VISUAL SYMBIOSIS
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Poomkamol Phadungratna  (ภูมิกมล ผดุงรัตน์)
Born : June 19, 1965 - Bangkok, Thailand
Education :  University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (BA Fine and Applied Arts) (BA Asian Studies)
Works : Photography based visual artist / film maker

WORKS RELATED : 

​Editor, DEFY magazine, Bangkok (1998-2000)
​Editor, NATNALIN magazine, Natnalin Publishing, Bangkok (2003-2010)

Lecturer (full time faculty) Department of Photography and Visual media, College of Design, Rangsit University (1994-1998)
Lecturer (guest) Department of Photography and Visual media, College of Design, Rangsit University (1998-2020)

Administrative consultant for Department of Photography and Visual media, College of Design, Rangsit University (2014-2020)
Re-designed curriculum / transferring process from Department of Photography to Department of Photography and Visual media (2017-2019)
**Department of Photography and Visual media, College of Design, Rangsit University also formerly known as Department of Photography, Faculty of Art and Design / Department of Photography, School of Fine and Applied Arts. 

Guest lecturer, School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok University (2005-2007)

Guest lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University (2005-2007)

Curator, GALLERY 253, Bangkok (1998-2001) 


WORKS RELATED : PUBLISHED (SELECTED)

“War Photography”, article 
Published in journal, In Between; Restive South, Deep South Photojournalism, issue May 2010 - April 2011, published by The Deep South Watch, Thailand, issue May 2010 - April 2011
Published in Safe Place in The Future: Dystopia Now Utopia Never, book published to accompany the group exhibition at the Jim Thomson Art Center from November 2012 to March 2013. Publisher : The  Jim Thomson Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand. Publication date 2012 . ISBN / ISSN 9786169104513

"Fine art photography and aesthetic shift, 19th - 21st century", book 
Published in Thai (title in Thai) ศิลปะภาพถ่ายและการหักเหทางสุนทรียศาสตร์ ศตวรรษที่ 19 - 21) by Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok (2013) or ศูนย์ศิลปวิทยบริการ คณะศิลปกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ 

Photography and Film Art, text book series (in Thai) 
Published by STOU (Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University) for School of Communication Arts, Book16350, Units 1-8 ISBN 9789749755150, (on-line record shown written unit 2 Art Photography / on-line record shown the fifth edition published in 2012 / has no record when the first edition was published or how units (chapters) were edited)

Record in Thai เอกสารการสอนชุดวิชาศิลปะภาพถ่ายและภาพยนตร์ Photography and film art / สาขานิเทศศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสุโขทัยธรรมาธิราช. Detail : หนังสือ 16350 ศิลปภาพถ่ายและภาพยนตร์ (Photography and Film Art) พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 5 พ.ศ. 2555 เล่ม 1 (หน่วยที่ 1-8) ISBN 9789749755150 หน่วยที่ 2. พัฒนาการของศิลปะภาพถ่าย ผู้แต่ง อ.ภูมิกมล ผดุงรัตน์

“Between two World”, article, an introduction to book “Silent Moment” works of photographs by Natnalin Noimai, published by WORKPOINT PUBLISHING, ISBN 974935055-3 (2005)


WORKS RELATED : LECTURE (SELECTED) 

Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia (1997)

Talk at BACC; Photography in fine art (2013)
Details : topic, Photography in fine art, From the beginning to aesthetic development and various concepts of photography in the art world, accompanied an exhibition  “A Photography Series Exhibition: Picture Perfect Part II Supernatural”, Sunday, December 1st, 2013 at Auditorium on 5th floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). Speakers : Poomkamol Phadungratna and Worathep Akkabootara, moderator : Chol Janepraphaphan  Organized by BACC Exhibition Department (01EXH-02-2013-01-VDO-01) 

Talk at BACC; Pramuan Burusphat and Contemporary Photography in Thailand (2017)
Details : topic, Pramuan Burusphat and Contemporary Photography in Thailand, accompanied an exhibition "Destination : Still Unknown, Pramuan Burusphat’s 40 Year Retrospective” Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 4th Floor Studio, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) with Manit Sriwanichpoom and Zhuang Wubin. 


WORKS RELATED : DESIGN (SELECTED)

SAC ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2017, graphic and photography related design (August 19-23, 2017) 
Details : the film festival organized by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre  (Public Organization)

Exhibit A : an exhibition of photographs and media, accompanied Thai Humanities Research Forum 2017
Details on works : graphic and photography related design / exhibition space and media design 
Details on exhibition : Exhibit A : an exhibition of photographs and media, accompanied Thai Humanities Research Forum 2017 ; Exploring Aesthetic Dimensions in the Humanities at Art Gallery g23, Bangkok, Thailand  :  The project is a collaboration between The Thailand Research Fund (TRF), Srinakharinwirot University, and Department of Photography, Faculty of Art and Design, Rangsit University. Also supported by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (Public Organization) / Selected collection from GALLERY 253 / Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre  (Public Organization) - (September 2017)

Documents of Process, at Museum of History, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Details on works : graphic and photography related design / exhibition space and media design (April 2017)

Visual Symbiosis Film Festival (experimental) at Chinatown Rama, Bangkok
Details on works : graphic and photography related design / exhibition space and media design (April 2019)


WORK RELATED : UNCATEGORIZED (SELECTED) 

Mentioned in a history book, "Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey" (NUS Press, 2016) by Zhuang Wubin / detail : "The book has taken over ten years to complete, and surveys the varying ways in which photography intersects the practices of art, journalism, politics, culture and religion across the region. The bulk of the book spans the post-WWII era to the contemporary, with individual chapters dedicated to the countries of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam."


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION (PERSONAL WORKS / PHOTOGRAPHY BASED)

February 2016 - A Personal History of Visual Symbiosis at CMU Art Center, Chiang Mai
March 2001 - Space Contemporary Art, Ekamai, Bangkok
September 2000 - SPT1S4 (group exhibition) at Space Contemporary Art, Ekamai, Bangkok
February 1998 - Never My Land (group exhibition) at Sunday Gallery, Bangkok


SELECTED EXHIBITION (PERSONAL WORKS / PHOTOGRAPHY BASED)

October 1992 - LaVern Krause gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
1992 - Aperture Gallery, Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon


IN HOUSE RELATED DESIGN / ORGANIZING / COLLABORATION (SELECTED)

2016 - founding Photography Gallery at RSU using space of the west entrance, first floor of Department of Photography and Visual media, collaboration with Ampannee Satoh. 

2014 - Hybrid Visual Culture 2014, an exhibition at Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center (RCAC), Bangkok
Details on work: space design in collaboration with Ampannee Satoh / exhibition catalog and graphic design

2017 - Documents of Process at HOF ART, Bangkok 
Details on work: space design in collaboration with Ampannee Satoh / 
exhibition catalog and graphic design

2018 - Secret Rooms, 7 exhibitions at Sriprakard, works of experimental media in alternative art space Sriprakard Historic building, Chiang Mai
Details on work: space design in collaboration with Ampannee Satoh 
/ exhibition catalog and graphic design





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