Torlarp Larpjaroensook
Born on December 9th, 1977, he was raised in a houseboat in Ayutthaya. He studied art at the college of Fine Arts, Bangkok. Later on, he graduated a Bachelor degree with a major in painting from Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University. As an artist whose works involve multiple mediums, Torlarp focuses his interest on creating interaction between art and audience by using ready-made objects in sculpture, installation, and also other artworks in a form of moving architecture. His works act as connectors, linking the audience’s feeling to materials found in everyday life.
Torlarp has had various solo and group exhibitions in many several countries. His work have been collected by international galleries and museums like the Singapore Art Museum and MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum. In 2011, he had a solo exhibition “Bookshelf” at 8Q Singapore Art Museum where his work was collected by Singapore Art Museum. In 2012, his solo exhibition “In Progress” was exhibited at Richard Koh Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. After that, he has joined the exhibition at Bangkok Art biennale 2018 exhibition. Apart from being an artist. Torlarp is also the founder of the Gallery Seescape (Alternative art space). Torlarp is now based in Chaing Mai, Thailand where he runs Gallery Seescape and actively create his new series of his artwork.
Solo Exhibition:
2019 - “Insignificant Meaningful” at Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
2015 - “The Journey of Switchhead: Hidden Lab” (installation) at Siam Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 - “The Journey of Switchhead: Send Mom to The Moon” (installation) at Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2014 - “No dinning together” (installation) at Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2013 - “Live there life here” (installation) at Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama, Japan
- “Live there life here” (installation) at Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2012 - “In Progress” (installation) at Richard Koh Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
2011 - “Bookshelf” (installation) at 8Q Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
(Collection of Singapore Art Museum)
2010 - “Place it there” (painting), solo exhibition at Bo{ok}hemian Art Space, Phuket, Thailand
2009 - “Fix2” (painting) at Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Group Exhibition:
2021 - "ART FOR AIR", Chiang Mai, Thailand
2020 - “Dispersion and Convergence: The 3nd Global Overseas Chinese Artist Exhibition” at He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
2019 - “City Flip-Flop” at C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 - “Metaphorical Landscapes” at Baan Tuek Art Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2018 - “Spiritual Spaceship” (installation) at Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok, Thailand
2018 - “I – solated Beings” (installation) at S.A.C Subhashok The Arts Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 - “Spiritual Spaceship” (installation) at ADM Gallery, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
- “Man & God” (Installation) at Tribes Community, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 - “Tracing the Post - An Insight into Thai contemporary art scene” (installation) at nca (Nichido Contemporary Art), Tokyo, Japan
2015 - “Tropikos” at HOF Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
2014 - “Medium at Large” at SAM: Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
- “Chiang Mai Design Week” Chiang Mai, Thailand
- “Hotel Art Fair 2014” at LUXX hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 - “We-Low Gallery” by NARA Yoshitomo + MORIKITA Shin + AOKI Kazuhiro + ISHIDA Shiori + SAKAI Yumeko at Aichi Triennale 2013, Nagoya, Japan
- “Phamacide Arts” at Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 - “80 YEARS 2475: Don’t talk the Truth of an Uncertainly Dream” Gallery Seescape in corroborate with VER Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- “Northern light” at Arteral, Sydney, Australia
- “20 kilos project” (session 2) at Artspace MITE-Ugro, Gwanju, South Korea
- “Nike Better World” at 180 Orchard Road, Singapore
2011 - “Chiangmai Now” at Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand
- “Phamecide Art Regional Exhibition” Environmental art project, France
- “20 kilos project” at Artry Gallery Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- “Gold fieber” at SNO center, Sydney, Australia
Design space:
- Chiang Mai city Arts & Cultural Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Suk Jai (Thai Restaurant), Sydney, Australia
- Middle Fish (Cafe), Melbourne, Australia
- Mister Nice Guy (Cafe and Restaurant), Melbourne, Australia
- iBerry (Future park), Bangkok, Thailand
Founder:
- Gallery Seescape (Alternative Art Space), Chiang Mai, Thailand (2008)
- 3147966 Mobile Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2009)
- Seescape Artist Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2011)
- Hern Shop, Melbourne, Australia (2014)
- Co-founder SS1254372 Cafe, Art and Eatery Space, Chiang Mai,
Thailand (2015)