Noppanan Thannaree Thai, b. 1988

Noppanan Thannaree was born in Chiangrai province. He’s graduated with Thai Art both a Bachelor’s and a Master degree from theFaculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn university. Currently, he’s a full time artist.

In his early career, Noppanan’s body of work was mostly done in Chinese ink on paper. Some are monumental in scale and drawn intricately with his very own handmade bamboo pen. For him, the work process is a form of meditation. Drawing each and every blade of grass is a way to tune the mind into the presence. 

Most of Noppanan’s inspiration stems from Zen and Buddhist philosophy. 

His ideas are mostly concerned with nature. Through his work, he aims to bring a balance that enables him to find an ontological connection between man and the world around him. The ideas and philosophy behind his work have gone to shape his character and become an intrinsic part of who he is as an artist. In the later development of his career, Noppanan expands his philosophy beyond the boundary of a religious realm and starts to explore the universal law of nature. He continues to use nature as his main theme and further experiments with a variety of techniques to represent his new ideas. 

Currently, Noppanan resides and works between his studios in Nakornpratom and Chiangrai province where he was born.