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{{Infobox artist
 * Name = Skowmon Hastanan
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 * imagesize = 200px
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 * birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1961|6|16}}
 * birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand
 * nationality = USA
 * field = Painting
 * training = School of Visual Arts, NYC
 * movement = Political art, Feminist art
 * known for = Visual arts
 * works = in museums:{{plainlist|
 * Bronx Museum of Art
 * solo exhibits = The Bronx Museum Project Space, Monk Gallery, Jamaica Center for Arts, and Longwood Arts Gallery.
 * group shows= The Krause Gallery, NYC, The Women’s Building in San Francisco, the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center For Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, MA, Aljira A Center For Contemporary Art, NJ, Wave Hill, NYC, Real Art Ways at Hartford, CT
 * comissions=.NYC/MTA Arts for Transit 2006, The NYC Percent for Art, Department of Cultural Affairs, Board of Education and Construction Authority 2001, Asian Arts Initiative’s, Philadelphia Exhibition Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts and The Pennsylvania Humanities Council 2005.
 * Artist in residence = Penn Museum, 2014}}

Skowmon Hastanan, (b. Thailand 06/16/1961) is a feminist visual artist who is noted for her political artwork on sexual trafficking and commercialized aspects of Asian women’s lives. The orchid is a recurring theme in body of work, both for its inherent beauty and for its metaphorical meaning as another imported south-east Asian being. Since moving from Thailand to the USA in 1973, the artist has lived entirely in the Bronx, NYC NY and has had an active relationship with the Bronx Museum of Art, and other significant Bronx institutions.