Supawich Weesapen

Biography

b. 1997, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand​

Lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand

 

Supawich Weesapen received his BFA in Painting from Silpakorn University. He explores the intersections of natural, mythical, and cyber phenomena, creating works of enigmatic energy and radiance. Born into the digital age, the aesthetics of the virtual world come to the fore in his practice: his paintings allude to RGB colour effects, which have been identified as the subconsciously engrained palette of our current age. While probing our technological present and future, Weesapen also looks towards the spiritual and sublime. He references age-old symbols, omens, and legends, such as cosmological occurrences and origin tales. Simultaneously delving into the tangible and unknown, he draws out the conceptual and visual entanglements of our surrounding environments and inner worlds. He gives form to infinite and amorphous auras through the traditional medium of oil paint, deftly toying with opacity, saturation, and the art historical techniques of chiaroscuro. Ultimately, Weesapen weaves together asynchronous realities and paradigms, finding new perspectives of contemporary being and relating. Weesapen’s debut solo exhibition, The Comet and the Nostalgic Souls, was held at Nova Contemporary in 2023. Recent exhibitions include Made in the DarkClearing Gallery, New York (2023), All is Prettier. Part II: Arrival100 Tonson Foundation, Bangkok (2023), HexagonNova Contemporary (2022), and Qi Nova Contemporary, Bangkok (2020). His works belong to the collections of X Museum, Beijing,  Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, and 129 Art Museum, Nakhon Ratchasima. 

 

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Works
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Stump of the System, 2023
    The Stump of the System, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Reverie of the Comet and the Soul, 2023
    The Reverie of the Comet and the Soul, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Forgotten Deity, 2023
    The Forgotten Deity, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, Fangs of Apokalyptein , 2023
    Fangs of Apokalyptein , 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Comet and The Nostalgic Souls , 2023
    The Comet and The Nostalgic Souls , 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, Outside Garden, 2023
    Outside Garden, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, Erupted Wound 2, 2023
    Erupted Wound 2, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, Erupted Wound 1, 2023
    Erupted Wound 1, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, Erupted Wound 3, 2023
    Erupted Wound 3, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Wound by The Comet, 2023
    The Wound by The Comet, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Touch, 2023
    The Touch, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, Inner Entanglement, 2023
    Inner Entanglement, 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, Earth Breathes , 2023
    Earth Breathes , 2023
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Comet, The Soul, and Its Reflection, 2022
    The Comet, The Soul, and Its Reflection, 2022
  • Supawich Weesapen, Comet Fang, 2022
    Comet Fang, 2022
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Nostalgic Soul of Triceratops, 2022
    The Nostalgic Soul of Triceratops, 2022
  • Supawich Weesapen, Anthropocentric , 2021
    Anthropocentric , 2021
  • Supawich Weesapen, The Side, 2021
    The Side, 2021
  • Supawich Weesapen, Raging Red , 2021
    Raging Red , 2021
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