Woraphob Tantinantakul

Woraphob Tantinantakul is an artist from Phuket who works in sculpture, often using reclaimed wood and materials from defunct ships. With a father in the shipping industry, Tantinantakul grew up along the shores of the island and observed the transformation of fishing practices to the industry of shipping. 

The handcrafted tools used for sustenance by the sea nomads and consequently, those they traded with, have now become objects used purely for ceremony. Interested in the transformation of the status of the object and the possibilities of reclamation, the artist engages with often large-scale votive forms that are hand carved and welded by himself. 

Tantinantakul has obtained a Bachelor of Arts in the Department of Fine Arts and Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, and a Master of Arts, in the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts from Silpakorn University.

 

 

 

 

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