| Dates: | born 1971
| | Biography: | (artist biography as of 2004)
Born 1971, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Lives
and works in Fukuoka, Japan and
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2002 SUPER(M)ART, Palais de
Tokyo, Paris, France (in collaboration with
Helen Michaelsen)
2001 I Love Taxi, P.S.1 Contemporary
Art Center (in collaboration with Public Art
Fund), New York, USA
2000 Taximan, About Studio/About
Café, Bangkok, Thailand
Fly With Me to Another World, Le
Consortium, Dijon, France
1999 Asking For Nothingness, Satani
Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Navin And His Gang (Visit)
Vancouver, Contemporary Art Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
Selected Collaborative Projects
2004 Fly With Me to Another World,
Lamphun, Thailand
1996–98 EX/CHANGE (Murozumi Danchi
Art Project), Murozumi Danchi, Fukuoka,
Japan
1995–98 Navin Gallery Bangkok (Taxi
Gallery), Bangkok, Thailand
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 Here & Now, About Studio/About
Café, Bangkok, Thailand
2003 Traffic: Art Exchange between
Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Art
Museum and Kitakyushu Municipal
Museum of Art, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu,
Japan
2002 The Gift: Generous Offerings,
Threatening Hospitality, Scottsdale
Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona,
USA. Travelled to Bronx Museum of the
Arts, New York, USA (2002–2003); Mary
and Leigh Block Museum of Art,
Evanston, Illinois, USA (2003)
4th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art
Museum, Shanghai, China
Busan Biennale, Busan Metropolitan Art
Museum, Busan, South Korea
2001 Facts of Life: Contemporary
Japanese Art, Hayward Gallery, London,
UK
Yokohama 2001: International Triennale
of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
2nd Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany
2000 2nd Taipei Biennale, Taipei Fine
Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Over the Edges, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
5th Biennale de Lyon, Lyons, France
As It Is, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
1999 ZeitWenden, Kunst Museum, Bonn,
Germany
1998 Memorealism, Museum City
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
To The Living Room, Watari Museum of
Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Every Day, 11th Biennale of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia
1997 Cities on the Move, Wiener
Secession and Museum in Progress,
Vienna, Austria (in collaboration with
Rirkrit Tiravanija). Travelled to CAPC
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux,
Bordeaux, France (1998); P.S.1
Contemporary Art Center, New York,
USA (1998); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,
Humlebaek and Artspace 1%, Copenhagen,
Denmark (1999); Hayward Gallery, London,
UK (1999); About Studio/About Café,
Bangkok, Thailand (1999); and Krisma,
Helsinki, Finland (1999)
2nd Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
Art in Southeast Asia 1997: Glimpse into
the Future, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Tokyo; Hiroshima City Museum of
Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Further Reading
Alex Farquharson, Navin Rawanchaikul,
Paris: Editions de l’œil, 2002
Helen Michaelsen, COMM. . .: Navin
Rawanchaikul, Individual and
Collaborative Projects 1993–1999, Tokyo: S
by S Co. Ltd.; Vancouver: Contemporary Art
Gallery, 1998
Hans Ulrich Obrist, ‘Navin Rawanchaikul:
Temple, Streets, and Taxicabs’, Flash
Art, 33.120 (January–February 2000), pp.
98–100
Steven Pettifor, ‘An ArtWorld in a Taxi’,
Asian Art News, 11.6
(November–December 2001), pp. 48–51
Apinan Poshyananda, ‘Navin
Rawanchaikul’, in Fresh Cream, London:
Phaidon Press, 2000, pp. 496–501
| | | Source: | Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, International 04 Festival catalogue | | | Date of source: | 2004 |
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