Sudjai Chaiyapan

Sudjai Chaiyapan was born in Bangkok in 1969. He graduated from Silapakorn University, Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art.  His style is often surrealistic and full of symbols. In his earlier work, the artist’s focus has been on environmental degradation such as in his series from the late 1990s. In his latest work he focuses on love and relationships. Depictions of bodies surrounded by flowers, such as roses and lotuses, are characteristic of his most recent series.  The flowers represent his emotions and tell tales of the artist’s experiences in his relationships. To enhance the emotional effect, all of them are depicted in a surrealist setting.  A technical signature of his very unique style is that in addition to using a brush, he uses the edge of a cutter to produce very fine lines.   In 1997 Sudjai won the ASEAN Art Awards in Thailand. He has also won prizes from private corporations as well as from international bodies such as the UN (Our World in the Year 2000 – The United Nations Millennium Art Exhibition) for his artwork reflecting on environmental awareness. Sudjai also participated in the Osaka Triennale in Japan in 1996.