Sorawit Songsataya

Sorawit Songsataya is a Thailand-born New Zealand artist based in Wellington.

Education and career
Songsataya is primarily interested in craft, textiles, hand-made objects and their connection to computer technology. They often uses moving image and sculpture within installation environments.

Songsataya graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland in 2013, and a BDes in Visual Communication from Unitec Institute of Technology in 2010.

Group

 * Otherwise-Image-Worlds, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, 2022.
 * Heavy trees, arms and legs, The Suter Gallery, Nelson, 2021.
 * Comfort Zone, a work as part of the Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Russia, 2021.
 * The Turn of the Fifth Age, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia, 2021.

Solo

 * Nature and State, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 2022.
 * Rumours (Mermaid), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2020.
 * The Interior, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2019.
 * Offspring of Rain, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington, 2019.
 * Jupiter, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2019.

Awards and residencies

 * Gasworks residency, London, 2023.
 * Frances Hodgkins Fellowship recipient in 2022.
 * Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D in 2020.
 * National Contemporary Art Award in 2016.
 * Govett-Brewster Art Gallery ‘In Residence’ Programme, 2021.
 * McCahon House residency, Auckland, 2018.