Sorawit Songsataya
New Zealand artist and musician
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Sorawit Songsataya (born in Chiang Mai, Thailand[1]) is a Thai-New Zealand artist based in Wellington, New Zealand.[2]
Education and career
Songsataya is primarily interested in craft, textiles, hand-made objects and their connection to computer technology. They often employ moving image and sculpture within installation environments.[3][2]
Songsataya graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland in 2013, and a BDes in Visual Communication from Unitec Institute of Technology in 2010.[4]
From November 23, 2019 until October 27, 2020 Songstaya's sculptural installation The Interior was prominently displayed at the Auckland Art Gallery.[5]
In 2024 Fibrous Soul, Songstaya's collaboration with Maata Wharehoka, exhibited at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.[6]
Notable exhibitions
Group
- Thresholds, City Gallery, Wellington (2022)[7]
- Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden (2022)
- nature danger revenge, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin (2022)[8]
- Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (2022)
- twisting, turning, winding: takatāpui+queer objects, Objectspace, Auckland (2022)[9]
- Wild Once More, Silo 6 Project by Te Tuhi Contemporary Art , Auckland (2022)[10]
- Listening Stones Jumping Rocks, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington (2021)
- Thinking Hands, Touching Each Other, the 6th Ural Industrial Biennial, Yekaterinburg (2021)
- Heavy trees, arms and legs, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson and Auckland (2021)[11]
- The Turn of the Fifth Age, Taipei Contemporary Art Centre in collaboration with Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung (2021)[12]
- Cherish TV, Cherish Gallery, Geneva (2020)[13]
- Bright Cave, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin (2018)[14]
- Soon Enough: Art in Action, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018)[15]
Solo
- Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2022.[16]
- Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (2022)
- Rumours (Mermaid), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2020.[17]
- The Interior, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2019.[18]
- Offspring of Rain, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, 2019.[19]
- Jupiter, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2019.[20]
Awards and residencies
- Singapore Art Museum residency, Singapore, 2024[21]
- Gasworks residency, London, 2023.[22]
- Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2022.[23]
- Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D in 2020.[24]
- National Contemporary Art Award in 2016.[25]
- Govett-Brewster Art Gallery ‘In Residence’ Programme, 2021.[26][27]
- McCahon House residency, Auckland, 2018.[2]