Thép Thavonsouk
| 1604 – 16 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3C 1G8 403-875-5098 Email: thavonsoukthep@gmail.com Websites: www.junerain.ca www.thepthavonsouk.com Born Vientiane, Laos. |
Nomination for Sovereign Art Prize 2010
Exhibitions:
2018 i:cat Gallery, Vientiane Laos (Opening January 20th)
Saaifone Fine Art Gallery, Vientaine, Laos (Opening February 15th)
2017 i:cat Gallery, Vientiane, Laos
VIP Private Exhibit at Mercure Vientiane
2016 Le 14 Galerie, Paris
Schloss Kratz, Berlin, Germany
2015 La Maison de la Culture, Vientiane, Laos
Saaifone Fine Art Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
Bergramoff Gallery, Belgium, Brussels
Mercure Vientiane Hotel, Vientiane, Laos
2014 Beverly Hills Art Show, California, USA
Saaifone Fine Art Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
2013 T’Shop Lai Gallery, Vientiane, Laos
Saaifone Fine Art Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
2012 Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Saaifone Fine Art Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
La Résidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang, Laos
2011 Saaifone Contemporary Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
Tita Maerim Galley, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Art Basel Miami International Art Fair, Miami USA
2010 La Résidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang, Laos
Saaifone Contemporary Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
2009 Saaifone Contemporary Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
2008 La Résidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang, Laos
Sin Sin Fine Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Saaifone Contemporary Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
2007 The Avens Gallery, Canmore, Alberta, Canada
2006 Saaifone Contemporary Gallery, Luang Prabang, Laos
Axis Contemporary Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
The Alliance Francaise, Canada
2005 Phou Vao Pansea, Laos
Francis Engelmann Gallery, Laos
2004 Newsom Delorme, Bragg Creek, Canada
2003 “A Fleeting Passage of Quiet Moments”, Settha Palace, Vientiane, Laos
Novotel Hotel, Vientiane, Laos
2002 “Monks in June Rain”, Bhuran Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2001 “Nostalgia”, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Vientiane, Laos
2000 “Impressions of a Monsoon Country”, Artfolio Gallery, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
Guest of Honour: Her Excellency Ms. Doreen Steidle, Canadian High Commissioner to Singapore
1999 “A Canadian Context”, Artfolio Gallery, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
1998 Master’s Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1997 Pleasures of Living Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1995 Royal Riverside Garden Marriott Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Guest of Honour: His Excellency, Mr. von Nostitz, Canadian Ambassador Thailand
1994 Sojourn Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1993 Kobayashi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Villa de la Rosa, Vientiane, Laos
1991 Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Canada
Guest of Honour: Mary Dover
1990 “A Touch of Ginger”, Calgary, Canada
1988 The Stephen Lowe Gallery, Calgary, Canada
The Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Canada
1987 The Sterkman Jones Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1986 The Honolulu Academy of Contemporary Arts Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
1985 The French Institute of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
1984 The Hiraya Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
1983 The Lahaina Arts Society, Maui, Hawaii
1982 The A.R.T. Beasley Gallery, San Diego, California
1981 The Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Canada
1979 The Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Canada
1978-80 The Lethbridge Theatre Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
Collectors:
Museums:
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Singapore Museum, Singapore.
Corporate:
Amoco Canada Petroleum, Calgary, Canada
Gulf Oil Canada, Calgary, Canada
Simmons Drilling Company Ltd., Calgary, Canada
Agriteam Canada, Calgary, Canada
Canadian Airlines International, Calgary, Canada
Bay Isle Financial Corporation, San Francisco, California, USA
Swedish Forestry Corporation, Vientiane, Laos
Brownlee LLP Barristers and Solicitors, Calgary, Canada
PTT (Thai Petroleum Authority), Bangkok, Thailand
Private:
Jon Gaunt & Pany Sayavongs, Vientiane, Laos
Alain Delsahat & Soukprasay Sithimolada, Vientiane, Laos
Ron & Myrna Ghitter, Calgary, Canada
His Excellency & Mrs. Hartwick, US Ambassador to Laos
Gary Pollock & Patricia Frame, Oakland, California
Maurice & Ratsamy Viphakone-Szafran, Paris, France.
Mr. Senjaku Nakamura, The Grand Kabuki of Tokyo, Japan
Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Krasner, New York, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Overgoor, Amsterdam, Holland
Ms. Jean A. H. Smith, London, England
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Sector, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ackroyd, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Mr. & Mrs. Bruno de Taste, Melbourne, Australia
Mr. & Mrs. Holmes Brown, Washington, DC
Dr. & Mrs. F. E. L. Priestly, Toronto, Canada
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Foord, Calgary, Canada
Christopher Yeo, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Bob Brown & Joyce Miyashita, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Mr. Edwin Coyler, Manchester, England
Mr. & Mrs. Christian Lagrange, Singapore
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Smith, Kelowna, British Columbia
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Rappaport, Bronxville, New York, USA
Betti Deutsch, Seattle, Washington, USA
Dr. Adrian McGoldrick, Kildare, Ireland
Mr. Andreas Rose, Frankfurt, Germany
Donna Nairn & Gene Kalinka, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Paul Walker & Raymond Evans, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Tan Sri Ahmad Kamil Jaafar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Christoph Rotzetter, Bern, Switzerland
Torsten & Stefanie Schulz, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bibliography:
- Dudley, Wendy. “Artist Explores Heritage” in Vientiane Times. April 4, 1989.
- Sian E. Jay. “Painting from Memory” in The Straits Times (Singapore). October 17, 2000.
- Winterman, Charlie. “Monsoon Moments” in fah Thai. Nov/Dec 2006.
- Findlay, Ian. “Timeless Moments” in Asian Art News (18:1) Jan/Feb 2008.
- Sommers, Carla. “A Break in the Clouds” in Sarika. Apr/Jun 2007.
- Alexander, Rob. “Thavonsouk’s work explores ‘elegance of simplicity’” in Canmore Leader, September 27, 2007.
- Shroof-Gander, Sooni. “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” in Kee: The Magazine for Kee Players (30). Hong Kong, October 2007.
- Oelrichs, Catherine. “Natural Selection” in Perspective. Hong Kong, December 2007.
- Mulquiney, Vanessa. “10 Asian Gems” in Fah Thai. Sept/Oct 2009.
- Murrills, Angela. “Through the Haze” in Nuvo. Summer 2010. Toronto, Canada.
- Eastly, C. “Where Paint & Passion Meet” in Society Lifestyle (3:15). Jan/Feb 2011. Vientiane Capital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
- Young, Suzy. “Lao-Canadian artist brings artistic treats to Vientiane” in Vientiane Times, February 25, 2013.
- Eastly, C. “The Art of Thép Thavonsouk” in Lifestyle Magazine, April 2015.
- Eastly, C. “The Art of Thép Thavonsouk: Where Paint & Passion Meet” in Champa Muong Lao, April 2015.
- Ludwig, Sabine. “Thép Thavonsouk: Between Serenity and Light” on Huffington Post, May 21, 2015.
- Ludwig, Sabine. “Thép Thavonsouk’s sight of the world.” http://sl4artglobal. wordpress.com. September 2015.
- Teppalath, V. “Cultural preservation, spirituality central to Lao-Canadian’s oeuvre” in Vientiane Times, March 13, 2017.
Education:
Baccalauréat from Lyceé de Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos.
Fulbright Scholar, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. (Degree in International
Relations with Art minor.)
Professional Diploma in Education, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada.
Studied under Master Artists in Taiwan & Japan.
Artist Statement:
“My paintings are inspired by light and shadow. I am moved by striking moods in the clouds, rain and mist as well as a flow of monks’ Saffron Robes. There is a palpable hush of wonder with no fixed perspective in my works. My paintings flow out of silence; a dreamlike morphology suggesting tranquility and a sense of spirituality as figures dissolve into landscape. The fleeting passage of their quiet moments seen on my canvas and rice paper shines the light on the immensity of our universe and the significance of human beings.”