Vipoo Srivilasa

A Thai-born Australian artist, recognised as a leader in the field of ceramics.

Over the past two decades, Vipoo has made 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 experience including isolation, loneliness, nostalgia, as well as joy, beauty, and hope in the midst of these struggles. Additionally, Vipoo has developed participatory projects that invite people to be part of his creative process, helping them express themselves through storytelling and clay.

Vipoo 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.

Vipoo was awarded a Bachelor of Art (Ceramics) from Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1994 which he followed with a Graduate Diploma of Arts (Ceramics) four years later at Monash University in Melbourne, and in 1999 was awarded a Master of Fine Art and Design from the University of Tasmania, Hobart.  Vipoo lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia, where his studio, ClayLAB, is situated within the Kulin Nation/Cheltenham.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Australia

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland
The Powerhouse Museum, New South Wales.
Australian Arts Bank
Artbank Collection
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Victoria
City of Darebin, Victoria
City of Port Phillip, Victoria
College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Deakin University, Melbourne
Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Victoria
Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, the, Queensland
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, New South Wales
Manningham City Council, Victoria
Margaret Lawrence Australian Ceramic Collection, Victoria
Muswellbrook Shire City Council, New South Wales
National Sports Museum, Melbourne
Nillumbik Shire City Council, Victoria
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Rockhamton Art Gallery, Queensland
School of Rural Health, Melbourne University, Shepparton, Victoria
Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria
Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Whitehorse City Council, Victoria
Wollongong Art Gallery, New South Wales

Asia

Henan Museum, Zhengzhou, China
Korean Ceramic Foundation, Korea
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Australia Embassy, Seoul, Korea
Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Korea
Roopanakar Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India

North America 

 University of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
Kamm Teapot Foundation, California, United States of America
The Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Medalta, Canada
The Rosenfield Collection, Texas, United States of America
The American Ceramic Society, United States of America

Europe

Craft Council, London, United Kingdom