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Akkara
เกิดเมื่อปี 1979 และเติบโตที่กรุงเทพฯ เริ่มต้นถ่ายภาพด้วยตัวเองตั้งแต่ปี 2008 งานภาพถ่ายของอัคราเข้าร่วมแสดงในหลายๆเทศกาลภาพถ่าย เช่น Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Singapore International Photo Festival 2016, Photo Bangkok Festival 2015-2018, Dali International Photo Festival 2019, ฯลฯ หนังสือภาพถ่ายของเขาที่ชื่อ Signs ได้ถูกนำเสนอที่งาน 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 ปี 2022 อัคราได้เป็นภัณฑารักษ์คัดเลือกผลงานภาพถ่ายไปจัดแสดงนิทรรศการกลุ่มชื่อว่า “นักตีความ” ที่พิพิธภัณฑ์ศิลปะไทยร่วมสมัย (MOCA) ปัจจุบันอัคราเป็นศิลปินภาพถ่าย และภัณฑารักษ์อิสระในกรุงเทพฯ
Born and raised in Bangkok in 1979. He began his photography career as a self-taught photographer in the year 2008. Akkara's photographic works have been exhibited at various photo festivals including the Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Singapore International Photo Festival 2016, Photo Bangkok Festival 2015-2018, and Dali International Photo Festival 2019, among others. Furthermore, his photo zine titled 'Signs' was showcased in the NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, and was collected by the Franklin Furnace Archive and MoMA Library as part of the Anamorphosis Prize in 2016. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Akkara is the founder of CTypeMag, an e-magazine and independent photo gallery that seeks to promote contemporary photo works from around the world, particularly those of unknown and emerging photo artists. In 2022, Akkara was a curator for a large photo exhibition called 'Interpreters' at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Currently, Akkara is an independent photo artist and curator based in Bangkok.
Awards
2009 Honorable Mention of the International Photography Awards (IPA) in 2009
2013 Special Mention Award of the IPA Street Photography Asia Award 2013
2013 Finalist of Miami Street Photography Festival 2013
2013 Shortlist of the International Street Photography Award 2014
2014 Finalist of Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014
2014 Finalist of The 2014 EyeEm Awards
2015 Honorable Mention of Prix de la Photographie Paris 2015
2016 Shortlist of Anamorphosis Prize 2016
Group Exhibitions & Showcases & Collections & etc.
2009 The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day 2009, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2010 The Commemoration of Prince Naris Day 2010, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 'Bangkok Now!' selected work from in-public's workshop 2013, BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 'Unposed Bangkok' (2013) group exhibition at BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Art Basel, Miami, United States
2014 Southeast Asia Photo Showcase in the Xishuangbana Photo Festival 2014, China
2014 Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014, Saffron Walden, UK
2014 'A Road to Paris', Maison de la Chine, Paris, France.
2014 The 2014 EyeEm Festival, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro
2014 Slideluck in Bangkok 2014, The Space Bangkok, Thailand
2015 'Subconscious' (2015) group exhibition at BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 'The Workspace' group exhibition by HUBBA-TO x Canon Thailand
2016 Singapore International Photo Festival 2016
2016 The Anamorphosis Prize 2016's Shortlist Present at NYC Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1
2016 Franklin Furnace Archive, New York
2016 MoMA Library Collection, New York
2017 Chiang Mai Photo Festival 2017
2017 Inpages : Art Book Showcase: (in)THAILAND 2017, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
2017 CEPIC Congress 2017 - Zine Showing curated by PiB Photography in Berlin, Germany
2018 Laatikkomo exhibition, Finland
2018 Art on a Postcard, The Other Art Fair Bristol, UK
2018 The Photobook, Street Photo Thailand, BACC, Bangkok
2018 Thai New Wave, PhotoBangkok 2018, BACC, Bangkok
2019 Dali International Photo Festival, China
2020 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee
2021 Taking It Personal, CTypeMag Gallery, Bangkok
2022 MINT - An NFT Photographic Group Exhibition, HOP, Bangkok
2022 INTERPRETERS, MOCA, Bangkok
2023 Time Flies, BACC, Bangkok
Solo Exhibition
2015 Signs - Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok (Photo Bangkok Festival 2015)
2018 Signs - SPACE PLACE Contemporary Art Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2019 Demonic - Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
Curatorial Works
2022 INTERPRETERS, MOCA, Bangkok
2023 Time Flies, BACC, Bangkok
2023 Pink, Black & Blue by Manit Sriwanichpoom, HOP, Bangkok
2023 White Noise by Kathy Anne Lim, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
2023 The Quarantine Report by Krerkburin Kerngburi, Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Bangkok
Featured Works
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