Ploy Kasom is a new generation artist. She has Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University. Her work is fun and unique. She has a studio in San Kamphaeng District, Chiang Mai Province, which is a handicraft community. When tourists both domestic and international come to Chiang Mai, they often express their desire to see the handicrafts here. Her work is loved all over the world because she creates things she loves and is happy every day.

JY. Tell your own story from childhood until graduating with a bachelor's degree and master's degree and the inspiration for the work that you choose to be a freelance artist.

PK. When I remember my childhood, my favorite activities were drawing, writing, and collecting various stationery. When I was a child, I could draw moderately, but not very well. I liked to draw in a free style. I didn't like drawing portraits. I didn't like drawing for competitions because I thought I couldn't compete. My love for drawing made me choose to study for a bachelor's degree in art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, majoring in printmaking. The feeling when I entered an atmosphere surrounded by people who loved art and were very talented, I felt excited every time I went to class because I saw both talented seniors and talented friends around me working together in art. That gave me the energy and motivation to continue working in art and I decided to continue studying for a master's degree at the Faculty of Fine Arts until I graduated.

While studying, I experimented with applying the Woodcut printing process to bag designs and produced various designs for sale under the brand name Kasploy since 2007 until now. I had the opportunity to be a special lecturer teaching printmaking at various universities and have been working in art and exhibiting my artwork continuously until now. This allowed me to work and learn and train myself in the path of art until it became my current career.

JY. Influence of people in Chiang Mai Province, readiness from local art, and the modernity of the tourist city. Other exhibitions that play a role in the current lives of people that affect the creation of their own work.

PK. Chiang Mai is a city with a variety of races and cultures, both old and new, contemporary. There is a variety of places, old and new towns, natural places and entertainment places, all of which coexist in a contemporary way. I chose to live in a community surrounded by various contemporary things. It is quiet but also has various traditions. Personally, I like to live in an environment surrounded by nature but also has entertainment from various creatures, both humans and animals. That is part of the inspiration for inspiring  my imagination.

JY. Exhibitions or participation, teaching or workshops in various places both domestically and internationally (if any) or awards received.

PK. I have had the opportunity to be invited as a special lecturer at many universities in Chiang Mai in the field of design and printing from 2010 to 2019. I had the opportunity to join a design project with TCDC, received the Chiang Mai Design Awards 2014 and had the opportunity to exhibit my artwork both domestically and internationally. I participated in an exhibition project with Tube Gallery, a famous Thai design house, and the BMW Anniversary event in 2020, participated in the 40th anniversary project of Vespa Thailand, designed a PloyKasom pajamas collection for the Siamesdreamsofficial brand, designed a product collection for the Amina brand in Japan.

I have had the opportunity to exhibit my work both domestically and internationally.

JY. Life goals that you want to tell Thais, foreigners the readers to see the direction of creativity, to stimulate and elevate their thinking and abilities, creating hope for Thai society.

PK. My goal in life and the future is to have the opportunity to continuously work in art, to exhibit my work both domestically and internationally, to become more well-known.

JY. Other interesting things, life experiences, stories of the work that you have done Up until now, for example, how can you  sell your work or contact those who are interested in your work?

PK. I get my inspiration for my work from my surroundings, imagining images and feelings, combining various things to tell stories based on my feelings and thoughts, like recording stories of my daily life. The animal that symbolizes my work is the tiger, which I love and is my birth sign. It is an animal that looks fierce but is quiet, fearsome, and intriguing. My work includes stories of people, animals, and nature , which are imagined and combined to tell stories from my perspective, coming out in different angles based on my feelings.

You can follow Ploy's work at www.facebook.com/ploykasom and ig ploy_kasom

Ploy Kasom

Born: February 20 1986

Education: 
B.F.A (Printmaking) Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
M.F.A (Visual Arts) Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Email: ploykasom@gmail.com

Tel: 66-084-8066478

Solo Exhibitions

2019          "Dreamland" at Caramellow Art Gallery Chiang Mai, Thailand

2018          "Garden of Dream" at Jojo Kobe Fine Art Gallery Chiang Mai, Thailand

2015          "Running in the forest" at Tita Gallery Chiang Mai, Thailand

2012          "Bird Horse and Me" The Meeting Room Art Café, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2011          "Latent Dream" at Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2009          "Reverie of Happiness" at 116 Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Selected Group Exhibition

2024          Multiplicity group exhibition at M Contemporary Bangkok

                 "Melody of leaves" at River City Bangkok, Thailand

                 The vip preview of exhibition by Ploy Kasom at 7star art space Shanghai, China

2023        "Mango Art Festival & De Siam Antiques" at Chiang Mai, Thailand

              "The Signature" at River City Bangkok, Thailand

               "Friendship & Ocean" at Gallery Benetti Bangkok, Thailand

               "Bloom" at River City Bangkok, Thailand

2022        "Mango Art Festival & De Siam Antiques" at Chiang Mai, Thailand

               "Female Artist" at SYN Gallery Chiang Mai, Thailand

               "May we shine" at Laluna gallery Chiang Mai, Thailand

2020      "The world of Tube gallery fashion exhibition" Ploy Kasom &Tube gallery at River city Bangkok, Thailand

2019         Nimmanhaemin Art & Design Promenade community, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2017        "Dream on Dreams" at Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong

2016        Nimmanhaemin Art & Design Promenade community, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2015        Exhibition contemporary art of Teachers Faculty Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University  

               "3050" Art Exhibition Group Mini Prints at Art Exhibition Hall Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University

2014       "A Touch of Nature" by Group La Femme at Chiang Mai, Thailand

               Exhibition "Chiang Mai Design Awards 2014" at TCDC Center Chiang Mai, Thailand

              "Prints as Prints 6/ 2014" Group Prints at CMU Art Museum Thailand

              "Chiang Mai Crafts in Penang" Exhibition Project by Creative Chiang Mai at Malaysia     

               Exhibition contemporary art of Teachers Faculty Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University  

2013        Exhibition Project   World Intellectual Property Day Creative The Next Generation by U.S. Consulate

               Exhibition contemporary art of Teachers Faculty Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University      

2012        "Circus Terminal Thailand"   at Sangdee Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2011        Think Design Art Festival 2011, Royal Phuket Marina, Phuket, Thailand.

               "STORY OF LOVE" by Group La Femme at Chiang Mai, Thailand

               "Two" at Praewa Studio, Chiang Mai, Thailand

               "Art Thesis Exhibition 2011" by Graduate Students in Visual Arts of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University

               "Dontree Soon tree Exhibition", 9w Boutique Studio,  Chiang Mai, Thailand

2010         Exhibition Printmaking 2010 Hall Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University Thailand

                 Exhibition "VAP" Visual Art Project, Chiang Mai University by Group M.F.A, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2009         Exhibition Art studio, Chiang Mai University by Group M.F .A, Chiang Mai, Thailand

                "The art of the print" A collection of prints by 5 of Chiang Mai's most promising young printmakers at Gallery Look at this

                22th Art Thesis Faculty of Fine Art, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Thailand

2008         "Prints as Print 2008" Art Exhibition at Art Exhibition Hall Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University.

                Exhibition of Art Academic work by Teaching Staff, students and Alumni of the   faculty of fine Arts,Chiang Mai University on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary og fine art, Chiang Mai University , Thailand

2007        "5th KIWA Exhibition" March 27 to April 1, 2007 Kyoto Municipal Museum, Japan

2006        "AKKARA SILAPIN" superior Artist Art  Exhibition by lecturers and Undergraduate from Department of  Printmaking  Painting and Sculpture Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University at CMU art museum.

               "Craft Art Exhibition ceramic and jewelry" by lecturers and Undergraduate from ceramic and jewelry program at Art Exhibition Hall Faculty of Fine Art Chiang Mai University.

               "The Iowa Biennial" Exhibition Archive 2006, Japan

2005       Exhibition of Thai – Australian Contemporary Print at CMU Art Museum Thailand.

              Exhibition of Thai – Australian Contemporary Print at College of Fine Art The University of New South Wale, Australia.

             "Craft Art Exhibition Ceramic and Fashion" by lecturers and Undergraduate from ceramic and Fashion design program at Art Exhibition Hall Faculty of Fine Art Chiang Mai University.

 2004     "One by One" Art Exhibition at Chiang Mai City art and culture museum.

Awards and Honors

                    Scholarship of Gen. Prem Tinnasulanon's, Artistic Creation Foundation, M.FA. (Printmaking)

                     Scholarship from Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, B.F.A. (Printmaking)

                   Chiang Mai Design Awards 2014