Naraphat Sakarthornsap

Naraphat Sakarthornsap Lives and works in Bangkok. In many of his works, Naraphat Sakarthornsap presents stories of inequality in the society and gender discrimination through photography and installation art, in which flowers play the leading roles. Many kinds of flowers that Naraphat uses usually comes with profound meanings. Those flowers have become the keys to finding the answers that are neatly hidden in the works of art. And sometimes the photographs of these delicate flowers of Naraphat may possibly come from the deepest part of his devastated heart.

Naraphat’s early works presented the challenge against nature in trying to prolong the freshness of the flower before he develops the ideas to become the challenge against power and influence in the society through the pictures of these flowers. Therefore, do not believe in what the flowers in front of you appear to be. But look for the messages these flowers are hiding. Perhaps, what Naraphat is facing and trying to present is the same as the ones many others are inevitably struggling with, over the standards in the society, where inequalities are all around them.

นรภัทร ศักดิ์อาธรทรัพย์ มักนำเสนอเรื่องราวต่าง ๆ ทั้งในเรื่องของเพศสภาพ และความไม่เท่าเทียมกันในสังคมผ่านงานศิลปะภาพถ่ายและงานศิลปะการจัดวาง โดยมีดอกไม้หลากหลายชนิดเป็นตัวละครหลักในการดำเนินเรื่องราว ซึ่งดอกไม้หลากหลายชนิดที่นรภัทรใช้มักมีที่มาและความสำคัญอันลึกซึ้ง นั่นทำให้ดอกไม้ของเขากลายเป็นกุญแจสำคัญในการไข เพื่อหาคำตอบที่เขาได้แอบซ่อนเอาไว้ในผลงานศิลปะอย่างแนบเนียน ซึ่งในบางครั้งภาพถ่ายดอกไม้ที่แสนสวย และนุ่มนวลของนรภัทร อาจมีที่มาที่เกิดจากความพังพินาศของสภาพภายในใจของเขาก็เป็นได้

ผลงานของนรภัทรในช่วงแรกมันแสดงออกถึงความท้าทายธรรมชาติในการเก็บรักษาความสดของดอกไม้ แต่แล้วก็ถูกพัฒนาจนกลายเป็นความท้าทายของอำนาจ และอิทธิพลที่เกิดขึ้นในสังคมผ่านผลงานภาพถ่ายดอกไม้หลากหลายชนิดเหล่านี้ ดังนั้นอย่าเชื่อดอกไม้อันแสนสวยงามที่ปรากฎอยู่ตรงหน้า แต่ควรหาคำตอบบางอย่างที่เขาได้แอบซ่อนเอาไว้ บางทีเรื่องราวที่นรภัทรเผชิญหรือต้องการนำเสนอ อาจเป็นเรื่องราวเดียวกันกับที่หลายๆคนกำลังดิ้นรนอยู่อย่างหลีกหนีไม่ได้ บนพื้นฐานของสังคมที่เต็มไปด้วยความไม่เท่าเทียม.

Education

2013 Bachelor’s Degree of Fine and Applied Arts (First Class Honours), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 "Yummy Rose" Curated by ThitiTeeraworawit, HOP Hub of Photography, Bangkok, Thailand
- Seacon Square Srinagarindra (3rd floor, MUNx2), Srinagarindra Road, Nong Bon, Prawet, Bangkok, Thailand 10250 

2022 "Nature versus Nurture" Curated by Linjie Zhou, SAC Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- 160/3 Sukhumvit 39, Kwaeng Klongton Nuea, Khet Watthana, Thailand 10110

2018 Only for "the Dead on Duty?" part of Photo Bangkok 2018, 1PROJECTS Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- 672/63 Charoen Krung soi 28, Charoen Krung Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10500

2015 "Gushing out my confession" part of Photo Bangkok 2015, Whitespace Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- Soi Sala Daeng 1, Rama 4 Rd., Si Lom, Bangkok, Thailand 10500

2013 "Always", Soul Space art gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- 3rd Floor 2 Silom soi 19 Silom road, Bangrak, Bangkok, Thailand 10500

Artist Residency & Exhibitions from the Residency Program

2024 "Debra Porch Award: Visual Arts Residency", UNSW Galleries, Sydney, Australia
- Oxford St & Greens Rd, Paddington NSW 2021
For the project "Ghosting Arrangement"

2024 "Rimbun Dahan", Selangor, Malaysia
- Sdn. Bhd. No. Syarikat 020441-A. Km. 27 Jalan Kuang Kuang Selangor, Malaysia
For the project "Passport Photo For The Outsider"

2023 "L.A.P. Project and Wuhan Photography Art Centre (WPAC) Artist Residency Program 2023", Wuhan, China
- Jiang'An, Wuhan, China
For the project "Osmanthus Are Blooming Everywhere (桂花处处)"

2022 "Cité Internationale des Arts", Paris, France
- 17 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France
For the project "Iris dans un vase Benjarong" 

Selected Duo Exhibitions

2020 "Pollution" with Gongkan (Kantapon Metheekul), River City Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- Trok Rongnamkeang, Yotha Rd., Bangkok, 10100 Thailand.

2019 "The Art of Human Rights" with Nakrob Moonmanas, the European Union in Thailand in collaboration with the Rights and Liberties Protection Department (RLPD) of the Ministry of Justice, YELO House, Bangkok, Thailand
- 20/2 Rama I Rd, Khwaeng Wang Mai, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 "Another Side of Someone's Life" Curated by SMEG Thailand for Bangkok Design Week 2025, World Travel Service, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1053 Charoen Krung Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

2025 "ART SG 2025" Curated by SAC Gallery for the solo exhibition "A Hopeless Hope", Marina Bay Sand, Singapore
- 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore

2024 "THEM", ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- JI. Tendril Sudirman Kav. 1, Tanah Abang, Jakarta, Indonesia

2024 "Time and Nature" by Naraphat Sakarthornsap & Phantipa Thanchookiet Curated by Master degree student 18th, Department of Art Theory, Silpakorn University, Art4C, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 1553 1555 Rama IV Road, Wang Mai Subdistrict, Pathumwan District, Bangkok, Thailand 10330

2024 "PRIDE FAMILIES Exhibition by LGBTQ+ Artists", New Gen Space: Space For All Generation by SCG Foundation, BACC (Bangkok Art & Culture Centre), Bangkok, Thailand
- 939 Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

2024 "The Natural Philosophers of the 21st Century" Curated by Tim Niyomsil, Gallery Ver, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Narathiwat Ratchanakarin Soi 22, Bangkok, Thailand

2024 "Doxa & Episteme" Curated by Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore.
- 22 Lock Road #01-34. Gillman Barracks 108939. Singapore

2023 "One And Every Lap" 6th Anniversary Special Exhibition, L.A.P. Gallery, Wuhan, China.
- Jiang'An, Wuhan, China

2023 "11th A Great River" Xishuangbanna Foto Festival 2023 , Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.
- Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

2023 "Images Gather Possibilities" 2023 Lishui Photography Festival , Lishui, China.
- Lishui, Zhejiang province, China

2023 "No Boundaries" Cuated by Dow Wasiksiri , West Eden, Bangkok, Thailand
- 45/2 Sukhumvit 31 Khlong Toei Nuea, Vadhana Bangkok, Thailand 10900

2023 "Each Other's" A collaboration between Grains & Grams and ATT19, ATT19, Bangkok, Thailand
- 19 Charoenkrung Soi 30, Bangkok, Thailand

2023 "Recent Works" A group exhibition by 15 artists, SAC Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- 160/3 Sukhumvit 39, Kwaeng Klongton Nuea, Khet Watthana, Thailand 10110

2023 "Parapharase: Part II" Curated by Denise Lai, A+ Work of Art, Malaysia
- d6-G-8 d6 Trade Centre, 801, Jalan Sentul, 51000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2023 "Blossom Bodies" Curated by Oat Montien, AVANI River Side Bangkok Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
- 257 Charoennakorn Road, Thonburi, Bangkok, 10600

2023 "捏水 Kneaded Water ปั้นน้ำเป็นตัว" Curated by arc.tribe, RABA, Japan
- 7-6-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 111-0032, Japan

2023 "Life is Beautiful", Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
- 64 Spottiswoode Park Road, Singapore 088652

2023 "The Forbidden Marsh" An Art Installation by Naraphat Sakarthornsap. Presented by PEOPLE OF ARI, Yellow Lane, Thailand
- 2, 92 Phahonyothin Soi 5, Bangkok 10400 Thailand

2023 "ART SG 2023" Curated by 1PROJECTS, Marina Bay Sand, Singapore
- 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore

2022 "Immediate Conception" Curated by Anonymous, Blank Canvas, Malaysia
- 2, Lorong Argus, George Town, Malaysia

2022 "Daegu Sister & Friendship Cities Culture and Art Exchange Project [E.x.changeI-seed] Exhibition" Curated by Song Hojin and Assistant curator Song Mookyung, Hall and lobby of Exhibition Hall 1 of Daegu Art Power Plant, South Korea
- 31-12 Dalseong-ro 22-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu, South Korea

2022 "Bandung Photography Triennale: Dystopian Diffraction: Reality Reconstruction" Curated by Asmudjo Jono Irianto and Henrycus Napitsunargo, an International Photography Exhibition, Bandung, Indonesia
- Lawangwangi Art Space and Artsociates,  Jl. Dago Giri No.99, Mekarwangi, Kec. Lembang, Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

2022 "INTERPRETERS" Curated by Ankara Naktamna, MOCA BANGKOK, Thailand
- 499 Kamphaengphet 6 Road, Ladyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900

2022 "Retrograde" Curated by Cusson Cheng, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
- 108 Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong

2022 "House Of Bloom", Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
- 155 Rajadamri Road, Siam, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

2022 "SEACON SQUARE PRIDE FEST", Seacon Square Srinakarin, Bangkok, Thailand
- 55 Srinakarin Road, Nongbon Prawet, Bangkok 10250

2022 "PRIDE MONTH: Pride of all genders", New Gen Space: Space For All Generation by SCG Foundation, BACC (Bangkok Art & Culture Centre), Bangkok, Thailand
- 939 Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

2022 "the light in two places" supported by People of Ari & Your Neighbour Ari, Yellow Lane Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand
- Phahon Yothin 5, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400

2022 "BLOOMS TO BE REBORN", Chiang Mai House of Photography, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Phrapokklao Road, T. Siphum, A. Muang, Chiang Mai 50200

2021 "Blooming Chiangrai" 75 Anniversary Flag and Lamp Park, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Wiang, Chiang Rai, Bangkok 57000

2021 "Art Move" The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Bangkok, Thailand
- 939 Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

2021 "盲域共筆計畫 True reader in blind area", 節點 Zit-Dim Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
- No. 84, Section 2, Yongfu Road, West Central District, Tainan, 700, Taiwan

2021 "Bandung Photography Triennale" an International Photography Exhibition, Bandung, Indonesia
- Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Jl. Bukit Pakar Timur No.100, Ciburial, Kec. Cimenyan, Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

2021 "Queer Is Not Anti - Photo Exhibition 2021" Queer Festival Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Public spaces all over the city of Heidelberg, Germany

2021 "Dizygotic Intergrowith" 异卵共生II禁闭室, Visible Gallery 所见画廊, Chaoyang, Beijing
- 103, Bldg 9, Langyuan Vintage, Chaoyang, Beijing

2021 "Pollution" with Gongkan (Kantapon Metheekul) part of "Chiang Mai BLOOM 2021", Chiang Mai House of Photography, Chiang May, Thailand
- Phrapokklao Road, T. Siphum, A. Muang, Chiang Mai 50200

2020 "不適者生存？Survival of the Exceptional", Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
- No.37 Nanmen Road, Zhongxi Dist., West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan

2020 "ON PAPER : APPEARANCE"  Chiang May Design Week 2020, Sri Lanna Thai Women's Culture Promotion Association, Chiang May, Thailand
- 1 Muang Samut Rd., Changmoi, Muang, Chiang Mai, 50300

2020 "UNDER THE SKIN" Hero Awards 2020 powered by APCOM, Pullman Bangkok Kingpower, Bangkok, Thailand
- 8/2 Rangnam Road, Thanon-Phayathai, Ratchathewi, 10400

2020 "Cloudbusting" an exhibition of artists’ collaborations created for Collection 2020 Part I by soi sa:m and SHONE PUIPIA, soi sa:m, Bangkok, Thailand
- 588 Soi Suanplu 3, Satorn Tai Road, Bangkok 10120

2020 "IN BETWEEN", AVANI River Side Bangkok Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
- 257 Charoennakorn Road, Thonburi, Bangkok, 10600

2020 "Breaking the Boundary" PAÑPURI WELLNESS 2nd Anniversary, PAÑPURI WELLNESS, Bangkok, Thailand
- Phloen Chit Rd, Khwaeng Lumphini, Khet Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand

2020 "Please allow me to express myself", a part of Galleries’ Night Bangkok 2020, ATT 19, Bangkok, Thailand
- 19 Charoenkrung Soi 30, Bangkok, Thailand

2020 "CHIANG MAI BLOOMS 2020", Chiang Mai House of Photography, Chiang May, Thailand
- Phrapokklao Road, T. Siphum, A. Muang, Chiang Mai 50200

2020 "Yangon Pride Photo", Curated by and PROUD & Chiara Luxardo, Thakhin Mya Park, Yangon, Myanmar
- Strand Rd., Corner of Tha Khin Mya Garden St., Ayeyar Waddy Ward, Ahlone, Yangon, Myanmar

2019 "Spectrosynthesis II - Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia" The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) and Sunpride Foundation, BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
- 939 Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

2019 "ORGY 2019" Curated by IWANNABANGKOK© and ATT 19, Bangkok, Thailand
- 19 Charoenkrung Soi 30, Bangkok, Thailand

2019 "STRATA PhotoBangkok Pop-up Exhibitions 2019" by PhotoBangkok is in collaboration with River City Bangkok and 1PROJECTS, Bangkok, Thailand
- Trok Rongnamkeang, Yotha Rd., Bangkok, 10100 Thailand.

2019 "Ignorant Bond" PAÑPURI WELLNESS 1st Anniversary, PAÑPURI WELLNESS, Bangkok, Thailand
- Phloen Chit Rd, Khwaeng Lumphini, Khet Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand

2019 "50​ Photos of​ the​ Artist's​ Emotion", Big​ Camera​ Big​ Pro​ Day​s 13, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1st Fl Dazzle Zone, Central World, Bangkok, Thailand

2019 "NOSTY NOSTALGIA (THE NOSTY)", Manifest Destiny Art, Barcelona, Spain
- Carrer de la Ciutat de Granada, 42, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

2019 "THE 7TH RANGSIT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL DESIGN SYMPOSIUM; Work In Progress,'AUTONOMOUS DESIGN', Patana Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- Lak Hok, Mueang Pathum Thani District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand

2018 "Dis-Rupture", Turtle's Nest, Cebu City, Phillipines
- 24/7 Gorordo Ave, Lahug Cebu City, Philippines

2018 "OBSCURA Festival of Photography 2018", Hin Bus Depot, Penang, Malaysia
- 31a, Jalan Gurdwara, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia

2018 "Diversity via Nature: Religions, Genders, or Art?", 朋 丁 pon ding, Taipei, Taiwan
- No. 6, Lane 53, Section 1, Zhongshan North Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan

2018 "Concept 2018", Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA)
- 196-30 Samdo-ro, Yangchon-eup, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

2018 "더 스크랩 (The Scrap 2018)", 문화역서울 284, Seoul, South Korea
- Culture Station Seoul 284, 1 Tongil-ro, Hoehyeon-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea

2018 "Bibliomania 2018", Tentacles, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2198/10-11 Soi Taweewattana (Narathiwas 22),Yannawa, Bangkok, Thailand

2017 "Young Thai Artist Award 2016", The National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand
- 4 Chao-Fa Road, opposite the National Theatre, Bangkok, Thailand

2016 "GIVING HOPE: ART & Collectibles for a cause", ION ART Gallery, Singapore
- Level 4, ION Orchard, Singapore

2015 "IN YOUR FACE - French/Thai photo projection night", Alliance française, Thailand
- 179 Thanon Withayu, Lumpini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand

2015 "Celebration of Love", Canvas, Singapore
- 20 Upper Circular Road, #B01-01, The Riverwalk, Singapore

2014 "MAD", Central World, Bangkok, Thailand
- 3rd Fl Eden Zone, Central World, Bangkok, Thailand

2014 "Unfreedom", MINI SOLO EXHIBITION, Roshambo, Thailand
- JJ Green, Bangkok, Thailand

2013 "Non-Being by Itself" Collaboration with Kamin Lertchaiprasert, The Art Center, Thailand
- CU Library, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

2013 "HALO", Art Thesis Exhibition, Jamjuree Art Gallery, Thailand
- Jamjuree 8 Building, Phayathai Road, Pathum Wan, Khet Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand

2013 "Chewing Gum", Chulalongkorn Museum, Thailand
- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

2010 "NANTHABURI: The Visual Art Pathway II", Nan National Museum, Nan, Thailand
- Phakong Rd, Phasingha, Nan, Thailand

Awards & Honours

2016 Distinguished the Prize in "Young Thai Artist Award 2016" in Photography Category

2012 Selected by the Princess Marsi Paribatra Foundation to receive an art scholarship

2012 Selected by Gen. Prem Tinsulanonda to receive an art scholarship

2010 First runner-up award from the photography contest “Unconditional Love” - Royal Garden Plaza, Pattaya, Bangkok, Thailand

Published Works

2018 International Floral Art 2018/2019, Publisher: Stichting Kunstboek, Hardback, English edition, Publication date: December 2018, ISBN: 9058565912, ISBN-13: 978-9058565914

2018 Fine Art Magazine 131, October 2018

2018 CHIP FOTO VIDEO Magazine, September 2018

2016 International Floral Art 2016/2017, Publisher: Stichting Kunstboek, Hardback, English edition, Publication date: May 2016, ISBN: 9789058565419, ISBN-13: 9789058565419

2015 Art Square vol.05 no.25, September 2015

2015 ART4D, vol.19 no.227, July 2015

2015 Bangkok Post, 17 July 2015

2015 Fahthai Magazine (Bangkok Airways), July 2015

2015 VOGUE THAILAND, vol.3 no.30 July 2015

2015 Cover of Bangkok Art Map (BAM!), July 2015

2013 L'OFFICIEL THAILAND vol.2 no.17 July 2013