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              ................I live surrounded by rice fields, farms and orchards. 
              I see the simple life of these farmers and try to convey its beauty 
              to others through the pictures I paint. The traditions and customs 
              they observe are the subjects of my art. I have great admiration 
              for the quiet, unchanging rhythms of rural life and see my mission 
              as an artist to offer the people who see my works a pathway to a 
              paradise increasingly ignored and undervalued in the modern world. 
            Teerawat Kanama 
              Silpa Larnkoon 
              September 2005 
               
               
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            | Born : | 
             
              December 30, 1964, Mahasarakham, Thailand | 
           
           
            | Education : | 
            B.F.A. (Thai Art), Silpakorn University, 
              Bangkok | 
           
           
            | Present :  | 
            Full-time artist | 
           
         
        
        
           
            | 1994 - 1999 : | 
             - Special lecturer, 
              Art Department, Rajabhat Institute, Mahasarakham | 
           
           
            | 1996 - 2000 : | 
            - Special lecturer, Art and Culture 
              Department Mahasarakham University | 
           
           
            | 1997 - 1998 : | 
            - Special lecture, Khon Kaen University | 
           
         
		
		
           
            | 1992 :  | 
             - "Houp Taem 
              Baan How : Painting My Countryside", River City Shopping Complex, 
              Bangkok | 
           
           
            | 2001 : | 
            - "Khote Hghow Lhao Gor" 
              Cultural Exhibition Center, Khon Kaen University 
              - "Rural Harmony", Surapon Gallery, Bangkok | 
           
           
            | 2003 : | 
            - "Customs of Life" at 
              Art and Culture University Museum : Khon Kaen University 
              : - "Customs of Life" Surapon Gallery, Bangkok | 
           
          
            | 2005 :  | 
            - "Rural Solitude" Surapon 
              Gallery, Bangkok  | 
           
         
		
          
            | Gruop Exhibitions : 
              ( Numerous ) | 
           
         
		
		
           
            | 1986 : | 
             - 2nd Prize, Contemporary 
              Art, 10th Bua Luang Exhibition of Painting, Bangkok 
              : - Grand Prize, Special Exhibition sponsored by Philips Electric 
              (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 
              : - Silver medal, 3rd Silpa Bhirasri Exhibition of Contemporary 
              Art by Young Artists, Bangkok | 
           
           
            | 1987 : | 
             - 2nd Prize Special Art Competition 
              on the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King's 60th Birthday 
              Anniversary sponsored by the newspaper Association of Thailand 
              : - Award winner, 3rd Youth?s Art Exhibition of Thailand 
              - 3rd Prize, Contemporary Art, 11th Bua Luang Exhibition of Painting, 
              Bangkok 
              - Joint contribution with other Thai Artists to do mural Painting 
              for Wat Buddhabadipha in London, U.K. | 
           
           
            | 1988 : | 
             - Award Winner, Thai Farmers Bank's 
              Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bangkok 
              - 3rd Prize, Painting, 34th National Exhibition of Art, Bangkok 
              - Joint contribution with other Thai Artists to paint the Thai Pavillion 
              at the "Expo' 88", Australia 
              - Work selected for an Asean Art and Photography Exhibition | 
           
           
            | 1989 :  | 
             - 1st Prize, Traditional Thai 
              Painting, 13th Bua Luang Exhibition of Painting, Bangkok 
              - Silver Medal, 6th Silpa Bhirasri Exhibition of Contemporary Art 
              by Young Artists, Bangkok 
              - Special Award, Toshiba's "Brings Good things to Life" 
              Art Exhibition, Bangkok | 
           
          
            | 1990 :  | 
            - Work selected for an Art Exhibition 
              in Japan | 
           
          
            | 1991 :  | 
            - Top Award winner "Golden 
              Brush Award", Thai Farmers Bank's Art Exhibition on the Auspicious 
              Occasion of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's 36th Birthday Anniversary, 
              Bangkok 
              - Joint contribution with other Thai Artists to paint the Thai Pavilion 
              at the "Expo' 92" Spain | 
           
          
            | 1992 : | 
             - 3rd Prize, Thai Farmers Bank's 
              Art Exhibition on the Auspicious Occasion of Her Majesty the Queen's 
              60th Birthday Anniversary, Bangkok | 
           
          
            | 1993 : | 
             - 1st Prize, Thai Farmers Bank's 
              Painting Competition in Celebration of the Auspicious Occasion of 
              the Eightieth Birthday of H.H. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the 19th 
              Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, Bangkok | 
           
          
            | 1996 : | 
             - Selected to work on a painting 
              used as an illustration in the book "Phra Mahajanaka" | 
           
          
            | 2004 : | 
             - Selected to work "ASEAN 
              CULTURE WEEK 2004" HA NOI-HA LONG VIETNAM  | 
           
         
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