Bundit Puangthong’s perceptive search through worldwide cultural imagery is grounded in traditional technique and the buzz of the street. His dreamlike compositions draw on childhood experience stenciling puppet theatre backdrops with his grandfather, as well as years of formal study in Thailand and Australia. Old and new systems of visual persuasion are his “found objects” and all become fair game for inhabiting multiple philosophies of being.
Bundit Puangthong holds a Bachelor of Arts in Printmaking from Chiang Mai University where renowned Thai artist Montien Boonma was his mentor, and a Master of Visual Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. He has exhibited widely throughout Australia and Asia. Puangthong has been a finalist in multiple prizes including the Sovereign Art Award in Hong Kong, the Gold Award at Rockhampton Art Gallery, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, the Paddington Art Prize, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize and the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award.
Image: Bundit Puangthong ‘Banana Remote’ 2020 Acrylic On Linen 150 x 140 cm
