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“Girlfriends” by Jiab Prachakul (Thai) - Acrylic on linen / 2022 - North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, North Carolina) #WomenInArt #JiabPrachakul #Prachakul #NCMA #NorthCarolinaMuseumofArt #art #artText #arte #ThaiArt #ThaiArtist #AsianArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #WomenPaintingWomen
Thai artist Jiab Prachakul is a compelling figurative painter because she makes quiet moments feel cinematic without turning them into melodrama. Born in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, trained first in film, and self-taught as a painter, she often builds paintings from memory, photographs, friendship, and the emotional weather of diasporic life. This scene grew from time spent in Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, and its mood is about the charged space between people who know each other well. In bright coastal daylight, two women crouch on a pale quay beside still blue water. The woman at left turns away from us, her short dark bob and clear glasses outlined against the sky. She wears a loose white top and white trousers with dark socks and heavy black boots, her posture compact and inward. At right, a second woman in a sheer black top and dark cropped trousers crouches on the balls of her feet, also in sturdy black boots. Her blunt fringe and lightened hair ends catch the sun. Hoop earrings and sharply modeled cheekbones add to her alert, stylish presence. Between them, her hands extend forward and folding over one another. To their left are two wine glasses. A small boat drifts at left, while a lighthouse sits at the end of a long breakwater. Gold sparks of reflected sunlight skip across the water as the women’s shadows stretch behind them. The title promises easy intimacy, but the painting gives something subtler: companionship with room for privacy, glamour edged with thoughtfulness, and closeness that does not erase individuality. Prachakul’s attention to clothing, pose, and gesture makes identity feel lived rather than symbolic. The lighthouse and harbor suggest navigation, pause, and emotional bearings. This work also expands who inhabits contemporary painting with elegance, sensitivity, and psychological depth. It is not just a picture of two stylish women by the sea. It is a study in how relationships can be tender, self-possessed, and slightly mysterious all at once.
April 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Jeonga, 2023.

By Jiab Prachakul
July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Night Plunge, 2022.

By Jiab Prachakul
July 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Had a great time visiting this show of paintings by Jiab Prachakul at The Contemporary Austin yesterday.
February 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Girlfriends, 2022.

By Jiab Prachakul
July 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Berliners, 2023.

By Jiab Prachakul
July 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Nostalgic, 2014.

By Jiab Prachakul
August 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Jeonga (In Nia's Eyes), 2023
Jiab Prachakul🖌️

Good afternoon dear Brindusa, a good weekend 🤗🌞🌾💐🌡️
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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O Thongthai, 2023.

By Jiab Prachakul
July 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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3 Brothers, 2020.

By Jiab Prachakul
August 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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The Vast Ocean Eyes, 2018.

By Jiab Prachakul
August 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Perspective (You Exist, Therefore, I Am, 2023.

By Jiab Prachakul
August 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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6/5-7 #art fans Celebrate the joy of wandering around #London stopping into #galleries during #LondonGalleryWeekend w/130+ to visit tinyurl.com/xp857wr3 #artist: @timothytaylorgallery presents #paintings by Jiab Prachakul @jiab_prachakul, “Welcome Back.”
June 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Sakamoto Brothers, 2013.

By Jiab Prachakul
August 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Night Plunge, 2022.

By Jiab Prachakul
August 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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🕊🌻🕊Welcome August🕊🌻🕊

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe,to think,to enjoy,to love. "
Marcus Aurelius

Jiab Prachakul b 1979 3 Brothers
August 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Earlier this year I interviewed the artist Jiab Prachakul, whose portraits of Asian immigrants living in Europe touched me profoundly: www.artnews.com/art-news/art...
elongreen.bsky.social Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · Dec 17
I used to like it when people did year end roundups of their work on Twitter. I’d love it if we could do it here, even if the dorks who run this place don’t know how to thread tweets
December 18, 2023 at 8:51 PM
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Jiab Prachakul
April 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I interviewed Jiab Prachakul, an artist who lives in Brittany in 2023 and was thinking about visiting her: www.artnews.com/art-news/art...
Jiab Prachakul’s New Show On Identity Pushes Representation Forward
The artist's solo portrait exhibition at Timothy Taylor showcases nine scenes of beauty and light in France.
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March 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Jiab Prachakul.

Photo: by Neige Thebault
August 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Collectors Are Clamoring For Artist Jiab Prachakul's Elusive Portraits
"Jiab Prachakul: Sweet Solitude" at the Contemporary Austin is the self-taught Thai artist and BP Portrait winner's first solo museum show.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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And thank you to William Sarradet at Glasstire for writing an in depth article on my work, "From Quiet Moments to 'To the Max.'" I've featured some compelling pull quotes at the end of the reel, and you can read the full piece at glasstire.com/2025/05/23/f...
From Quiet Moments to “To the Max” | Glasstire
William Sarradet writes about exhibitions by Carla Gannis at Ro2 Art in Dallas and Jiab Prachakul at The Contemporary Austin.
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May 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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The impending semester has me dreaming of beaches.

Jian Prachakul, Love from Three Continents (TX), 2022. Portrait of the parents of the artist's gallery owner, Nicki Meng. Asian American Art Initiative at Stanford University.
Taiwanese heterosexual couple at a balustrade looking out onto a beach. Air of 'my parents were awesome'
August 16, 2023 at 3:04 PM
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A most delightful take on a family portrait: the artist introduces her younger self.

Jiab Prachakul, Connecting,
2020. Acrylic on canvas. In the Spirit House show at Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
Large rectangular painting. Older Asian woman in casual clothes rests a hand on the shoulder of a young child (6yo?) in a school uniform touching a small antlered deer sculpture. They stand on a patterned (linoleum?) floor against wood paneled walls Detail smiling young child in awkwardly fitting Peter Pan collared white shirt and blue skirt Older adult turning her body slightly towards the child presenting her to viewer. Wears glasses
October 15, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/t-magazine/jiab-prachakul-art.html?smid=tw-share
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December 2, 2024 at 6:03 PM