Sakon Malee
Sakon Malee
B.F.A (2nd Class Honor) (Thai Art),
Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin (RIT)
Poh - Chang
M.F.A (Thai Art) Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts Silpakorn University Bangkok Thailand
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Sakon Malee is an artist from Isan who came to pursue artistic discipline in Bangkok. He is able to self-discover the singularity in his creation of visual pieces most uniquely. He envisioned the Isan native narrative of moving to and settling down in the city for job and life aspirations, yet despite once again having to return to their hometown, find themselves bringing back with them the city way of living, altering the Isan society.
When the Isan lifestyle is reimagined as a contemporary painting, Malee's creations convey the joy, brilliance, and heart-warming vivaciousness of colors that glitter like a natural phenomena, sparkling with life and sprinkling drops of livelihood onto the grounds of urbanites and urbanity; filling the room with echoes of Isan rhythm and music, for an Isan native to recognize an Isan tone, to identify with another Isan native like oneself, to be immersed in the Isan-esque ambience and atmosphere. This creates the welcoming air of familiarity, an undeniable bond of family; an offer of warmth in urbanity where Isan natives are drawn to one another, to people sharing the same traditions and birthplace.
The colorful smudges and brushstrokes painting the Isan native tradition in Malee's contemporary pieces reflect the subtle and nuanced individuality of an artist, illustrated in the expressive underlying notion of his homeland: the Isan of Sakon. Negative spaces are composed alongside painted ones similar to the modern Thai lifestyle that adopts and disposes of traditions, both old and new, ceaselessly and invariably - so much so that the collective memory falters away little by little, such that novel rhythms, remembrances, and routes are formed, disconnecting the otherwise definitive lines with the movement of impassioned colors, demanding the viewer to scrutinizingly seek for the assurance of a familiar vision, like how the reminiscing of the past does not bring about its present tangibility. What's left is only the palpable feeling and knowing of something that once was from devouring Malee's contemporary paintings with one's senses a fulfilling happiness that is only a mere recollection overlaying the seeking of the past never to remain and never to be found again.
Honours and Awards
2018
1th Prize, Bualuang Gold Medel, Semi-traditional Thai Painting Category 40th Bualuang Painting Competition by Bangkok Bank Foundation Bangkok Thailand
2017
7th Asia Plus Painting Exhibitions Bangkok Thailand The Spirit of Thaitand from traditional to contemporary Insa Art Center Seoul Korea
39th Bualuang Painting Competition by Bangkok Bank Foundation Bangkok Thailand
2016
Distinguished Prize, 31st PTT Contest Bangkok Thailand
- 3rd Prize Bronze Medal Traditional Thai Painting 38th Bualuang Painting Competition by Bangkok Bank Foundation Bangkok Thailand
- 3rd Elephant Art Award by Thai Beverage Public Company Limited Bangkok Thailand - 3th Prize, Bualuang Bronze Medel, Semi-traditional
Thai Painting Category 38th Bualuang Painting Competition by Bangkok Bank Foundation Bangkok Thailand
2014
Honorable Mention Prize, 3rd Elephant Art Award by Thai Beverage Public Company Limited Bangkok Thailand
2015
37th Bualuang Painting Competition by Bangkok Bank Foundation Bangkok Thailand
2012
- Scholarship from General Prem Tinsulanonda Statesman Foundation Scholarship from HRH Prince Narisara Nuwattiwongse Foundation
Colors of Thai Baan
Colors of Thai Baan
SIZE : 180 x 180 cm
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic paint, gold leaf on canvas 2019
PRICE : 250,000 THB (8,300 USD)
SOLD
E-San Way of Life
E-San Way of Life
SIZE: 180 x 180 cm
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic paint, gold leaf on canvas 2019
PRICE : 300,000 (10,000 USD)
SOLD
E-San Way of Life
E-San Way of Life
SIZE: 150 x 180 cm
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic paint, gold leaf on canvas 2017
PRICE : 350,000 THB (11,670 USD)
E-San Way of Life
E-San Way of Life
SIZE: 120 x 200 cm
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic paint, gold leaf on canvas 2021
PRICE : 350,000 THB (11,670 USD)
THUNG KULA RONG HAI
THUNG KULA RONG HAI
SIZE: 120 x 200 cm
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic paint, gold leaf on canvas 2022
PRICE : 350,000 THB (11,670 USD)
Colors of Thai Baan
Colors of Thai Baan
SIZE: 120 x 140 cm
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic paint, gold leaf on canvas 2019
PRICE : 250,000 THB (8,670 USD)
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