UDOMSAK KRISANAMIS
b. 1966, Bangkok, Thailand
Lives and works in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Education
1985-89 Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
1991-93 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
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2016

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2012
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1996

“Keep Spinning”, Gallery SIDE 2, Tokyo“Udomsak Krisanamis: Paint It Black”, Chiang Mai University Art Museum,
Chiang Mai,
“Udomsak Krisanamis: Paint It Black”, Gallery VER, Bangkok“Space Caravan," LehmannMaupin, Hong Kong
“In My Room," Gallery SIDE 2, Tokyo“Space Out," Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY"A Mindful Mission," Kunstverein Freiburg"A Mindful Mission (redux)," Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
Galleryver, Bangkok, Thailand"New works", Gallery SIDE 2, Japan
Giti Nourbakhsch Gallery, Berlin
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Massimo de Carlo, Milan
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Corp., New York, NY
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Gallery SIDE 2, Tokyo, JapanIl Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (with Peter Doig)
Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK (with Peter Doig)
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
Marc Foxx Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

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Solo Exhibitions
1994
1991
1990

260 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
215 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Goethe Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

Group Exhibitions
2019“In Situ From Outside:Reconfiguring the past in between the present”, Bangkok
National Museum, Bagkok, Thailand
2017 “SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now”, National Art Center+ Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2016 “Northern Land Southern Sea”, Tang contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand“All Summer In A Day”, Unclebrother Gallery, Hancock, New York“Thailand Eye”, Bangkok Art And Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 “Roll Your pain Away with Pratchaya Phinthong”, New Museum of Contemporary Art
Chiangmai (NMCAC), Chiangmai, Thailand“Random Sampling: Paintings from Sammlung Goetz, Haus der Kunst,Munich, Germany (2015 – 2016)“Thailand Eye,” Saatchi Gallery, London
2014 Thai Charisma: Heritage + Creative Power, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok
2012 “Encounter: The Royal Academy in Asia," Institute of Contemporary Art, Lesalle
College of the Arts, Singapore“Thai Trends from Localism to Internationalism," Bangkok Art And Culture Center,
Bangkok, Thailand“Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday,” James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY“B. Wurtz & Co.," curated by Matthew Higgs, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA“Search for New Synesthesia,” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2011 “Space Oddity", curated by Friederike Nymphius, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain“Madifesto,” Chiang Mai, Thailand
2010 “Imagine peace,” Bangkok Art And Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2009 “Floors/Walls", Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin“The House the Cat Built,” curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Galeria Salvador Díaz, Madrid
Topographies - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008 “Back to Back", Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany“incidental Affairs," Suntory Museum Tempozan, Osaka
2007 “Very Abstract and Hyper Active", Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK“Inwords" the University Museums of the University of Delaware
2006 Kenneth L. Fried Collection of Contemporary Art, Lambertville, New Jersey“Dereconstruction", Barbara Gladstone, New York, NY“Infinite Painting", Villa Manin Centro d'fArte Contemporanea, Italy
2005 “Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Workson Paper," Andrea Rosen Gallery“Bidibidobidiboo: Works from Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo," curated by

UDOMSAK KRISANAMISGroup Exhibitions
2005 Franceso Bonami, Turin, Italy
2004 “Keep Your Head to the Sky," Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY2003 “1st Gold NMAC Artists Tournament," Fundacion NMAC, Spanien“Painting Pictures," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
2002 “The Longest Winter," University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL“Pertaining to Painting," Contemporary Arts Museums, Austin Museum of Art, Austin“Painting Pictures”, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2002 “Inaugural Group Exhibition, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
“Hard To Read," Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, NY,
curated by Feng Liu“Pertaining to Painting”, Contemporary Arts Museums, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2001 “New Prints 2001/ Autumn," IPCNY, New York, NY“The Mystery of Painting," Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany (cat.)“Fresh: Recent Acquisitions," Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY“Works on Paper from Acconci to Zittel," Victoria Miro Gallery, London“Painting at the Edge of the World," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2000 Galleria Massimo di Carlo, Milano, Italy“Spot On," Victoria Miro Gallery, New York, NY“Greater New York," P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
1999 “Examining Pictures," Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK (cat.)“Nach-Bild," Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (curated by Peter Pakesch, catalogue)“Zone (Especes d'Espaces)," Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d'Alba, Italy,
curated by Francesco Bonami)
1998 “Every Day," 11th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
Project 63, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY“A to Z," The approach, London, UK (curated by Matthew Higgs)“Lovecraft," South London Gallery, London, UK, curated by Martin McGeown
and Toby Webster“Exterminating Angel," Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot,Paris, curated by Joshua Decter
1997 “Essential Gestures," Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland, KS“Lovecraft," Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland“Site-Santa Fe," Santa Fe, NM, curated by Francesco Bonami“Drawings for the Mab Library," AC Project Room, New York, NY“Tangles," Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY“Screen," curated by Joshua Decter, Frederich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
Marc Foxx Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 “inconsequent," Natalie Rivera, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, ILGallery 2, Chicago, IL1989 “Bring Good Thing to Life," Toshiba Thailand Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand

UDOMSAK KRISANAMISGroup Exhibitions
1989
1989

13th Bua Luang Exhibition of Painting, Bangkok Bank, Bangkok, Thailand
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Thai Farmers Bank, Bangkok, Thailand

Bibliography
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“SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now”, catalog“Asean though its art,” The Nation, June
Visdharomn, Lynn, “Aperfect Day with Udomsak”,
Crosbie-Jones, Max, “Udomsak Krisanamis: There is nothing to discuss about my work”,ArtReview Asia, Winter 2016, P.5863
Pongpipat, Kaona, “A circle of abstraction,” The Bangkok Post, July
Phataranawik, Phatarawadee, "Udomsak by the dots," The Nation, July
“B. Wurtz, Martin Creed and Richard Hawkins' in LA," Phaidon, April
Soto, Paul, “B. Wurtz’s Legacy Is Unfinished,” Art in America, April 4Prince, Mark, “Udomsak Krisanamis, Kunstverien Freiburg,” Art in America,
September, P.145“Imagine peace,” Bangkok Art And Culture Center (cat.)
Peyton, Elizabeth “Portrait of an Artist,” The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,(cat.)Winn, Lance, "InWords:The Art of Language", published by University of Delaware
Goodbody, BridgetL., Review, The New York Times, February 2, p.E35
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Bell, Kirsty, Contemporary, Issue No. 58, February, pp. 79-81
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Bell, Kirsty, Art Now, published by Taschen, editaed by Uta Grosenick and Burkhard
Riemschneider, Koln
Thiel, Wolf Gunter, "Signs of Meaning and signs of Effect. The Work ofUdomsakrisanamis" in The Mystery of Painting, Sammlung Goetz, Munich,pp. 100-114“Loose," Arena + Homme (ill.), Summer-Spring, p.252
Stern, Steven, "The Story of O," Frieze, April, pp. 70-73
Periz. Ingrid, review, Art News, November
Avgikos, Jan, review, Artforum, November, p.154
Daily, Meghan, "Udomsak Krisanamis," Time Out New York, September 21-28,
Smith, Roberta, "Udomsak Krisanamis," The New York Times, Friday, September 29
Tiravanija, Rirkrit, "Dusk," Nach-Bild (cat.), p. 56-57
Lee, Margaret Juhae, "From op-ed to op art," ARTnews, March, p. 122
Swenson, Ingrid, "Udomsak Krisanamis", Everyday: The 11th Biennale of Sydney,Sydney, Australia, p. 142 (cat.

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Bibliography
1998

Higgs, Matthew, "Udomsak Krisanamis", Cream: Contemporary art in culture, Phaidon
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Chapman, Jake, "From Dawn till Dusk: Peter Doig and Udomsak Krisanamis", Peter
Doig/Udomsak Krisanamis, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (cat.)Hunt, Ian, "Night's thousand eyes", Peter Doig / Udomsak Krisanamis, Arnolfini,Bristol, (cat.)Kino, Carol, "Op 'til you drop", Time Out New York, June 25-July 2, p.57
Saltz, Jerry, Review, Time Out New York, June 1998
Tone, Lilian and Umland, Anne ,"In your Eye," projects 63, MOMA brochure, May
Cotter, Holland, "Chelsea-The New Center of Gravity", The New York Times, May 15,
Art Review
Dee Mitchell, Charles, Art in America, November, p.47 Currah, Mark, Review, Time
Out, February 10, p. 30
catalogue, "Truce," Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Thorson, Alice, "New Realities of Abstraction," Kansas City Star, November 30 –December 7
Ostrow, Saul, "Essential Gestures," Johnson County Community Museum, November 9– December 21.
1997 Pagel, David, "Isolated Concept", Los Angeles Times, February 1, p. F3
Smith, Roberta, Review, The New York Times, February 2, p. C26
Schjeldahl, Peter, "Screenery", Village Voice, February 13, p.77
Perchuk, Andrew, Review, Artforum, April, p. 107
1996 Smith, Roberta, "Enter Youth, Quieter and Subtler", The New York Times, May 17, p.
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