Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
Culture+Ideas
Collection+ Pinaree Sanpitak
17 October - 13 December 2014

Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak is a leading figure in Southeast Asian art. Her diverse body of work has its origins in her feeling for the female form and reflects her engagement with a breadth of materials – painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, performance and the culinary arts.

Pinaree Sanpitak was born in 1961 in Bangkok and studied visual arts and communication design in Japan. In 2013 she presented solo exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and at The Contemporary Austin in Texas, and was featured in the group exhibition, Female Power, at Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (now Museum Arnhem) in the Netherlands. Her immersive installation Anything Can Break (2009), was seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney as part of the 2012 Sydney Biennale. Her work is held in private and institutional collections in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the United States and her exhibition history has encompassed biennales in Australia, Italy, Japan and Korea.

Why did we fund this project? This was an opportunity for the Australian public to engage with Pinaree Sanpitak's work - the first solo presentation of her work in Australia. Pinaree is one of the most compelling and respected Thai artists of her generation, and her work can be counted among the most powerful explorations of women's experience in all of Southeast Asia. The Nelson Meers Foundation is delighted to be supporting the Culture+Ideas series at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF).

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