Cheksant Gangakate is a Thai-American who was born in Bangkok but was based in the US for a number of years before returning. He has lived, studied and worked in Texas, Nebraska and San Francisco and hold a BFA in Fine Art, and later a MFA. Gangakate gained a number of awards and recognitions while in the US. His paintings typically have an unconventional heavy texture, build up with mixed media. His investigations in the issue of socio-cultural, globalization, metaphysics, later he has begun to embrace a variety of methods, exploring the idea of Under Erasure with, crossing painting with other mixed media as extended field.
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Cheksant Gangakate In The Studio
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What inspires you?
Our surrounding environment, from city life to nature hike.
Describe your creative process.
As I start a new set of work, I need to research, explored, develop ideas to reach a concept which process in tandem with choosing medium. Later, the visual language unfold as I interrogate and try to exhaust the ideas, then move on.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Textured, Processed, Conceptual
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Sean Scully, Richard Serra, Richard Diebenkorn, Francis Bacon, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cezanne, Matisse, Van Gogh, William Turner, John Constable
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
Spirit, music, imagination
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Be at the right time at the right place!
Where do you go for inspiration?
Nature, Books, Music, people
Credentials
Awards
Honor Award Liquitex World Wide Competition
1995
Exhibitions
Unfamiliar Eyes
Thailand, 2013
Drawing Connection
Italy, 2011
New Ecology
Thailand, 2009
Painting by Numbers
Thailand, 2009
Sensational Selves
Thailand, 2008
Mit is not Dead
United States of America, 2002
Grief and Anger
United States of America, 1996
Press
Bangkok Post
2009
Fine Art Magazine
2009
Metro Magazine
1997
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What inspires you?
Describe your creative process.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Where do you go for inspiration?
