GONGKAN
b. 1989, Thailand
Graduated from Kasetsart University Laboratory School in 2007 and from Silpakorn University, Faculty of Decorative Arts, in 2011, Kantapon Metheekul, better known as Gongkan, currently works and resides in Bangkok, Thailand. After graduating from Silpakorn University, the artist moved to New York City to start a fine arts continuing education at SVA, where he spent 3 years working in creative departments of advertising agencies. In his spare time, he created street art and illustrations centered on the idea of him being transported through time and space to his homeland. His work, which he named “Teleport Art”, gained notoriety in the New York street art scene and later in Bangkok. The element of time is a predominant concept in Gongkan’s paintings: surrealistic canvas, populated by human figures, realized with graphic flat strokes. Through presenting different visions of the present times or rewriting the past, the artist creates alternate realities in the process.
His selected and recent solo exhibitions include “Inner Place” Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (China, 2022);, “Gongkan: For someone who hate the Rainbow”, Over the Influence, Paris (France, 2022); “Introspection”, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok (Thailand, 2021); “Tip of the Iceberg”, Over the Influence, Los Angeles (US, 2021); “Yestertedaytomorrow”, River City Bangkok, Bangkok (Thailand, 2019), etc. Selected group exhibitions include: “Inquiry to the wall: International Young Artist Invitational Exhibition” , Soul Art Center, Beijing (China, 2023); “Post-me Generation: How to write about young artists”, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (China, 2022); “Group show: Falling”, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (China, 2022); “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021”, Macao Museum of Art (Macao, 2021); “Retrospective Utopia”, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok (Thailand, 2020), etc.
Exhibitions
Ambiguous Yesterday, Fated Tomorrow: Group Exhibition
Ai Weiwei, Atreyu Moniaga, Benzilla, Diren Lee, Edgar Plans, Etsu Egami, Gongkan, Jonas Burgert, Kitti Narod,
Leng Guangmin, Liu Youran, Ming Ying, Qin Qi,
Tiffany Lafuente, Woo Kukwon, Yoon Hyup, Yue Min,
Zhao Zhao
Golden: 28th Anniversary Exhibition
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Adel Abdassemed, AES+F, Ai Weiwei, Cai Lei, Chen Danqing, Chen Wenbo, Chen Yujun, Entang Wiharso, Fang Lijun, Feng Zhengjie, Gongkan, Guo Wei, Hao Zecheng, He An, He Duoling, Heri Dono, HIMBAD, Huang Yongping, Huang Yuxing, Ji Zhou, Jiang Zhi, Leng Guangmin, Rirkrit Tiravania, Li Luming, Li Qing, Li Wei, H.H.Lim, Michael Lim, Lin Yilin, Len Lum, Liu Qinghe, Liu Wei, Liu Yujia, Luo Zhongli, Mao Xuhui, Mao Yan, Pang Maokun, Kitti Narod, Qin Ga, Qin Qi, Jonas Burgert, Chun Kwang Young, Sakarin Krue-On, Shang Yang, Shen Yuan, Tan Ping, Wang Du, Wang Jianwei, Xiyao Wang, Wang Qingsong, Wang Sishun, Wang Yin, Weng Fen, Wu Wei, Wu Yi, Xiang Jing, Xu Jiang, Yan Lei, Yang Bodu, Yang Jiecang, Yang Yong, Yang Zhenzhong, Yin Zhaoyang, You Yong, Woo Kukwon, Yue Minjun, Zhang Hui, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhao Bandi, Zhao Zhao, Zheng Guogu, Zhu Jinshi
Group show: Intersection of Existence
Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Kitti Narod, Gongkan, Navin Rawanchaikul, Sakarin Krue-On, Pannaphan Yodmanee,
Sriwan Janehuttakarnkit, Suntur
Gongkan Solo Exhibition: Public but Private
Mille Cortex
Armin Boehm, Chen Yingjie, Cheng Chi Tien Lin, Ding Hongdan, Etsu Egami, Gongkan, Gao Hang, Oska Gutheil, Huang Bingjie, Stephen Wong Chun Hei, Kong Huidong, Leng Guangmin, Liu Youran, Kitti Narod, Jade Ching-yuk Ng, Woo Kukwon, Wang Xiyao, Xie Xuanxuan, Yan Jingzhou, and Zhang Haoyan.
Group Show: L'Empire des sens
Albert Willem, Etsu Egami, Gongkan, Raymond Lemstra,
Wang Xiyao, Woo Kukwon, Yoon Hyup, Yuyel
Gongkan: Inner Place
Curated by: Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani
11.6 - 12.5, 2022
Beijing Headquarters Gallery Space
Post-me Generation: How to write about young artists
Alessandio Gianni, Chen Yingjie, Diren Lee, Etsu Egami, Gongkan, Hao Zecheng, Hou Jianan, Jade Ching-yuk Ng, Jia Yirui, Kitti Narod, Liao Man, Olivier Souffrant, Suntur, Xiyao Wang, Wendimagegn Belete, Yang Bodu, Zhang Zhanzhan
Group show: Falling
Andres Barrioquinto, Marla Bendini, Jigger Cruz, Ayka Go, Gongkan, Faris Heizer, Sriwan Janehuttakarnkit, Geraldine Javier, Sakarin Krue- On, Dinh Q Lê, Mit Jai Inn, Raffy Napay, Kitti Narod, Eko Nugroho, Kim Oliveros, Wedhar Riayadi, Wedhar Riyadi, Luis Antonio Santos, Rodel Tapaya, Khairulddin Wahab, Entang Wiharso, Shen Jiaqi, Pannaphan Yodmanee, Yunizar
Retrospective Utopia
Yunizar, Marina Cruz, Sriwan Janehuttakarnkit, Kristoffer Ardena, Gongkan
Video
Meet the Artist | Gongkan
ART BASEL
No Heart Hear by Gongkan
MOCA BANGKOK
