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Padungsak Kochsomrong ( Performance Artist,Instructor of Painting division, Faculty of Finearts ,Chiang Mai University and Director of Studio Xang, Chiang Mai, Board Member of MAP Foundation ) was born in Bangkok in 1964. He received a BFA in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Art, Chiang Mai University in 1991 and a Masters degree in Art Education at the Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok in 1999. As the Director of Studio Xang, Chiang Mai, Board member of MAP Foundation, he champions its initiatives which combine art, education, and activism. Padungsak is also a practicing artist and painting instructor at Chiang Mai University. He has performed and exhibited widely, domestically and internationally. He is a frequent participant and organizer of The Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival held annually in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. His most recent Solo performance and installation exhibition was executed in 2007, entitled “Surrealistic Conception” Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiangmai University,Thailand 2004 SoloArt Exhibition”Deconstruction after the Condolence to the Authorities Project.” Faculty of Fine Arts,Chiangmai University,Thailand / 2001 SoloArtExhibition“Perception&Reality” ,Chiangmai University,Chiangmai,Thailand/ “Freedom “How are you?” Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, England.
Selected Performance Art and Art Exhibition : 2009, THE 12TH DFEWA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART PARAZA FRANCE 2008, "Art_Plus-jp Performance Art Project 2008",Japan / PERFURBANCE # 4, Java, Yogjakarta ,Indonesia /2007,”Smell”ASIATOPIA 9/2007 International Performance Art Festival, Chiangmai ,Thailand 2006, The 8. Th International Symposium of Modern Art d. fleiss & east – west artists,Romanie / 2005, 7th Asiatopia/2005and First S.E. Asia Performance Art Symposium [SEAPAS] / The CONVERGENCE International Art Exhibition , The Hochiminhcity Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam /2004, International Performance Art even “The Futuer of Imagination II” ,Singapore/2003, ASIATOPIA 5/2003 International Performance Art Festival, Bangkok ,Thailand - PIPAF Philippine International Performance Art Festival, Manila, Philippine - Meeting Performance Art 1/2003, Chiangmai,Thailand / 2002- Rencontre International d’art Performance 2002, Quebec,Canada / 2001 - EXIT, International Festival for Unusual Live Performances, Helsinki, Finland/ 2000 - “ Freedom” How are you ?, performance , concrte House, nonthaburi Thailand - Jakarta International Performance Art Festival [JIPAF] , Jakarta, Indonesia -The 5th Asian Performance Art Series+ Shinshu Summer seminar 2000, Macue, HongKong, Nagano, Tokyo, Nagoya, Japan ,/- Asiatopia 2000 and Japanese-Thai Performance Art Exchange, Bangkok, Karat, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
PADUNGSAK KOCHSOMRONG
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