Tanarug Sangpradub

Born in 1977, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

Education: Diploma of visual communication @ University Rajabhat Suan Dusit Bangkok, Thailand.

Tanarug has had exhibits all over the world, like Japan, South East Asia, France, Spain and Belgium.

” Presently I live in Bangkok, which is far away from my hometown in the south of Thailand. This distance created a certain nostalgia which is the main souce of my inspirations in paintings.

I seek for and inspiration in my childhood souvenirs that are marked precisely in my memory.

At very young age I lived with my grandfather in my hometown and he used to spend days and days making clay toys so I could play and have fun. Although we didn’t share many words, for me the most important thing was to spend those days with him, rather than to get the toy in the end.

Those are the deepest memories, times of happiness and innocence, spent with my grandfather and clay cows. Nowadays, when I take the brush, I like to paint colorful and joyful images which always reminds me of that time when I was young” .