Sanit Khewhok ( th, สนิท คิ้วฮก;born 1944) is a painter, sculptor, curator, and conservator.

Early life and education

He was born in Trang, Thailand, in 1944, and, in 1969, graduated from Silpakorn University in Bangkok with a diploma in fine art. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he earned a master's degree in

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and Conservation-restoration in 1975.

Career

Khewhok was the curator of

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at the

National Gallery of Thailand The National Gallery ( th, พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ หอศิลป) is an art gallery and one of Thailand's national museums. It is located on Chao Fa Road in Bangkok's historic Phra Nakhon District, a ...

in Bangkok from 1985 to 1986. In 1985, he spent 100 days in a Thai monastery, and was ordained as a Buddhist monk. After moving to Hawai'i in 1986, he worked at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (now the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House) as chief conservator and collections manager from 1988 to 2008. He has had solo exhibitions at both The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu in 1989 and the Honolulu Museum of Art in 2010. In 2010, he became the eleventh recipient of the

Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts The Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts is a biennial award given to a visual artist who is a former or current resident of Hawaii. The recipient may work in any medium, and is honored with a solo exhibition at the Honolulu ...

. Khewhok is best known for his miniature portraits, some painted on pills and wooden ice cream spoons. His ''Edouard Manet'' from 1999 is a

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in graphite on a used envelope. One of the three stamps is also drawn in graphite. He has exhibited miniature sculptures, including mixed media life-sized sculptures of insects. The

Hawaii State Art Museum The No. 1 Capitol District Building, on the site of the former Armed Services YMCA Building, now houses the Hawaii State Art Museum and the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. History While they were both in the cabinet, under King ...

and the Honolulu Museum of ArtHonolulu Museum of Art wall label, ''Bugs'' by Sanit Khewhok, accession TCM 2002.23.18.2 are among the public collections holding works by Khewhok.

References

* International Art Society of Hawai'i, ''Kuilima Kākou, Hawai’i-Japan Joint Exhibition'', Honolulu, International Art Society of Hawai'i, 2004, p. 22 * Morse, Marcia and Allison Wong, ''10 Years: The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center'', The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2006, , p. 60 * Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions'', Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, 1997, p. 71. * Wong, Allison, ''10 Years - The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center - Tenth Anniversary Exhibition'', The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006, , p. 60

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