Donald Weiss Gallery, New York City (2009), Art-ificial Being at Thailand’s National Gallery in Bangkok (2011), Conditioned; Unconditioned at North Wall Arts Centre, Summertown, Oxford (2015), Becoming (Un)conditioned at Suan-Mokha Bangkok and Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Centre in Bangkok (2016), Strive to Fail at Thailand’s National Gallery in Bangkok (2017), and recently Expected Unforeseen at 333Anywhere Bangkok (2020). His artwork has also been shown in many group exhibitions, such as The Mysterious Lines at Smile Gallery in Philadelphia (2009), Diverse Harmony at The Art House, Singapore (2010), 26th Asian International Art Exhibition at Seoul Art Centre (2011), and Cut Thru: The view on 21st Century Thai Contemporary Art at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, Singapore (2011).

As a curator, Vichaya has managed and curated several exhibitions in the national and international levels. For example, during 2017-2018, Vichaya was one of the assistant curators of Thailand Biennale, Krabi, 2018, an exhibition organized by Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of culture that focused on the site-specific artworks in the outdoor natural environment in Krabi Province. The exhibition’s lead curator was Dr.Jieng Jiehong. Vichaya was also a curator of Anthropocene (2019) and Art from Banyan Tree (2019) exhibitions by members of the Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, exhibited at H.R.H. Princess Sirindhorn Art Gallery, Silpakorn University. He was also a co-curator of Existence Sense (2018), a joint exhibition of artists from Tunghai University, Taiwan, artists from Silpakorn University, which got exhibited both in Thailand and Taiwan. Recently, Vichaya was a co-curator and co-organizer of International Art Workshop (Archade 2019) at the Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Nakornpathom Province.

The inspiration about writing comes from hour and hour of constant work because I want to make contribution to the world.