Sawatchrokorn Wannasorn

Chiang Mai, 2000

Sawatchrokorn Wannasorn (b. 2000, Chiang Mai) is a Thai–Shan artist living and working in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. He studied Painting at the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts at Silpakorn University, Bangkok.

His work explores the intersection of folklore, mythology, natural phenomena, and human activity. Drawing inspiration from the legends of northern Thailand and the visual language of ancient manuscripts from Lanna, Shan State, Laos, and Isan, he creates layered images that intertwine the seen and unseen, the real and imagined. Through painting and experimental techniques, he investigates forms of coexistence that resist unity yet remain inseparably connected.

Since 2020, Wannasorn has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Chiang Mai, Bangkok, and Nakhon Pathom, steadily developing a distinct voice that bridges political narratives, spiritual traditions, and cultural memory. His upcoming exhibition Tropic Reverie (October 2025) at Jaski Gallery, Amsterdam, marks his first solo presentation outside Thailand.

 

Works

(M M) osquito onkey

oil on canvas
2025
45 x 40 cm

A poetic reflection on restlessness and restraint, this short text contrasts stillness with inner chaos. The artist imagines a body unmoving, bitten by mosquitoes yet unaware of pain, while within, a monkey yearns to seize the world—an image of desire, meditation, and the restless human mind.

€ 3.500

The White Crow and the Story of The Five Children

oil on canvas
2025
80 x 80 cm

This ancient folktale tells of five eggs laid by white crows and carried away by a storm—later hatching as human children raised by different creatures. Through meditation, they discover their true parents. Sawatchrokorn interprets this legend as a metaphor for humanity’s longing to reconnect with all life forms, transcending the divisions between species, place, and belief.

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The Wild Eye

oil on canvas
2025
170 x 130 cm

The forest, long seen as sacred, is both nurturing and forbidding. Before entering, villagers ask permission from its spirits—acknowledging a world alive with unseen forces. Sawatchrokorn portrays the forest as a sentient being, always watching. Beneath its harmony lies tension, a quiet reminder that beauty and mystery are inseparable in nature’s realm.

€ 8.000

Human Thing

oil on canvas - triptych
2025
90 x 70 cm

Based on the Northern Thai legend of the Albino Eel, this triptych recalls the flooding of the city Wiang Nong Lom by an enraged Naga king. Only a virtuous widow survived. Arranged like a Thai mural, the paintings retell this vanishing tale while reflecting on human disruption of natural and cultural landscapes. Sawatchrokorn links ancient myth to modern loss, reminding us that when we alter nature, we also erase our shared memory.

€ 14.000

The Movement of Things

oil on canvas - triptych
2025
90 x 70 cm

The Rage of Land

oil on canvas - triptych
2025
90 x 70 cm

The Totem

oil on canvas
2025
130 x 250 cm

Drawing from myths across Southeast Asia and India, Sawatchrokorn explores humanity’s early reverence for all living things. Before the rise of organized religion, nature itself was seen as sacred—mysterious, dangerous, and divine. In The Totem, a human figure is enveloped by a great Naga whose form recalls Khmer sculpture. The serpent alludes to the Samudra Manthan—the churning of the ocean of milk—symbolizing the eternal cycle of creation, reverence, and transformation between human and divine.

€ 12.000

The Anthill

oil on canvas
2025
200 x 250 cm

In Thai belief, termite mounds mark sacred ground, home to guardian spirits of land and forest. Sawatchrokorn playfully compares them to the black monolith of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a symbol of transformation and human awakening. The artist sees in these natural structures a message from nature itself—silent emissaries that inspire faith, ritual, and the foundations of civilization.

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They Told What It Should Be

oil on canvas
2025
180 x 300 cm

Inspired by the legend of King Mengrai and the white elephant that revealed the site of Chiang Rai, this painting celebrates the harmony between humanity and nature. The divine encounter between human and elephant becomes a vision of creation—a moment where myth, faith, and landscape merge to mark the birth of a city and the spiritual bond that shapes civilizations.

€ 16.000

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