Resumé

Personal Information
Nationality: Thai-American
Place of Birth: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand 1972
Parents: Chan & Tongpoonsi Pichetchaiyakul
Education
[2012] Honorary Doctoral Degree of Sculpture in Fine Arts, Rajamangala Institute of Technology Isan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
[1994-1996] Rachamongkon University, Prathum Thani, Thailand Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts
[1992-1994] Pho Chang University of Fine Art, Bangkok Fine Arts Major
[1989-1991] Rachamongkon Institute of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Fine Arts Major
Commissions
2011 Robert A. Funk, Yukon, OK
2011 Patrick Higgs, Calgary AB, Canada
2011 Linh Son Buddhist Temple, Belmont, MI
2009 Rick & Maritza Salsburg, Florida
2008 Vinnie & Susan Nardi, Whitefish, MT USA
2008 Jom Jang Temple, Nakhon Panom, Thailand
2008 Kuan Sahmpo Temple, Pataloong Thailand
2008 Mea Tha & Badit Chatbrangsahn
2008 Si Tamaram Temple, Chonburi, Thailand
2008 Prachoom Suksa Temple, Phangna, Thailand
2008 Po Chai (Sahmpoang) Temple, Nakhon Panom Thailand
2007 Cat-Telecom Public Company Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
2007 Basaht Temple, Surin, Thailand
2007 Tatmacha Chai Temple, Nakhom Panom, Thailand
2007 Babahnta Quai Temple, Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand
2007 Kuan Sahmpo Temple, Pataloong, Thailand
2007 Rong Kuhn Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2007 Supahn Hin Temple, Pissanulok, Thailand
2007 Doang Jing Jam Toh (Clothing Company) Taiwan
2007 Kong Ling Temple, Nakhonsi Tamarat, Thailand
2007 Kuha Sawan Temple, Pataloong Thailand
2007 Tahm Proama Loak Temple, Lopburi, Thailand
2007 Black Ivory Inc., Nontaburi, Thailand
2007 Patadjaum Mokgaw Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2007 Kedabulit State Temple, Malaysia
2007 Tamba Atchatong Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2007 Nong Raht Temple, Pataloong, Thailand
2007 Patadjaum Mokgaw Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2007 Sopah Tamah Pimuk Temple, Nong Khai, Thailand
2006 Titathamol Temple, Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand
2006 Klangbangsu Temple, Bangkok, Thailand
2006 Chongcare Temple, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
2006 Bah Arahnya Wiweht Potanarahm Temple, Nakon Panom, Thailand
2006 Ba Agaligo Temple, Chaiyapum, Thailand
2006 Temple of Luang Paw Boon Me, Saraburi, Thailand
2006 Yusuket Jewlery, Japan
2006 Department of Aquatic Protection, Kingdom of Thailand
2006 Amy’s Orchids Inc., California, USA
2006 Ba Alanweweik Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2006 Laht Loom Gaew Temple, Batoom Thani, Thailand
2006 Poh Bahn Oy Temple, Nontaburi, Thailand
2005 Pailom Temple, Ayutthaya, Thailand
2005 Senator’s Mansion, Wattana Assawahem, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 Bah Wiwehd Temple, Nong Khai, Thailand
2005 KTS Marketing Supply, Nontaburi, Thailand
2005 Siam Niramid National Grand Hall, Bangkok Thailand
2005 Buddha’s Garden Temple, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 Judepon School, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 Umpawan Temple, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 Kow Rang Temple, Phuket, Thailand
2005 Tapgradan Temple, Supunburi, Thailand
2005 Chongcare Temple, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
2004 Sawanaket Temple, Sawanaket, Laos
2004 Banhan Museum, Supunburi, Thailand
2004 Kampong Luang Temple, Gumpongchanang, Cambodia
2004 Angsahang Hin Temple, Yasotaun, Thailand
2004 Sirimongkon Chiwit Temple, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
2003 Suan Hong Temple, Supunburi, Thailand
2003 Sisai Moon Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2002 Grand Diamond Hotel, Poipet, Cambodia
2000-2001 Wittayalai Natasin Museum, Supunburi, Thailand
2000 Beer Singha, Thailand
1999 Sangtong Television Series, Channel 3, Thailand
1999 Steak Luang Nuaht, Nontaburi/Bangkok, Thailand
1999 Te Pabootsalam Television Series, Channel 3, Thailand
1998 Paniwani Museum, Jantaburi, Thailand
1998 Satoon City Museum, Satoon, Thailand
1998 Khon Kaen University Museum, Khon Kaen, Thailand
1998 Tong Far Jum Long Space Museum, Bangkok, Thailand
1997 Royet City Museum Royet, Thailand
1993 World Music Concerts (Loak Doan Dree), Thailand
1993 Thai Broadcast Television, Thailand
1993 Thai Entertainment Company, Thailand
1993 RS Promotion, Thailand
1992 Creation World Production, Thailand
Television Appearances
2011 1340 WJRW Radio Talk The Buzz "Sunti Pichetchaiyakul"
2011 WZZM13 News "ArtPrize Top 10 Profiles"
2011 Fox 17 News "ArtPrize Ford Sculptor Begins Sculpture of Betty Ford"
2011 PBS Grand Rapids "ArtPrize Top 10"
2011 WOOD TV 8 "Artist Sculpts Clay Brett"
2011 BUY LOCAL TV
2011 WKTV Channel 25
2011 WOODTV 8 "The Cost to Get to the Top"
2011 WZZM13 “ArtPrize entry honors Pres. Gerald Ford” MI
2011 WoodTv8 “ArtPrize artists lobby for votes early” MI
2011 NBC Montana
2010 TODAY SHOW, USA
2010 KRTV Great Falls, Montana USA
2008 KPAX TV Missoula & Kalispell, MT
2008 NBC Helena, Montana USA
2008 Montana Public Television USA
2008 Jop Ji Wang MBC, Korea
2007 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
2007 Korean Public Television Channel 11, Seoul, Korea
2007 Gomsumpagone (Government Advertisement) Thailand
2006 Korean Public Television, Korea
2006 OOps On Air ITV, Thailand
2006 Waraking, Asahi TV, Japan
2006 UBC Nation Channel
2005 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
2005 Duan Boun Jaw Channel 9, Thailand
2005 Mahn Blak Dee Nah GMM Grammy, Channel 9 Thailand
·Fruit Painting, Using Body to Paint, Drawing
2005 Mahn Blak Dee Nah GMM Grammy, Channel 9 Thailand
·Underwater Sculpting, Drawing, Painting
2005 Zoning, ITV Thailand
2005 Jop Ji Wang MBC, Korea
2005 Banturng TV Channel 5, Thailand
2005 Exploding Star Channel 7, Thailand
2004 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
2004 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
2003 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
2003 Tabantuek Channel 5, Thailand
2003 Reality Show At Ten Channel 3, Thailand
2003 This is Thai Channel 5, Thailand
2002 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
2002 Goht La Qua Gnun Channel 5, Thailand
2001 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
2000 Here is Thailand Channel 9, Thailand
2000 Game Zone Channel 9, Thailand
2000 CNN World
2000 Saket News Channel 7, Thailand
1999 168 Hours Channel 3, Thailand
1999 Ching Roi Ching Rahn Channel 7, Thailand
1997 Chok Game Channel 5, Thailand
1997 Tham Baido Channel 9, Thailand
1992 Twilight Show Channel 3, Thailand
Shows and Exhibitions
2012 Safari Club International, Las Vegas, NV
2011 ArtPrize, Grand Rapids MI "Places 4th out of 1,585 Artists"
2011 Western Design Conference, Jackson Hole, WY
2011 Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Canada
2011 Bigfork Miniature Show, Bigfork MT
2010 Yellowstone Club, Big Sky MT
2010 Spanish Peaks, Big Sky, MT
2010 Meet the Artists of Sunti World Art Gallery, Bigfork, MT
2010 Art Prize, Grand Rapids MI
(Placed in Top 25 of World’s Largest Art Competition with 1,713 Artists competing)
2010 Yellowstone Club, Big Sky, MT
2010 Sothebys, Big Sky, MT
2010 Private Unveiling of “Lewis & Clark”, Sunti World Art Gallery, Bigfork MT
2010 CM Russell Auction, Great Falls, MT
2009 Yellowstone Club, Big Sky MT
2009 Spanish Peaks, Big Sky, MT
2009 Going to the Sun Gallery, Whitefish, MT
2009 Private Showing – Residence of Ron Deleans, M.D., Big Sky MT
2009 River City Roots Festival, Missoula MT
2009 Private Unveiling of “Chief Joseph,” Flathead Lake Lodge, Bigfork MT
2009 Three Artists, Three Visions, One American West Bigfork, MT
2009 Bigfork Festival of the Arts, Bigfork MT
2009 Whitefish Art Festival, Whitefish MT
2008 Private Artist’s Reception & Quick Sculpt, Saddlehorn, Bigfork, MT
2008 “Saddle-up and Paint” Bigfork Museum, MT
2008 Creation Arts Center, Helena, MT
2008 Bigfork Festival of the Arts, Bigfork, MT
2008 Whitefish Arts Festival, Whitefish, MT
2008 Creative & Native Gallery, Electric Ave Bigfork, MT
2007 Chalumnakilak Exhibition, Pho Chang University, Bankgok
2007 Rachamongkon Univerity 40th Anniversary Exhibition, The Mall, Korat, Thailand
2006 Monk Paputatat Piku 100 Year Anniversary Exhibition
·“Top 10 Thai Sculptors”
2005 Rahn Link, Nueng Mahasajahn, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 Buddha Bardami Jakribodin, Thailand
2004 St. Francis Sovia School, Nontaburi, Thailand
2002 The Mall Namwongwan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
2002 Siam Discovery, Bangkok, Thailand
2001 The Mall Namwowang, Bangkok Thailand
2001 The Mall Ramkamhang, Bangkok Thailand
2000 The Mall Namwowang, Bangkok Thailand
1993 Pho Chang University, Bangkok Thailand
1993 Pho Chang University World Trade Center, Bangkok Thailand
1989 Shitlom Central, Rachamongkon Institute of Technology, Pratum Thani Thailand
Lectures, Demonstrations & Teaching Seminars
2009 Saddlehorn Artisan Village, “Crown of the Continent” Bigfork MT
2007 Rachamongkon Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 Tad Mahadchai Temple School, Nakon Panom, Thailand
2007 Siam Gallery, Art Showing for Autistic Children, Bangkok
2007 Bahn Thabow Temple School, Umpur Passat Surin, Thailand
2003 St. Francis Sovia School Nontaburi, Thailand
2002 The Mall Ngamwongwan, Nontaburi, Thailand
2001 The Mall Ngamwongwan (Judge Committee), Nontaburi, Thailand
2001 Siam Discovery, Bangkok, Thailand
1996 Sigun Wattananan Upatm School (Don Muang) Bangkok, Thailand
Sponsorships, Donations, & Charity Auctions
2011 The Red Road, Franklin TN
2010 Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Ravenwood Benefit, Bigfork, MT
2009 Creation Arts Center, Helena MT
2007 Pho Chang University, Infinity: Exhibition of Photography, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 Gomesilapagone Historical Society, Kingdom of Thailand
2007 Hill Tribe Children Foundation, Thailand
2007 News of Public Relations Police, Thailand
2006 News of Public Relations Police, Thailand
2006 Tik Shiro All is One Campaign
2005 Nipon Thai Artists, Rachamongkon University
2005 Butabarami Jakribodin Kings Celebration, Thailand
2004 Rachamongkon University Student Art Exhibition
2003 Rachamongkon University Student Art Exhibition
2003 Ratgabung University, Exhibition of Sculpture, Bangkok, Thailand
2001 Art Thesis King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang
1999 Artist for Channel 3 Auction for Unprivileged Children, Thailand
1997 Rachamongkon University, Mukphim Group Graphic Art Exhibition
Publications
2011 The Tennessean "Internationally Acclaimed Sculptor Displays Piece at O'More College of Design"
2011 Grand Rapids Press "Art Imitating Life"
2011 The Rapidian "Top 10 Featured Artist, Sunti Pichetchaiyakul"
2011 Legal News "Law firm Barnes and Thornburg, LLP, and Artist Sunti Pichetchaiyakul Form a Win-Win Partnership
2011 Grand Rapids Press "ArtPrize Artist Sunti Pichetchaiyakul Works on a New Creation"
2011 Grand Haven Tribune
2011 GRNow "ArtPrize 2011 Winners"
2011 GR Pulse "ArtPrize Top 10 Announced"
2011 The Missoulian "Bigfork Sculptor Aims for Top Honors in Michigan Art Show"
2011 Grand Valley Lanthorn "ArtPrize Competition Narrows to Top 10"
2011The Daily Interlake "Sculptor Places Fourth in International Competition"
2011 Sereechai News "Thai Artist Places 4th in World's Largest Art Competition"
2011 Western Herald "ArtPrize Competition Reaches End, Top Four Announced"
2011 Grand Rapids Press “President Gerald Ford Visits ArtPrize” MI
2011 Sereechai Newspaper ‘Thai Artist, Sunti, Sculpts American President’
2011 Bigfork Eagle “Artist Enters International Competition” MT
2011 Sereechai Newspaper, “Thai Sculptor Debuts in Canada” CA
2011 Daily Interlake, “Buddha Blessing” Flathead Valley, MT
2011Bigfork Eagle “Monk Blesses Buddha Sculpture at Gallery Ceremony”
2011 Bigfork Eagle, “Busting it Out” Bigfork, MT
2010 Phuket Post, Phuket Thailand
2010 Korat Post, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
2010 Thai LA Newspaper, CA
2010 East Vision “International Artist Sunti comes to ArtPrize, MI
2010 Grand Rapids Press,” Gonzo’s Top Ten” MI
2010 Grand Rapids Press, “Public Museum Display is Staggering” MI
2010 Grand Rapids Press, “In Your Face” MI
2010 Midland Daily News, MI
2010 Thai LA Newspaper, “Thai Artist Sculpts Dalai Lama” CA
2010 Fine Art Magazine ”Featured Artist: Sunti Pichetchaiyakul” Thailand
2010 Thai L.A. Newspaper, CA
2010 Bigfork Eagle, “Sculptor Reveals Lewis & Clark Bronze Pieces” Bigfork MT
2010 The Western News, Libby, MT
2010 Bigfork Eagle, Bigfork MT
2010 Lakeshore Country Journal, Bigfork, MT
2009 Thai LA Newspaper (4 weeks of full page articles), CA, USA
2009 Sereechai Newspaper “Sculptor Sunti Pichetchaiyakul Revives the Stories of Native American Chiefs” Los Angeles CA
2009 Sereechai Newspaper “Thai Artist Making his Mark in Montana”
2009 Cowboys & Indians, “Gallery Tour: Sunti Pichetchaiyakul” USA
2009 Daily Interlake, “Bigfork Galleries Bend with the Times”, MT
2009 Missoulian, Sculpting Legend: From Thailand to Bigfork, “Amazing One” creates lifelike replicas, Missoula MT
2009 Missoula Independent, “Art Really Imitating Life” Missoula, MT
2009 Flathead Living Magazine “A day without creating is incomplete” MT
2008 The Vox “All Thai’d Up in Art” Spokane, WA
2008 Daily Interlake “Get Real” Flathead Valley, MT
2008 Independent Record Helena, MT
2008 Thai Sunday AZ
2007 Gomsilapagone (Thai Historical Society)
2006 100 Pictures, 100 Artists, 100 years of Monk Puttatat, Thailand
2006 Surprise Magazine Thailand
2005 Fine Art:: The Art News Magazine of Thailand
2005 Nueng Mahasajahn (Autobiography)
2005 Daily News Thailand
2005 Thai Rut, Thailand
2005 Siam Rut Thailand
2005 Mathi Shone Thailand
2005 Buddha Barami Chakree Bodin, Thailand
2004 Ku Sahng Ku Soam Magazine, Thailand
2004 G Club, Thailand
2002 Bangkok Post, Thailand
2000 Thai Post: X-cite, Thailand
1996 Top Gun Warrior Magazine Thailand