Jirasak Anujohn is actually not an emerging artist but an award winner who has experience with several art competitions and exhibited in leading galleries both locally and internationally.

His educational background from Poh-Chang Academy of Arts has honed him to become a professional artist with practical skills which his art school has emphasized as a cornerstone for an art career in the future. Undoubtedly, his signature is embedded in exceptional charcoal drawing techniques that portray minute wrinkles on the human face and body graced by years of life. His realistic portrait drawings with charcoal were exhibited in the reputed galleries such as Chamchuri Gallery and BACC. Also, one of his works has recently been considered in the Established Artists category of 12th UOB Painting of the Year 2021.

Internationally, Jirasak has gained his hands-on experiences in exhibiting his works in Adda Sarto gallery in Paris, International Art Fair in Busan in 2018 and Art Fair Stockholm 2018, to name but a few.

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With his profile and experiences, he said: “It seems to me that in Europe they pay attention to essential skills whereas creativity and ideas are what they consider in Thailand. They are good for contemporary art. Regarding competitions, understanding objectives of the competition is very important for entries. You have to know what the judges are looking for.”

Despite his accurate skills in charcoal drawing, he also has his own gallery called ‘Nice Gallery’. Inside of the gallery is full of Impressionist paintings. The art movement that most of us are familiar with and it was epitomized by notable painters such as Monet who went outdoors to paint. These paintings depicted wonderful pastoral scenery behind his hometown studio in Lopburi. However, they are not typical impressionist paintings due to the local surroundings such as natural light and the green banana leaves but it gives you the new style of impressionism which you will not be able to find anywhere else.

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