Kitikong Tilokwattanotai was born in Lampang, Thailand in 1978. Currently lives and works in Chiangmai, Thailand. Tilokwattanotai works in printmedia, painting, mixed media and collage.
Graduating from Chiangmai University with a B.F.A. (Printmaking) in 2001, Tilokwattanotai relocated to Sydney, Australia in order to complete a Master of Art(Printmaking) at University of New South Wales Arts and Design in 2003. Subsequently, Tilokwattanotai came back to work as a printmaking lecturer at Rajamangala Univeristy of Technology, Chiangmai, during 2004-2014.
Tilokwattanotai is the founder and director of Chiangmai Art On Paper – an invitational custom printing studio and gallery which collaborates with Thai as well as international artists in the production of print works. He has held solo exhibitions in Thailand, Germany, Japan, USA and Australia as well as being curated in to many international group exhibitions.
Tilokwattanotai’s works look at graphic representations of text and alphabet. By abstracting calligraphic marks Tilokwattanotai attempts to find beauty in written language. His works are held in several private and public collections including TISCO Art Collection, Rachamankar Hotel, UNSW Arts and Design, Chiangmai University.
2018
- “Gregorian” Subhashok The Arts Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2017
- “Color Indentities” Sombatperpoon Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- “Art of sound collaborate with Bang and Olufsen” Gaysorn, Bangkok, Thailand
2009
- Visionary Word, Art republic, Bangkok, Thailand
2008
- After-Mid-Noon, Pongnoi Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2007
- Munchen Diary, Munchen, Germany
2005
- Vision of Lines, Art Replublic, Bangkok
2018
- ALWAYS, ARITA, S.A.C. Art Lab, Chiang Mai
2017
- Retrospection of Vicissitudes, Gratitude to Times
- Special Exhibition in Commemoration of the 110th Anniversary of Li Keran’s Birth, Beijing, China
2016
- Group Exhibition “The Traveler” (Book Hemian Art space), Phuket, Thailand
2015
- 1+1=1 Duo Exhibition with Thaiwijit Poungkasamsomboon, Chiangmai,Thailand
2014
- Inter Change Australia- Thai, Printmaking Exchange Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand
- Southern Graphic Council International Conference, San Francisco,
Bay Area, California, USA
2013
- Thai Ink- Japanese Paper, Serendia Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- Study Room, Exhibition, Printmaking Department, Australia National University, Canberra, Australia
2012
- Jed Yod, Group Exhibition, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
- Duo Exhibition Contemplation-Improvisation, Ardel’s Third Place Gallery, Bangkok ,Thailand.
2011
- Return to Intimacy, At The Art Center, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University
2010
- Return Ticket: Thailand- Germany, Anniversary 50 Goethe-Institut Thailand, Bangkok Art and Culture (BACC), Bangkok, Thailand
2009
- Super Normality, J Gallery at J Avenue, Tong-Lor, Bangkok, Thailand
2008
- The Jed-Yod Group Exhibition, Chiang Mai culture Art museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2007
- Abstract Art, Chiang Mai University Art center, Chiang Mai
2006
- Mini Prints, Rajamangala University of Technology, Northern Campus, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2005
- Exhibition of Thai Australia Contemporary Prints 2005, The College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia
- The 6th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan
2004
- The Exhibition of Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Northern Campus, Chiang Mai
2003
- Sydney Art On Paper Fair, 9th Biennial Art Fair Byrom Kennedy Hall, Fox Studio, Australia
- Master in Printmaking Group Show UNSW Sydney, Australia
- The 18th Annual Packsaddle Selling Exhibition St.Armidale NSW, Australia