Chalermchai Kositpipat
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Kositpipat in May 2007
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| Native name | เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์ |
| Born |
15 February 1955 Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Education | Silpakorn University |
| Known for | Painting |
| Awards | Silpathorn Award for Visual Arts, 2004 |
Chalermchai Kositpipat (Thai: เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์; RTGS: Chalemchai Khositphiphat; IPA: [tɕʰà.lɤ̌ːm.tɕʰāj kʰōː.sìt.pʰí.pʰát]; born 15 February 1955) is a Thai visual artist. Primarily a painter, Chalermchai's works have been exhibited worldwide, and he is known for his use of Buddhist imagery in his art.
Chalermchai Kositpipat was born into a Sino-Thai family. He later attended Silpakorn University, which was Thailand's primary visual arts school. He graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree in Thai art in 1977.
He started out painting movie advertisements on billboards. His early murals mixed traditional Thai Buddhist temple art with contemporary images, which was controversial. Nonetheless, he was commissioned 1988 to paint murals for Wat Buddhapadipa in London. The murals took four years to complete and were controversial because of the contemporary styling. "I got complaints from everybody – from the [Thai] government, from monks and from other artists, saying that what I was doing was not Thai art," he was quoted as saying in 1998.
In year 1980 Acharn Chalermchai Kositpipat visited Sri Lanka as his first foreign visit and stayed there for six months, studying Sri Lankan architecture, sculpture, painting and Buddhist temples. He was influenced by white statues and temples in Sri Lanka. Acharn Chalermchai worked closely with Sri Lanka's veteran artist Manju Sri. In 1980, Acharn Chalermchai had his own solo art exhibition in Lionel Wendt Art Gallery in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After the exhibition he brought those art pieces to Thailand and sold all.
Eventually, his work became more accepted, with Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej among his clients. One piece of his was sold for US$17,500 in 1998 at an auction of Thai art at Christie's Singapore.
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