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MEET THE ARTISTS
RACHEL ELIZABETH
Painter
Rachel is an abstract artist who loves to create unique, funky artwork. Through her abstract artwork, she aims to inspire curiosity and imagination in determining what the painting means or the feelings it evokes. Rachel loves the notion that one piece of art can make everyone feel or imagine something entirely unique and different.
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RADIANTWHOLE
Illustrator
An artist from Ireland living in Bangkok, Niamh works with mostly pen and paper, and left and right hand intuitively. She practices meditating, communicating through art and seeing what happens!
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RANDY VALIENTE
Comic Book Artist
Randy Valiente is an award-winning Filipino comic book writer and artist. He published numerous books for both Philippine and international publications, including Lindol (Ted21), Animen (Black Ink), Headlocked (Markosia), Twilight Zone (Dynamite), Vampirella, Army of Darkness and many more.
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RE1ST GRAFFITI
Street Artist, Illustrator
Re1st Graffiti is a street artist and Illustrator from Israel specializing in abstract graffiti and art deco style pieces. His motto for life is “Let’s paint the world!”
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REI EGUSQUIZA
Mixed Media Artist
Rei Egusquiza is an artist living in Brooklyn, New York. His work in collage/mixed media is influenced by queer themes, suggestions and characters in literature, mythology and history and how they impact his upbringing and the world we live in. He is hoping to make his next move to Bangkok, a city he has grown to love more and more with each visit.
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REDWINGSPARROW
Digital Artist, Comic Book Artist, Concept Artist
Elizabeth, aka Redwingsparrow, is a self-taught South African digital artist who does illustrations, comic art, and concept art. The artist enjoys writing and creating fantasy pieces.
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ROBIN WESSBERG
Painter
Robin Wessberg describes himself as a “washed up skater from Los Angeles who’s been living, painting, and raising two wild little boys and two scruffy dogs in Bangkok since 2005.”
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ROCKEFELLER LOSORATA
Illustrator, Musician
Finding my way back to art, Rockefeller Losorata has done illustrations for 2 e-books, Flash Fiction and How to Survive the New Normal. He also wrote and performed a song called “Amen” available in digital stores.
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ROMAIN PINOTEAU
Photographer, Writer
Romain is from France and loves taking photographs and writing stories. Passionate about movies and comics, he dreams of one day being able to become a writer for a living.
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SAMUI
Visual Artist
For years, Samui has circled in the center of the art maze and feels that there is a variety of styles and colors waiting to be released through art to audiences.
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SANAXES
Digital Artist, Comic Book Artist, Concept Artist
Kwan, aka "Sanaxes," is an artist based in Thailand. She creates several types of art based on Thai local culture and folklore.
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SANDEE
Web Designer, Painter, Performance Artist
Sandee is a designer/artist based in Bangkok. An arrogant kid who does art for inspiration and design for money. Art inspired by emptiness, poetry inspired by romanized human's flaw.
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SEARCH & JAMES
Visual Artists
Search and James are engineering students majoring in Information and Communication Engineering at the International School of Engineering of Chulalongkorn University.
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SHENIMATION
Freelance Artist, Digital Artist, Animator
Shen is a freelance artist who considers herself an introvert. She enjoys reading books from authors all around the world. Currently she is reading Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi and is loving it.
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SKARNZ
Designer, Sculptor, Painter
A lover of design, drawing, photography and toys, Skarnz is an artist from Thailand who is self-taught in drawing, sculpting, and painting and expresses love of art through toys, under the SKARNZ brand.
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SKETCHBOOK BROWNIE
Sketch Artist, Writer
Sketchbook Brownie is an urban sketcher in Thailand.
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SKETCHMAN BORIS
Comic Artist
Boris Aravindabalan, aka “Sketchman Boris,” is the founder of bkk UNZINE art magazine. Growing up in India, Boris discovered his love for drawing and, combined with hours and hours of cartoons and movies, he realized that not only did he just love reading and watching stories, but he also wanted to have the same impact on others as the creators whose work he enjoyed had on him.
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SONGWIT SEEKITIKUL
Illustrator, Comic Artist
Songwit’s work consists of drawings with pens, pencils and coloring with colored pencils or digital coloring and focuses on small details and portraying images with interesting angles. The intention is for audiences to feel fun and enjoyment, not only from the message of the work but also from the creative process.
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SOOTH
Writer, Comic Artist
Sooth was a scientist but retired to follow his dream of becoming a comics creator. He likes designing characters, monsters, aliens, ghosts, etc., and loves creating ghost stories, sci-fi, fantasy and superhero comics.
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SOPHIE CARS
Sketch Artist, Painter
From St. Petersburg, Sophie considers her job is to teach, her background was to cure and her love throughout the years has been drawing! Back home, where she participated in many exhibitions, Sophie founded a course of live sketches, believing that drawing live models is an unstoppable well of inspiration. Now she is exploring the rich Thai art scene, meeting new gorgeous people and trying to go to every art event she sees!
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STEFAN DORU MOSCU
Painter
Stefan is from Brasov, Romania and has a B.A in Art and Restoration from the State University of Sibiu, Romania. He works with both painting and sculpture and his surreal paintings explore society’s transformation from the past to the present, culling inspiration from decaying objects, old photographs, pop culture, and art history to present a critical view of various social, political and cultural issues. He has had an artist residency at GloArt in Belgium and has exhibited in the US and Europe.
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STEPHFF
Cartoonist, Painter
Stéphane Peray was born in 1964 in Paris, and has lived in Thailand since 1989. He was a photojournalist before starting to work as a political cartoonist in 1998. He has since been published in more 60 newspapers around the world and was the resident cartoonist forThailand’s english newspaper The Nation from 2003 to 2019. Stéphane now works for Prachatai English, a dissident online news outlet. In 2020, he self-published Farang Affairs, a collection of cartoons and comic strips focusing on culture shock between Thais and foreigners living in Thailand.
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STEVEN SILLS
Poet
Steven Sills has a Master’s degree in humanities with a classical studies emphasis, which basically means familiarity with the truly great books of literature, social sciences, and science throughout the ages. He is a poet whose book is in many libraries in America and has been teaching literature and writing classes at www.lbadvancedenglish.com and elsewhere for many years.
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SUPERFAH JELLYFISH
Tattoo Artist, Illustrator
Skye is a tattoo artist and illustrator from Bangkok. She is a girl of the sea, swimming in the stout sometimes, and mostly uses sign pen, acrylic paint, watercolours and coloured pencils to create her artwork, which tell stories about culture, food and people, and specifically about punk, soft eroticism, and feelings.
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SUSHANT ALEXANDER
Painter, Photographer
Sushant wants to bring art to the living spaces of all walks of people. After the successful completion of film studies at Prague Film School, Sushant practised fine art photography, painting, drawing and theatre. He is inspired by light and is committed to build his lifelong series called “Following Light.” He experiments with colours, compositions, textures and patterns using pencils, acrylics and gouache on paper, wood, glass, ceramics and canvas.
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SUTTICHART SARAPAIWANICH
Comic Artist
Suttichart is a comic artist and lecturer at the Faculty of Digital Art, Rangsit University.
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TENN
Illustrator, Interior Designer
Bangkok-based illustrator and former interior designer Tenn’s life started when he turned 40.
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THUNTOPIA
Comic Artist
Thuntopia is an original comic creator who has self-published for 5 years. His comics have been awarded the Silent Manga Awards at SMA18 and SMA19.
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TOM MCLEAN
Writer, Concept Artist
Originally from the United Kingdom, Tom is a full-time writer who has lived in Bangkok for the past 6 years. When he is not having a personal crisis over the concept of eternal recurrence, he can be found aimlessly stumbling around the Sukhumvit area in a Hawaiian shirt.
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TUS VUTTINUN
Animator, Designer, Illustrator, Painter, Sculptor, Performance Artist
Vuttinun Swatdiponphallop's background in architecture primarily shapes his conceptual approach and creative thinking. This perspective, combined with a childhood passion for cartooning, allows him to explore visual narratives through a unique blend of analytical thought and expressive drawing.
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