THAVORN KO-UDOMVIT

Born 1956 in Bangkok, Thailand. Born into an urban Sino-Thai merchant family, Thavorn studied at Silpakorn University, Bangkok and also spent a year in New York and Baltimore. While he has worked in a variety of media, his subject matter has almost always been his search for his Chinese identity within the context of Thai culture. Has taught at Silpakorn University, Bangkok; Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; Nagoya University of Fine Arts, Japan; Bangkok University, Bangkok.

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Thavorn Ko-Udomvit

Symbols in Ritual
1987
gold leaf, pigments, bamboo, cotton and handmade paper
55 x 76 cm

Reference: Marjorie Chu, Understanding Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, p. 161

$3,000