Join us at SAM for an in-conversation event with renowned Thai-Australian artist Vipoo Srivilasa and SAM Artistic Director Danny Lacy. Together, the pair will explore Srivilasa’s rich creative practice and the spiritual and material inspirations behind Flower Bears, his new ceramics exhibition at SAM.

Event details:

Date + time: Thursday 22 May, 6.00-7.00pm

Location: Level 2, Shepparton Art Museum, 530 Wyndham Street, Shepparton

Price: Free – registrations essential

About the artist

Thai-Australian artist Vipoo Srivilasa is recognised as a leader in the field of ceramics. Based in Naarm/Melbourne, over the past two decades Srivilasa has created bodies of intricate works that engage with complex questions of queerness, migration and spiritual meaning, using an aesthetic and medium that is accessible, positive, and beautiful. His works often explore the dark parts of the human experience, including isolation, loneliness, and nostalgia, as well as joy, beauty, and hope in the midst of these struggles.

Srivilasa has exhibited extensively around the world, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Saatchi Gallery, London; Ayala Museum, Philippines; Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Nanjing Arts Institute, China; and the National Gallery of Thailand.

Photo: Andrew Barcham