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Naraphat Sakarthornsap Lives and works in Bangkok. In many of his works, Naraphat Sakarthornsap presents stories of inequality in the society and gender equality 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
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
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
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 Days 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
