Artist : Jakrararat “Oi” Veerasarn
JAKRARARAT “OI” VEERASARN 1953 -1999
1953 Born in Songkhla, Thailand on December 21st
1983 – 1999 PHOTOGRAPHER
Specialized in portraitures, both studio and location. Clients consisted of corporations, magazines and graphic design studios. In Oi’s creative work, he mastered nude studio photography as well as pinhole landscapes and interiors.
BOOKS
1995 : Supon Design Group
1997 : Eye to Eye
SHOWS & AWARDS
1999 : -Graphis Nudes 3/
: Retrospective Shows, Washington Center for Photography, and Black & White, Arlington, VA
: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Acquisition of 14 photographs to the Permanent Collection.
: “Jakrarat ‘Oi’ Veerasarn Memorial Scholarship Fund for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students of Photography” established at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.
1998 : 49th ADCMW Award for the book ‘EYE to I’ in Photography and Books Categories.
: One-person show, SUMA, Washington, DC.
1997 : Juried group show, The Royal Thai Embassy, Wash., DC.
: Juried group show, ARTScene Gallery at National Press Building, Wash., DC.
1996 : One-person shows,The Photographic Society of Thailand and Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
1995 : One-person show, Burton Marinkovich Fine Arts, Wash., DC.
: 46th ADCMW Award for Self Promo Book, Wash., DC
1991 : DESI Award for excellence in photography, NY.
: ADCMW 42nd Annual Awards for brochure & annual report.
1990 : Excellence in photography & design for promotional brochure awarded by the Champion International Corporation.
1989 : DESI Award for excellence in photographic execution.
: ‘Black & White’, One-person show, Wash., DC.
1987 : ‘Artists in the Atrium’, Juried group show, Virginia.
1986 : ‘Collections of Colors’, One-person show, Wash., DC.
1984 : ‘Seeing is Believing’, One-person show, Bangkok, Thailand.
OTHER
1980 – 1983 : Graphic Designer for Various Design Firms, NYC.
1976 – 1979 : Actor and Director for TV Series and Feature Films, Bangkok.
1975 – 1976 : Senior Architect for Housing Developement Company, Bangkok.
EDUCATION & LECTURES
MS, Communication Design/Pratt Institute, NY.
BA Architecture/Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.
Guest Lecturer at the American University, Mount Vernon College, Gallaudet University,Washington, DC; Chulalongkorn and Chiang Mai Universities (Thailand).
American Society of Magazine Photographers-Mid Atlantic and the Northern Virginia Ph
