BORN:
1959, Samut Songkharm, Thailand
EDUCATION:
1985-87
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA: Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics, with honors
1983-85 Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA
1979-82 Silapakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand: Bachelors of Fine Arts in Product Design
SOLO EXHIBITION:
1989 Pacific Asia Museum, Foyer Gallery, "Porntip Sangvanich",
Pasadena, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
2008 Cedar Creek Gallery, "Invitation National Teapot Show VII", Creedmoor, NC
Lincoln Arts, "Feats of Clay XXI", Lincoln, CA.
Won Second Place Award
Santa Fe Clay, "Red",
Santa Fe, NM
California State Polytechnic University, Kellogg University Art Gallery, "Quintessential Clay: Made in California", Pomona, CA
2007 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, "The Diana and Sandy Besser Collection", San Francisco, CA
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, "Clay in California 2007", Fullerton, CA
Couturier Gallery, "Sextuplets", Los Angeles, CA
The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, "One Work / One World", Ojai, CA
Platt and Borstein Galleries of the University of Judaism, "Voices from the Pacific Rim: Asian American Ceramists", Los Angeles, CA
Santa Fe Clay, "Tea", Santa Fe, NM
2006 The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, "Currents: Contemporary California Clay", Ojai, CA
Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, "Four Hands", Burbank, CA
The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, "Beatrice Wood Ceramic Annual", Ojai, CA
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, "Otis: Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art", Los Angeles, CA
California State Polytechnic University, Kellogg University Art Gallery, "Ink & Clay 32", Pomona, CA
2005 Thirteen Moons Gallery, "Forms Without Function", Santa Fe, NM
American Museum of Ceramic Art, "Laying the Foundation: American Art Tile", Pomona, CA
Garth Clark Gallery, "Opulent Fire: Homage to Ralph Bacerra", New York, NY
Long Beach Museum of Art, "Art Auction XI", Long Beach, CA
Lincoln Arts, "Feats of Clay XVIII", Lincoln, CA. Merit Award
Texas Tech University-School of Art-Landmark Gallery, "Clay on the Wall", Lubbock, TX
International Museum of Arts & Science, "Earth, Wheel and Fire", 2005 International Juried Ceramics
Exhibition", McAllen, TX
California State Polytechnic University, Kellogg University Art Gallery, "Ink & Clay 31", Pomona, CA
Purchase Award
2004 Ariana Gallery, "Steeped in Tradition 2004,
The Teapot: Design and Embellishment", Royal Oak, MI
"SOFA Chicago 2004", with Thirteen Moons Gallery, Chicago, IL
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, "The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004", Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, "Eight", Burbank, CA
Lincoln Arts, "Feats of Clay XVII", Lincoln, CA. 2 Merit Awards
Riverside Community College Art Gallery, "Ceramics Invitational", Riverside, CA
Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, "The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004 Yingge",
Taipei,
Taiwan.
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College "Standing Room Only: The 60th Scripps Ceramic
Annual", Claremont, CA
Baltimore Clayworks, "100 Teapots 2", Baltimore, MD
2003 St. Petersburg Clay Co., "St. Petersburg Clay National 2003: A Juried Ceramic Art Exhibition",
St. Petersburg, FL.
Award of Excellence
Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, "Americana", Burbank, CA
Ohr ? O?Keefe Museums, "George E. Ohr National Arts Challenge 2003", Biloxi, MS
Tierra Solida: a clay art gallery, "Clearly Black & White", Santa Barbara, CA. Best in Show
Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, "Clay & Glass", Burbank, CA
Holter Museum of Art, "ANA32", Helena, MT
San Antonio Potter Guild, Hill Country Arts Foundation, "Origins in Clay 3", Ingram, TX
The Saratoga Clay Company, Hall?s Peppermill, "Clay Art 2003", Saratoga Spring, NY
Contemporary Arts Collective, "Jackpot!" Las Vegas, NV.
Best of Show
Del Mano Gallery, "Hot Tea",
Los Angeles, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, "Art Auction X", Long Beach, CA
2002 Decorative Arts Guild, "Salon Show", Los Angeles, CA
Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, "Clay & Wood", Burbank, CA
COPIA Museum, "The Artful Teapot", Napa, CA (traveling exhibitions, 2002-2006 ? George R. Gardiner
Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, The Chicago
Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, The Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC, Bellevue Arts Museum,
Bellevue, WA, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN)
2001 The Clay Studio, "Le Grand Buffet", Philadelphia, PA
Armory Art Center, "Armory Art Center?s October Competition", West Palm Beach, FL
World Ceramic Center, Ichon, "The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea", Suwon, South Korea
Lakewood Cultural Center, "The Art of Tea", Lakewood, CO
Las Vegas Art Museum, "Asian Art Now 2001", Las Vegas, NV
Lincoln Arts, "Feats of Clay XIV", Lincoln, CA. Purchase Award
Chiaroscuro Galleries, "12th Annual Teapot Show", Chicago, IL
Guilford Handcraft Center, "Ceramics 2001", Guilford, CT
Finegood Art Gallery, "Celebrating Passover with Contemporary Ceramic Judaica", West Hills, CA
2000 Wayne Art Center, "Craft Forms 2000", Wayne, PA
"SOFA Chicago 2000", with Ferrin Gallery, Chicago, IL
Zanesville Art Center, "Ceramic International Juried Exhibition", Zanesville, OH
Pacific Asia Museum, Contemporary Gallery, "Shifting 2000", Pasadena, CA
Ferrin Gallery, "21st Anniversary Teapot Exhibition", Northampton, MA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Color & Fire Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics,
1950-2000", Los Angeles, CA (traveling exhibitions)
Pacific Asia Museum, "Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions", Pasadena, CA
Chiaroscuro Galleries, "11th Annual Teapot Show - Teapot for the 21st Century", Chicago, IL
Tadu Contemporary Art, "Image of Tea (pot)", Bangkok, Thailand
1999 Gallery Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, "99 Cups", Mesa, AZ
Portland Center for Contemporary Craft, "Below 2000", Portland, OR
1998 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, "The Third Annual Cup and Goblet Show", Portland, OR
Corinth Ceramics Studio, "Group Show", Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Council, "Wine and Wieners", Los Angeles, CA
1997 LA Artcore Brewery Annex, "Los Angeles International Art Festival 1997", Los Angeles, CA
1996 Raidford Gallery, "Group Show", Roswell, GA
No-Name Gallery, "Group Show", Bangkok, Thailand
1995 No-Name Gallery, "Wall Work", Bangkok, Thailand
1994 Garth Clark Gallery, "Otis Then and Now", Los Angeles, CA
1993 Lew Allen Gallery, "The Otis Connection", Santa Fe, NM
California State University Los Angeles, "Ceramic Currents / LA Eddy", Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Alexander, "The American Ceramic Society - Southern California Show", La Jolla, CA
San Diego Mesa College, "Southern California Ceramics Educator Juried Exhibition", San Diego, CA
1991 Scripps College, Lang Gallery, "The 47th Scripps Ceramic Annual", Claremont, CA
1990 Otis College of Art and Design, "Visibility: Asian, African, American Women Artist", Los Angeles, CA
Kennedy - Douglass Center for the Arts, "Florence Ceramic Exhibit", Florence, AL
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, "The Fifth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition",
San Angelo, TX
1989 Contemporary Images, "Group Show", Sherman Oaks, CA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, "The Fourth Annual Monarch tile National Ceramic Competition",
San Angelo, TX
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles Music Center, "Special Exhibit of Asian Pacific Women Artist",
Los Angeles, CA
California State Polytechnic University, "Ink & Clay XV", Pomona, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
2005
Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
2004 Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2001 Ichon World Ceramic Center, Suwon, South Korea
1999 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Hilton Hotel, Pasadena, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Ceramics Monthly, "Up Front, Voices from the Pacific Rim: Asian American Ceramists"
, Nov 2007
The Press Enterprise, "Art Walk", Mark Muckenfuss, March 10, 2004
Ceramics Monthly, "Up Front, Juried Exhibition of Teapots in Las Vegas", Oct, 2003
Central Premiere, "Image of Tea (pot)", Premiere Gallery, March - April, 2000
Bangkok Post, "Determined to Settle for Perfection, Porntip Sangvanich", Wipawee Otaganonta, Jan 5, 1994
Artweek, "The Vessel?s the Thing, Ceramic Annual at Scripps College", Jo Lauria, Feb 21, 1991
CATALOGUES, BOOKS
"The Diana and Sandy Besser Collection",
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Timothy Anglin Burgard, Karin Breuer, Jill D?Alessandro, Regal Printing Ltd., Hong Kong, 2007
"Otis: Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art", Barbara Isenberg, Ventura Printing, Oxnard, CA, 2005
"Teapots: Makers and Collectors", Dona Meilach, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA, 2005
"Standing Room Only: The 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual", Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College,
Perpetua Press, Santa Barbara, 2004
"The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004 Yingge", Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Sheng Feng
Printing Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, 2004
"The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea International Competition", Ichon World Ceramic Center, Samsung
Printing Co., South Korea
"Color & Fire: Defining Moment in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000", Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Jo Lauria, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, NY, 2000
"Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions", Pacific Asia Museum, Perpetua Press, Los Angeles, CA
