Kritsana Naowakhun BIO

 

Born and raised in Bangkok Thailand, Kritsana’s first impressions about art came from his grandfather who was he was a painter for Buddhist temples in mainland China. Since he was young he always enjoyed painting, drawing, sculpting and had big dreams of being an artist. Being accepted into the most prestigious Fine Art University in Thailand, Silpakorn University, Kritsana studied all different forms of media but choose a focus in sculpture. In his time there he was involved in many group shows all over Thailand and even was accepted in the 52ndNational Exhibition for his sculpture thesis project. Upon graduation Kritsana continued to create works but his main profession was creating intricate window designs for the worlds highest end fashion designers all over Thailand.

 

Since arriving in Canada in 2011 Kritsana has dedicated himself fulltime to purse his dreams of creating and inspiring others through visual art. He has had many group and solo exhibitions in North Bay Ontario and in Fort McMurray at MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery and Keyano Art Gallery. Kritsana is currently teaching art classes for children, youth and adults at the Suncor Centre for the Performing Arts and offering special workshops for adults at MacDonald Island Park. Kritsana has also participated in mentoring 10 in the artists in residency program in Wood Buffalo 2016. Some recent exhibitions include a travelling Alberta exhibition called beyond the patch by Alberta Art Gallery in September 2017 and a public art installation for Ignight Fort McMurray 2017.  This year in March 2019 a group exhibition from the Alberta Society of artist: The best of the northern Alberta, a select group exhibition  for new comers to Canada CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artists canadiens) in Edmonton Alberta June 2019, and also select pieces are for sale in the Bugera Matheson gallery in Edmonton Alberta.