Nomination for Sovereign Art Prize 2010
Exhibitions:
| 2018 | Book Launch, Signing & Retrospective Exhibition: Mercure Vientiane |
| 2017 | i:cat Gallery, Vientiane, Laos
Private Exhibit at Mercure Vientiane |
| 2015 | 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
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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:
Cristina Marolda, Rome, Italy
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
Art & Brenda Dyck, Calgary, Alberta
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.