Panya Wichinthanasan

สถานที่: Bangkok

เกิด: 1956

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Panya Vijinthanasarn is a Thai artist born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1956. He is one of the artists who painted the murals in the ordination hall of Wat Buddhapadipa in London. He was awarded the title of National Artist in 2014. He studied at the UCL, Slade School of Fine Art in London on a British Council scholarship in 1982. He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in many countries and widely in Thailand. He led a team to decorate the Buddha Padipa Temple in Wimbledon, London, with neo-traditional murals from 1985 to 1987. He also created the mural paintings for the Thai Pavilion at Expo’88 in Brisbane and Expo’92 in Seville. He was commissioned by the Siam Commercial Bank to paint murals for the new Head Office in 1995-1996 and collaborated in illustrating His Majesty The King of Thailand‘s book, “Mahajanaka”. He is currently a lecturer in the Thai Art Department, Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts of Silapakorn University in Bangkok.