To be a London-based artist today is to see the opportunities that the city can present, but also to accept the struggle that can go hand in hand, without giving up.
— James Prapaithong
James Prapaithong (b.1996, Bangkok, Thailand) currently lives and works in London. He received his BA in painting from Wimbledon College of Arts and is currently studying for his MA in painting at the Royal College of Art. Recent exhibitions include Still @live, MAPA Fine Art London; To My Twenties, Old Central St. Martins Building, London; and The Weird and the Eerie, Hockney Gallery, London. His work deals with a sense of place and the narrative of space, using a variety of media to create artworks.
Born in 1996 in Bangkok, Thailand
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
| 2022 |
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London |
| 2019 |
BA (Hons) Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 |
Workplace, ‘James Prapaithong: A Year Ago Today’, London, UK |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 |
Galerie Marguo, ‘A New Sensation’, Paris, France |
| 2022 |
Workplace, ‘Kaleidoscope’, London, UK |
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Nova Contemporary, ‘HEXAGON’, Bangkok, Thailand |
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| 2021 |
Workplace, ‘This Is Water’, London, UK |
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MAPA Fine Art, ‘Still @live’, 15 Bateman Street, London, UK |
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| 2020 |
Old Central St. Martins Building, ‘To My Twenties’, London, UK |
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Hockney Gallery, ‘The Weird and the Eerie’, London, UK |
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| 2019 |
Wimbledon College of Arts, ‘BA Degree Show’, London, UK |
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The Koppel Project Central, ‘Xhibit 2019’, London, UK |
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Copeland Gallery, ‘For Love or Money’, London, UK |
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| 2017 |
5th Base Gallery, ‘Faces and Places’, London, UK |
Awards
| 2019 |
Clyde & Co art award, shortlisted |
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Jackson’s Open Painting Prize |
Institutional collection
He Art Museum, Guangdong, China
