Vong phaophanit biography of williams

Vong Phaophanit (born ) is a Laotian-born British artist based in London.

Vong phaophanit biography of williams Plymouth, UK. Contents move to sidebar hide. In the UK, he began to experiment with a wide range of media subsequently exhibiting widely nationally and internationally. Phaophanit and Oboussier create work in a broad range of media and scale: major installations and sculptural works, films, books and socially engaged public commissions, as well as smaller scale studio work including drawings, limited edition prints, and photographic work.

Phaophanit is best known for his large-scale installations, which incorporate a wide range of materials including ash, silk, rice, rubber, wax and often light.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Born in Savannakhet, Laos in ,^[1] Vong Phaophanit was educated in Paris and later studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix en Provence, in France.

He met and married Claire Oboussier while they were both still students.^{[citation needed]}

He moved to the UK in and became a British citizen in ^{[citation needed]}

Career

In the UK, he began to experiment with a wide range of media subsequently exhibiting widely nationally and internationally.^{[citation needed]}

He has been a visiting lecturer at Chelsea College of Art, Wimbledon School of Art, the University of East London and Exeter College of Art and Design, and was also senior fellow in drawing at Wimbledon School of Art.

Awards

In he was short-listed for the Turner Prize,^[2] and in was awarded the DAAD fellowship in Berlin.

In he was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Prize and in was the award winner of the Art and Work Award for site-specific work with Gensler Architects.^{[citation needed]}

Collections

His work is held in major collections around the world including the Tate Britain, London; The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; The British Council Collection, London; and The Arts Council Collection, London.^{[citation needed]}

Exhibitions

His work was exhibited at the Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia, ;^[3]Shanghai Biennale ; Void Gallery in Derry in ; The Quiet in the Land, Luang Prabang in ; and Gropius Bau, Berlin ("The Tropics") in ^[4]

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