Asian Art : Vorakorn Metmanorom
Thai artist, Vorakorn Metmanorom was born in 1968 and graduated from the College of Fine Art in 1988 and the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art, Silpakorn University, Bangkok in 1994. He now works from his studio in Chiang Mai and has exhibited his work in Thailand, Japan, Norway, Taiwan, U.S.A, The Netherlands, Poland and Germany. His work is influenced by Buddhist teachings, nature as well as his Chinese ancestry.
Vorakorn has been the recipient of the following awards:
1993 – Collection Art Supporting Award, 10th Exhibition of Contemporary
Young Artists 93 Bangkok, Thailand
1994 – Honorary Distinction International Print Triennial 1994, Krakow, Poland
1995 – 1st Prize Gold Medal Graphic Arts 41st Nation Exhibition of Art,
Bangkok, Thailand
1996 – Award Winner of the Panasonic Contemporary Painting Exhibition
1996, Bangkok, Thailand
-2nd Prize, Silver Medal Graphic Arts 42nd Nation Exhibition of Art,
Bangkok, Thailand
-3rd Prize Bronze Medal, 20th Bualuang Exhibition of Painting,
Bangkok, Thailand
- Grand Prize Award Winner (Painting), Phillip Morris Group,
Bangkok, Thailand
- 2nd Prize, Phillip Morris Group, ASEAN AWARDS 1996(Painting)
1997 – The Triennials Prize & Egyptian Gold Medal, 1997 Egypt
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