Sorawit Songsataya

Sorawit Songsataya (born in Chiang Mai, Thailand ^[1] ) is a Thai-New Zealand artist based in Wellington, New Zealand. ^[2]

Education and career

Songsataya is primarily interested in craft, textiles, hand-made objects and their connection to computer technology. They often employ moving image and sculpture within installation environments. ^{[3] [2]}

Songsataya graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland in 2013, and a BDes in Visual Communication from Unitec Institute of Technology in 2010. ^[4]

From November 23, 2019 until October27, 2020 Songstaya's sculptural instillation The Interior was prominently displayed at the Auckland Art Gallery. ^[5]

Notable exhibitions

Group

• Thresholds, City Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2022) ^[6]
• Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden (2022)
• nature danger revenge, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2022) ^[7]
• Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022)
• twisting, turning, winding: takatāpui+queer objects, Objectspace, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022) ^[8]
• Wild Once More, Silo 6 Project by Te Tuhi Contemporary Art , Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022) ^[9]
• Listening Stones Jumping Rocks, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2021)
• Thinking Hands, Touching Each Other, the 6th Ural Industrial Biennial, Yekaterinburg (2021)
• Heavy trees, arms and legs, The Suter Art Gallery, Whakatū Nelson and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2021) ^[10]
• The Turn of the Fifth Age, Taipei Contemporary Art Centre in collaboration with Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung (2021) ^[11]
• Cherish TV, Cherish Gallery, Geneva (2020) ^[12]
• Bright Cave, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Ōtepoti Dunedin (2018) ^[13]
• Soon Enough: Art in Action, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018) ^[14]

Solo

• Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2022. ^[15]
• Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2022)
• Rumours (Mermaid), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2020. ^[16]
• The Interior, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2019. ^[17]
• Offspring of Rain, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, 2019. ^[18]
• Jupiter, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2019. ^[19]

Awards and residencies

• Singapore Art Museum residency, Singapore, 2024 ^[20]
• Gasworks residency, London, 2023. ^[21]
• Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2022. ^[22]
• Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D in 2020. ^[23]
• National Contemporary Art Award in 2016. ^[24]
• Govett-Brewster Art Gallery ‘In Residence’ Programme, 2021. ^{[25] [26]}
• McCahon House residency, Auckland, 2018. ^[2]

References

1. "Sorawit Songsataya | Satellites Archive".
2. "Sorawit Songsataya | McCahon House". mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
3. "Sorawit Songsataya | Multimedia Artist - SCAPE Public Art". 26 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
4. "Coastal Signs - Sorawit Songsataya". coastal-signs.net. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
5. "Sorawit Songsataya: The Interior". 23 November 2019.
6. "At Thresholds". City Gallery. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
7. "Nature danger revenge". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
8. "twisting, turning, winding: takatāpui + queer objects — Objectspace". www.objectspace.org.nz. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
9. "TeTuhi". tetuhi.art. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
10. "Heavy trees, arms and legs". The Suter Art Gallery. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
11. "2021.02.26 – 2021.03.28 The Turn of the Fifth Age 轉向第五時代 – 台北當代藝術中心". www.tcac.tw. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
12. "Cherish TV". cherishhhh.ch. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
13. "Past Exhibitions: Bright Cave". blueoyster.org.nz. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
14. "Tensta konsthall". www.tenstakonsthall.se (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
15. "Sorawit Songsataya, Nature and State | Contemporary Hum". contemporaryhum.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
16. "Sorawit Songsataya: Rumours (Mermaid)". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
17. "The Interior by Sorawit Songsataya - SCAPE Public Art". 25 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
18. "Offspring of rain | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
19. "Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery | Sorawit Songsataya: Jupiter" . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
20. "Our Residents: Sorawit SONGSATAYA | Singapore Art Museum". www.singaporeartmuseum.sg. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
21. "Sorawit Songsataya awarded the seventh residency for an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand at Gasworks, London". Artnow. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
22. Fox, Rebecca (7 July 2022). "Fellowship freedom". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
23. "Winners 2020". Molly Morpeth Canaday Award. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
24. Mather, Mike (2 September 2016). "Good Kisser earns National Contemporary Art Award". Stuff . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
25. "Residencies | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre". govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
26. "Three Artists Picked For Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 'In Residence' Programme | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.