Maitree Siriboon was born in 1983 in Ubon Ratchathani, a city located in the north-eastern region of Thailand. Around 10 years ago he moved to Bangkok, where he went on to receive his bachelor's degree in Thai Art from Silpakorn University. Maitree is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Bangkok Bank Art Award, and the Silpakorn Pradit Award. His art has been featured in an array of publications, such as The Nation, Elle, Contemporary Magazine, and Art Asia Pacific. Maitree incorporates much of his childhood landscape into his art, where one can view a colorful scheme of trees, farmers, rice paddies, and water buffalo.
Maitree's solo exhibitions include Buffalo's Heart (2013) at Thavibu Gallery, Rice is Art (2013) at Art Stage Singapore, Tree of Life (2012) at Project Space Luangprabang, Isan Disco House (2012) at Art Stage Singapore, Isarn Boy Soi 4 (2009) at Whitespace Gallery Bangkok, and Dream of Beyond (2006) at Whitespace Gallery Bangkok.
Selected group shows include A Tribute to Galileo Chini : Jewels of Decorations (2013) at Siam Paragon, Thailand Curated by Paola Chini, Maurizia Bonatti Bacchini and Camillo Pellegatta; Me Love You Long Time (2013), Boston Center for the Arts, Boston and Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, New Jersey, curated by Edwin Ramoran; 3rd decade of Bua Luang Painting (2012) at Queen Gallery, Bangkok; Origin - Originality : New Wave of Thai Art (2012) at Forty7 Gallery, London, curated by Nim Niyomsin, On the Threshold of Senses : New Art From South East Asia (2012) , Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, curated by Brian Curtin; Thai Trends from Localism to Internationalism (2012) at Bangkok Art and Culture Center by The team of curators led by Prof. Dr Apinan Poshyananda; Young Artist Project (YAP 2011), Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea curated by June Yap; Thai Sensational (2011) at Contemporary Art Paraty, Brasil, organized by Maitree Siriboon; Idols and Icons: new photography from Southeast Asia and the Middle East (2011) at Yavuz Fine Art, Singapore curated by Iola Lenzi; 4th Guangzhou Triennial Inauguration Exhibition: Back to Basics (2011), Guangdong Museum of Art, curated by ZHANG Kexin(Curator of The Inauguration Exhibition); Different (2010) at Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand curated by Pichaya Piyassapan , I Giovanni Isan (2010), Cappella Dei Caduti, Via Sant’s Andrea, Pelago, Italy, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi; Month of Photography Tokyo (2010) at Richo Building Hall, Japan curated by manit sriwanichpoom , The God of Small Things (2009), Casa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea, Italy, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi; CUT-09;Figure New South East Asia Photography (2009) at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Malaysia curated by Eva McGovern; 3rd Biennial Exhibition of the World Images (2011) at The Museum Du Quai Branly, Paris, France, curated by Zhuang Wubin (South East Asian) and Françoise Huguier (Artistic director of PHOTOQUAI 2011); Sensational Salves (2008) at Chula Art Centre, Bangkok, Thailand curated by Brian Curtin and Face to Faces (Month of Photography 4th French festival in Bangkok 2008) at Silom Galleria, Bangkok, curated by Manit Sriwanichpoom.
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