About Somporn Rodboon

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Biography of Somporn Rodboon

Over five decades, Somporn Rodboon has been dedicated to art education and curatorial practice. Her contributions span teaching, lecturing, and writing in Thai and English. As an Assistant Professor, she has taught art theory at leading art institutions in Thailand, such as Silpakorn University and Chiang Mai University. She also played a key role in establishing the art theory curriculum for the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts at Silpakorn University. Noteworthy examples of her curatorial work include:

2018

  • Curator, Time and Being: Art Exhibition by the Group of 4 Lanna Artists: Songdaj Thiptong, Pornchai Jaima, Lipikorn Makaew, Arnan Ratchawang-Inn, Chiang Mai Art & Cultural Centre Chiang Mai

2016

  • Curator, The Art Exhibition in Remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, The National Art Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok.

2014

  • Curator, Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia and Thailand,
    PSG Art Gallery, Silpakorn University, Bangkok.

2013

  • Curator, Spiritual Ties: A Tribute to Montien Boonma. Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.
  • Curator, Life in Nature, DOB Hualamphong Gallery, Bangkok.

2012

  • Curator, Way of Life: Nature/Culture, Ardel Gallery Of Modern Art, Bangkok.

2010

  • Curator, Multimedia – Multivisions, Ardel Gallery Of Modern Art, Bangkok.

2009

  • Curator, Stories from Her by Kasalong Group, DOB Hualamphong Gallery, Bangkok.

2006

  • Curator, Diverse perspective, PSG Art Gallery, Silpakorn University, Bangkok and Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai.

2004

  • Coordinator, Contemporary Aboriginal Prints, The Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai.

2002

  • Co-curator, The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2002, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Curator, Soul Ties: Australian-Thai Artists in Collaboration, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai.
  • Curator, Fusion Vision: Thai-Australian Artistic Connections, The Gallery of Art and Design, Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok.

2000

  • Curator, Time and Being: Thai-AJAC Contemporary Art Exhibition 2000, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai.
  • Curator, Unfinished Business, an exhibition of installations by Australian women artists, Noelene Lucas and Debra Porch, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai.
  • Curator, Home Sweet Home, an installation art exhibition by Edouard Sautai, organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University and the French Embassy Bangkok, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai.

1999

  • Curator, Alter Ego: Thai-European Union Art Project, Silpakorn University, Bangkok.
  • Co-curator, The 3rd Asia-Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art 1999, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia.
  • Member of the Curatorial Subcommittee, The 1st Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 1999, Fukuoka, Japan.

1998

  • Nomination committee member, Hiroshima Art Prize 1998, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan.
  • Curator, Master Thai Artists in Japan, The Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, sponsored by The Japan Foundation Bangkok.

1997-1989

  • Official selector representing Thailand in selecting Thai graphic artists and works for the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia (former Yugoslavia).

1997

  • Advisor and coordinator, The Birth of Modern Art in Southeast Asia: Artists and Movements, Fukuoka Art Museum, Hiroshima Prefecture Art Museum, Shizuoka Prefecture Museum of Srt, and Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Japan.
  • Consultant for the exhibition Modernity and Beyond: Themes in Southeast Asian Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
  • Advisor and coordinator, Womanifesto: An International Women’s Art Exchange Exhibition, Concrete House, Nonthaburi and Bhan Chow Phraya, Bangkok.

1996

  • Co-curator, The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

1995-1996

  • Co-curator, Asian Modernism: Diverse Development in Indonesia, The Philippines, and Thailand, organized by The Japan Foundation, held in Tokyo, Manila, Bangkok, and Jakarta.

1995

  • Curator, Art and Environment 3, an exhibition of installations, organized by The Goethe Institut, Bangkok, The National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok.

1994

  • Co-curator, Thai-Australian Cultural Space, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

1993

  • Curator, Exhibition of Prints by Thai Students, Art Gallery, University of Western Sydney Nepean, Sydney, Australia.
  • Co-curator, Thai-Australian Cultural Space, National Gallery, Bangkok.

1992

  • Curator, Contemporary Thai Works on Paper, Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art, Australia.
  • Coordinator, First International Women’s Art Exhibition in honor of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 5th Cycle Birthday, Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok.

1991

  • Curator, Exhibition of Thai Contemporary Art: The Parallel Views, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, supported by Thai International Airlines.
  • Curator, Art and Environment, an exhibition of Thai and German artists, organized by the Goethe Institut, Art Gallery of The Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok.