Natee Utarit
Natee Utarit (Thai: นที อุตฤทธิ์, born 9 April 1970) is a contemporary artist from Bangkok, Thailand.[1]
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Born | 9 April 1970 50) | (age
Nationality | Thai |
Alma mater | University of Silpakorn |
Occupation | Artist |
Biography
Natee Utarit was born in 1970 in Bangkok. He graduated from Silpakorn University majoring in Graphic Arts (Fine Arts) at the Painting and Sculpture Faculty.[2]
His artworks often involve with the relationships between historical arts such as Renaissance art from the Western world. Natee Utarit often questions the world of contemporary art through his aesthetics skills; creating metaphors on all his artworks. His works has been gradually growing since the 1980s, and by the late 1990s and early 2000s, he won numerous awards such as Art Game Changer Award from Asia Society.[3][4]
Professional career and exhibitions
Natee's works have been described as a combination of philosophy, beliefs, religious view, history, knowledge on various elements from various centuries and experimentation (on connecting between his artworks and historical cultures from the Western world).[5] The artist also uses photographs as a communication tool, creating a visionary view presenting cultures and an informative background on the relationships between Western and Eastern cultures, respectively.[6] Thus, Natee's works often be regard as finding newer perspective by creating a figurative which differs from the origin / tradition views. With that, the artist's uses of sociopolitical and religious point of views to craft up his works of arts, reflecting both contemporary point of view and hidden messages for the audience to comprehends through various visuals and forms.[7]
Natee's works included are "Optimism is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces", a solo exhibitions which been exhibited various countries in both museums level and art institutions.[8] In the year 2018, the book "Natee Utarit: Optimism is Ridiculous" was published. The book includes information on history of fine arts and research on the painting itself. Moreover, Demetrio Paparoni (an curator, art critique and writer from Italy) takes the honour and privilege on the making of this book.
Other books written on Natee Utarit also includes "Natee Utarit: After Painting" written by Singapore Art Museum in the year 2010 & "Natee Utarit: Illustration of the Crisis" published by Richard Koh Fine Arts in the year 2013.
Selected Solo & Group exhibitions[9]
Year | Exhibitions |
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2020 | Natee Utarit – Déjà Vu: Your Past is my Future, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore. |
2019 | Natee Utarit – Déjà Vu, Made in Cloister, Curated by Demetrio Paparoni, Napoli, Italy. |
2019 | Natee Utarit & Anne Samat – Metafysica, Tønsberg, Norway. |
2019 | Your Past is My Future, Richard Koh Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong. |
2018 | Untitled Poems Of Théodore Rousseau, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand |
2018 | Natee Utarit – View From the Tower, Richard Koh Projects, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2018 | Untitled Poems Of Théodore Rousseau, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong. |
2018 | Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2018 | Untitled Poems Of Théodore Rousseau (in remembrance of Théodore Rousseau, "a man who is tormented by several devils"), THAI FOCUS, ART STAGE Singapore 2018, Singapore. |
2018 | Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces, The Private Museum, Singapore. |
2017 | It Would Be Silly to Be Jealous of a Flower, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2017 | Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
2017 | Natee Utarit – It Would be Silly to be Jealous of a Flower, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2017 | Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous: THE ALTARPIECES, Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines. |
2016 | Samlee & Co., The Absolutely Fabulous Show, Art Stage Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
2016 | Optimism is Ridiculous, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
2013 | Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous at Hyundai Gallery, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, Korea. |
2013 | Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous, Richard Koh Fine Art Singapore, Singapore. |
2013 | Natee Utarit – Optimism is Ridiculous, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2012 | Illustration of the Crisis, ARNDT Berlin, Germany. |
2011 | Bourgeois Dilemma, Finale Art File, Philippines. |
2011 | Illustration of The Crisis, Art Season Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. |
2009 | Natee Utarit – Tales of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2008 | Dreams, Hope and Perfection, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2008 | Transparency Happiness, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China. |
2007 | The Amusement of Dreams, Hope and Perfection, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2006 | The Fragment and the Sublime, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2006 | Kyotek Sae-Wu's 12 photographs during 1969–1973, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2006 | Signed and Dated, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2005 | Natee Utarit – Paintings by Natee Utarit, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2005 | The Last Description of the Old Romantic, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2005 | Portrait, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2003 | Still Pictures, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore. |
2003 | Recent Paintings, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2003 | Recent Paintings, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2002 | Developing Time, Tadu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2002 | Silent Laughing of Monster, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2002 | Painting with Pure Reason, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2001 | Painted, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2001 | Thai Contemporary Exhibition, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2001 | Root, Open Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2001 | Equivalence Second Dialectic, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore. |
2001 | Views and Transference, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
2000 | Snapshot, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore. |
1999 | Homage to Landscape Painting, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1999 | Internal Landscape, Art Forum, Singapore. |
1999 | Appearance and Reality, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1998 | Portrait, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1998 | Book, Kurusapa Building, Bangkok. – Bangkok Art Project 1998, Public Art in Community lives across the Rattanakosin Island, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1998 | Internal Landscape, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1997 | Conversing Contemporary, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1997 | Mother Figure, Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1996 | Hidden Agenda, Project 304, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1995 | Drawing and Watercolors, British Council Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1994 | Anthropology, The Bangkok Playhouse, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1993 | Life Now, 3 Artists Exhibition, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1992 | Small Work, An Art Exhibition by 56 Thai Artists, Silom Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1992 | The Exhibition of Prints, Dialogue Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1991 | Small Work, Group Show by 3 Artists, The Seven Seas Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1991 | Spiritual Sense, 2 Artists Exhibition of Prints, British Council Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
1991 | The Small Prints by 10 Artists, River City Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. |
Literature
References
- "Natee Utarit". Ocula. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Natee Utarit | Tang Contemporary Art". tangcontemporary. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "Richard Koh Fine Art". Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "ArtAsiaPacific: Four Artists Recognized At2019 Hong Kong Asia Arts Game Changer Awards". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "Natee Utarit, Optimism Is Ridiculous: The Altarpieces, exhibition review / ArtReview". ArtReview. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- Jessop, Sonia Kolesnikov (22 November 2010). "Art Shaped by Thailand's Changing Landscape". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- "Natee Utarit". RichardKoh. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Symbolism and parody in Thai artist Natee Utarit's 'Optimism Is Ridiculous' | The Star Online". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- Natee Utarit (n.d.): n. pag. Richard Koh Fine Art. Web. 30 October 2019.