Kamthorn Paowattanasuk

Kamthorn Paowattanasuk (b. 1970) is a Thai photo artist, lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. Kamthorn graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University and is a former assistant to the photographer Surat Osathanugrah. He is passionate about travel, and his work explores and reveals social and environmental landscapes. His work has been exhibited both in Thailand and abroad, including Kathmandu Photo Gallery Bangkok (2024), Bangkok Art and Culture Centre/Bangkok (2017), RMA Institute/Bangkok, Bangkok University Gallery, 1PROJECTS/Bangkok, M Gallery/Tokyo (2010), Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center/Bangkok and in Changsha, China at the International Orange Photo Festival (2010) among others.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Holy Land, Kathmandu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2014 Postcard from Thailand, RMA Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2012 Disco Buddha, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2009 Innereye, Hemlock Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2008 Holy Alloy, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2005 On the way home from the Zoo, Kraichitti Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

1999 Try to Remember, The Art Center Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Instance, 1PROJECTS Gallery, Bangkok Thailand

2017 The King of Our Heart, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

In Remembrance, YenarkArt Villa/So Sofitel Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

2016 Ta Satit Nai Duang Jai, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Promulgate, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok Thailand

2014 Blur Blur (dual), Chamchuri Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2010 Thai Photography Now Part III, Place M, The Month of Photography 15th, The Photographic Society of Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

New Photography from Southeast Asia, The 2010 International Orange Photo Festival,

Changsha, China

2008 The 4th Month of Photography, Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

Sai Nam Mai Rai Krab, Bang Noi, Samut Songkhram, Thailand

2007 Voice from Our Family, Chamchuri Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2003 Line, Marsi Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2000 Non-Serious, Space Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand

My World, Phranakorn Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

1999 Snap Shot Photo, Phranakorn Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

1996 The Magic Eyes, Imperial Queen’s Park, Bangkok, Thailand

Art Projects

1999-2008 Darkroom Artist for the Vanishing Bangkok Project, Black and White, Surat Osathanugrah