Channarong Daengpakham

B.1997

Nonthaburi, Thailand

Channarong Daengpakham is a contemporary Thai artist whose practice examines the shifting relationship between humanity and the natural world through the lens of ecological transformation and anthropocentrism. His paintings investigate how human desire, systems of belief, and material intervention reshape the meaning of nature, revealing increasingly fragile boundaries between the organic and the artificial.

 

Through richly layered figurative compositions, Daengpakham portrays animals, vegetation, and landscapes that appear simultaneously familiar and transformed. Rather than presenting untouched wilderness, his works imagine environments where living organisms have become inseparable from human intervention. Vibrant surfaces and painterly textures create a visual tension between beauty and disturbance, reflecting the complex consequences of human domination over ecological systems.

 

At the core of his practice lies a critical reflection on the ways humanity defines, classifies, and reconstructs nature according to its own values. His paintings question the assumption that humans occupy the centre of existence, proposing instead that every act of control leaves irreversible traces upon the environment. Nature is therefore understood not as a passive backdrop, but as an active presence continually negotiating coexistence with human civilization.

 

Balancing expressive painterly language with contemporary ecological discourse, Daengpakham transforms images of wildlife into philosophical reflections on power, responsibility, and survival. His work invites viewers to reconsider humanity’s place within the living world, suggesting that the future of nature is inseparable from the ethical choices of our own species.

 EDUCATION

 2022  Master’s degree from, faculty of painting, sculpture and graphic arts, Silpakorn University
 2019 Bachelor’s degree from Pohchang Academy of Arts, 
Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin
 2015 Sap Yai Wittayakhom School, Chaiyaphum, Thailand

SOLO EXHIBITION

 2026   "Homo Plasticust",  Number 1 Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

 2025   “Maya Philosophy  มายาวิภาค”,  Number 1 Gallery River City Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

 GROUP EXHIBITION

 2026    "Hotel Art Fair 2026" Kromo Bangkok, Curio Collection by Hilton, Bangkok, Thailand

 2022    “The Beginning”, GOG (GalileOasis), Bangkok, Thailand MEDIUM Art Exhibition, H.R.H Princess Sirindhorn Art  Gallery” By PSG Art Gallery, Nakhon Pathom Thailand 
 2019      Art Thesis Exhibition At Pohchang Academy of art,     Bangkok, Thailand