OLARN CHIARAVANONT | THE WORK

STATEMENT

The paintings Chiaravanont creates repeatedly drift in and out between abstraction and figuration. Through this repetition, the paintings are able to open up themselves to suggest endless visual possibilities. Subsequently, the awkwardly playful imagery invokes a sensually warmth relationship with the audience.

The paintings activity becomes a necessity, something that we do everyday like brushing our teeth or taking shower. The key to effectively archive this is to change the motivation that determined the decision-making process that would take the practice beyond the art of painting into the art of the everyday life, which will then be put back into a contemporary gallery environment.

It is important for paintings to maintain their freshness, which can be felt by the absent of premeditated plan. The paintings contain both success and failure, and therefore represent the artist himself, not what his perception of how painting should be.

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EDUCATION

2010 -2012 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London

2005-2008 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central St Martins, University of the Arts London

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Recent paintings, Galerie Koal, Berlin, Germany

2011 Deep Dots, WTF Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Group Exhibitions

2012 The Mind and The Mood, Galerie Koal, Berlin, Germany

2012 MFA Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths, University of London

2011 MFA Fine Art Interim Show, Goldsmiths, University of London

2008 The Autumn Salon, Islington Art Factory, London