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About
อัครา นักทำนา ศิลปินภาพถ่ายและภัณฑารักษ์ เกิดเมื่อปี 1979 และเติบโตที่กรุงเทพฯ งานภาพถ่ายของเขาได้เข้าร่วมแสดงในหลายๆเทศกาลภาพถ่าย เช่น Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Singapore International Photo Festival 2016, Photo Bangkok Festival 2015-2018, Dali International Photo Festival 2019, ฯลฯ Signs หนังสือภาพถ่ายของเขาถูกนำเสนอที่งาน NY Art Book Fair 2016 จัดขึ้นที่ MoMA PS1 และถูกจัดเก็บไว้ที่ Franklin Furnace Archive and MoMA Library ซึ่งเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของ Anamorphosis Prize 2016 อัคราก่อตั้ง CTypeMag ตั้งแต่ปี 2016 และเปิดแกลลอรี่ภาพถ่ายในกรุงเทพฯในปี 2021 มุ่งหวังที่จะสนับสนุนศิลปะภาพถ่ายร่วมสมัยจากทั่วโลกโดยเฉพาะศิลปินที่ยังไม่เป็นที่รู้จัก ในส่วนของการเป็นภัณฑารักษ์ อัคราคัดเลือกผลงานภาพถ่ายไปจัดแสดงในหลาย ๆ นิทรรศการ เช่น นิทรรศการภาพถ่ายกลุ่ม “นักตีความ” ในปี 2022 ที่พิพิธภัณฑ์ศิลปะไทยร่วมสมัย (MOCA), "ภาพถ่ายไม่โกหก" ในปี 2024 ที่หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร (BACC) ปัจจุบันอัคราเป็นศิลปินภาพถ่าย และภัณฑารักษ์ให้กับทางคัดมันดูโฟโต้แกลลอรี่
Akkara Naktamna (Ning), a photo artist and curator, was born in 1979 and grew up in Bangkok. His photo works have been shown at many photography festivals, such as the Miami Street Photography Festival in 2013, the Singapore International Photo Festival in 2016, the Photo Bangkok Festival from 2015 to 2018, and the Dali International Photo Festival in 2019, among others. His photo zine "Signs" was featured at the NY Art Book Fair in 2016 at MoMA PS1 and is archived at the Franklin Furnace Archive and the MoMA Library as part of the Anamorphosis Prize in 2016. Akkara founded CTypeMag in 2016 and opened a photo gallery in Bangkok in 2021, aiming to support contemporary photography from around the world, especially from unknown artists. As a curator, Akkara has selected photographic works for various exhibitions, such as the group photo exhibition "Interpreters" in 2022 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and "Photography Never Lies" in 2024 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). Currently, Akkara is a photo artist and curator at Kathmandu Photo Gallery.
Awards
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2009 Honorable Mention of the International Photography Awards (IPA) in 2009
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2013 Special Mention Award of the IPA Street Photography Asia Award 2013
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2013 Finalist of Miami Street Photography Festival 2013
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2013 Shortlist of the International Street Photography Award 2014
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2014 Finalist of Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014
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2014 Finalist of The 2014 EyeEm Awards
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2015 Honorable Mention of Prix de la Photographie Paris 2015
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2016 Shortlist of Anamorphosis Prize 2016
Group Exhibitions & Showcases & Collections & etc.
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2009 The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day 2009, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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2010 The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day 2010, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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2013 'Bangkok Now!' selected work from in-public's workshop 2013, BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
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2013 'Unposed Bangkok' (2013) group exhibition at BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
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2013 Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Art Basel, Miami, United States
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2014 Southeast Asia Photo Showcase in the Xishuangbana Photo Festival 2014, China
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2014 Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014, Saffron Walden, UK
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2014 'A Road to Paris', Maison de la Chine, Paris, France.
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2014 The 2014 EyeEm Festival, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro
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2014 Slideluck in Bangkok 2014, The Space Bangkok, Thailand
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2015 'Subconscious' (2015) group exhibition at BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
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2016 'The Workspace' group exhibition by HUBBA-TO x Canon Thailand
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2016 Singapore International Photo Festival 2016
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2016 The Anamorphosis Prize 2016's Shortlist Present at NYC Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1
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2016 Franklin Furnace Archive, New York
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2016 MoMA Library Collection, New York
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2017 Chiang Mai Photo Festival 2017
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2017 Inpages : Art Book Showcase: (in)THAILAND 2017, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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2017 CEPIC Congress 2017 - Zine Showing curated by PiB Photography in Berlin, Germany
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2018 Laatikkomo exhibition, Finland
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2018 Art on a Postcard, The Other Art Fair Bristol, UK
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2018 The Photobook, Street Photo Thailand, BACC, Bangkok
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2018 Thai New Wave, PhotoBangkok 2018, BACC, Bangkok
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2019 Dali International Photo Festival, China
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2020 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee
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2021 Taking It Personal, CTypeMag Gallery, Bangkok
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2022 MINT - An NFT Photographic Group Exhibition, HOP, Bangkok
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2022 INTERPRETERS, MOCA, Bangkok
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2023 Time Flies, BACC, Bangkok
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2023 No Boundaries, West Eden Gallery, Bangkok
Solo Exhibition
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2015 Signs - Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok (Photo Bangkok Festival 2015)
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2018 Signs - SPACE PLACE Contemporary Art Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
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2019 Demonic - Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
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2024 Ordinary People - Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
Curated Works
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2021 Taking It Personal, CTypeMag’s Gallery
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2021 Eastern Song III by Kukkong Thirathomrongkiat, CTypeMag’s Gallery
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2021 TIME AFTER TIME by Chakrit Leelachupong, CTypeMag’s Gallery
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2022 IN MY PLACE by Natthawut Taeja, CTypeMag’s Gallery
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2022 Parallel Rays by Sirawit Kuwawattananont, CTypeMag’s Gallery
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2022 INTERPRETERS, MOCA, Bangkok
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2023 Time Flies, BACC, Bangkok
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2023 Pink, Black & Blue by Manit Sriwanichpoom, HOP, Bangkok
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2023 White Noise by Kathy Anne Lim, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
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2023 The Quarantine Report by Krerkburin Kerngburi, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
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2023 Tango in the Big Mango by Peter Nitsch, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
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2023 EMERGE: Photo Thesis Exhibition 2023, Judge Panel
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2023 YOUNG THAI ARTIST AWARD 2023, Judge Panel
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2023 Resonances of the Concealed by Napasraphee Apaiwong, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
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2023 Portraits Of "Áo Dài"- Hope For Peace And Love by CHIRON DUONG, HOP, Bangkok
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2023 365 by Anawat Petchdomsinsuk, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
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2024 Holy Land by Kamthorn Paowattanasuk, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
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2024 Photography Never Lies, BACC, Bangkok
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