Vipoo Srivilasa is a Thai-born Melbourne-based artist. Vipoo works predominantly in porcelain but also creates work on paper, mix media sculptures, bronze statues. He is interested in various aspects from immigrants who living with the cultural diversity in Australia. He is explored into each conversation from their experiences to his work and then reflected back in new conversations.
Vipoo has exhibited both internationally and throughout Australia, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Saatchi Gallery, London; Ayala Museum, Philippines; Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Nanjing Arts Institute, China and the National Gallery of Thailand. His work is held in national and international collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia, GOMA, and the Craft Council, UK. Vipoo also awarded from various institutions within Thailand and Australia.
Vipoo has been awarded the Ceramic Artist of the Year by the editorial staff of Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, The American Ceramic Society, USA.
His work is a playful blend of European historical figurines and Asian decorative art practices
A Thai-born Australian artist, recognised as a leader in the field of ceramics.
Over the past two decades, Vipoo has made works that engage with complex questions of queerness, migration and spiritual meaning, using an aesthetic and medium that is accessible, positive and beautiful.
His works often explore the dark parts of experience including isolation, loneliness, nostalgia, as well as joy, beauty, and hope in the midst of these struggles. Additionally, Vipoo has developed participatory projects that invite people to be part of his creative process, helping them express themselves through storytelling and clay.
Vipoo has exhibited extensively around the world, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Saatchi Gallery, London; Ayala Museum, Philippines; Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Nanjing Arts Institute, China and the National Gallery of Thailand.
Vipoo was awarded a Bachelor of Art (Ceramics) from Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand in which he followed with a Graduate Diploma of Arts (Ceramics) four years later at Monash University in Melbourne, and in was awarded a Master of Fine Art and Design from the University of Tasmania, Hobart.
Vipoo lives and works in
Born Bangkok, Thailand
Bachelor of Art (ceramic), Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand
Arrived in Australia
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Ceramic Design), Monash University, Melbourne
Master of Fine Art and Design (Ceramic), University of Tasmania, Hobart
Award, Winner, Make Award, Australian Design Centre
Recipient, VACS Major Commissioning Projects, Australian Council for the Arts
Award, Highly Commended Acquisitive prize, Lake Art Prize
Award, Ceramic Artists of The Year , The American Ceramic Society
Recipient, Sustaining Creative Workers Grant, Creative Victoria
Recipient, Resilience Fund, Australian Council for the Arts
Award, Highly Commended, The Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Prize
Award, Honourable Mention, the Korean International Ceramic Biennale Competition, South Korea
Finalist, Whitegold International Ceramic Prize, UK
Winner, National Sports Museum Basil Sellers Creative Arts Fellowship
Winner, 44th Muswellbrook Art Prize Ceramic
Award, Highly Commended, Deakin Small Sculpture Award
Award, People Choice Award, Clunes Ceramic Award
Award, Honourable Mentions, Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art
How Vipoo Srivilasa is repairing happiness
Curated by Vipoo Srivilasa, ‘Generation Clay: Reimagined Asian Heritage’, opens on Saturday 3 August at Bunjil Place, Victoria.
‘Generation Clay: Reimagining Asian Heritage’ is an exhibition celebrating the vibrant versatility of clay, presented by a new generation of Asian-Australian contemporary artists. Together, these artists are reimagining traditional and ceramic forms in ways that resonate with our current moment.
This exhibition will engage with a multiplicity of concepts – from personal histories and memories, cultural heritage and family ties to mythological and popular culture narratives. Curated by Vipoo Srivilasa, a recognised leader in the field of ceramics, ‘Generation Clay’ started with fourteen artists from across Australia being invited to create a new work using a palette of predominantly blue and white. The colour blue is also a unifying feature of the exhibition’s design, alluding to the wider discourses of blue and white patterning, it’s connections to global movement and its reinterpretation and translation through form and motif over time.
Nestled in the heart of the exhibition is ‘The Bloom Room’ a speci
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