Thai Artists Showcase

TAFF

Thai Americans For Future

The mission of Thai Americans for the Future is to provide an outlet for the awareness of Thai-American concerns, and empowering the Thai-American community to foster lasting relationships.

View video clips about Thai-American Artist Exhibition at Royal Thai

Consulate-General building on August 20, 2010, click below link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/annopch#p/a/u/0/UDYk6WGCyWs

Gal (Kaew) Bhudvanbhen-Jung




Once upon a time, Gal never wore jewelry except for special occasions. Even then, the jewelry was never quite what she wanted, nor did it suit her tastes. Eventually, she stopped wearing jewelry altogether. Then came the day she went down the bead aisle at her local craft store and thought, "Hmm, may be I can make my own jewelry. It's cheaper and I'll be guaranteed to like what I make." So began her journey into the land of jewelry making. thanks to a Secret Santa exchange, she got a starter set of beads and tools, and the rest is history. From casual to the more complicated and fancy, Gal makes jewelry that looks good on most everyone and looks different from one person to the next.








Rujanee Mahakanjana
Born in Bangkok, Rujanee Mahakanjana is a native of Thailand, now living in Chicago and working as an artist, interior designer, a filmaker, and an educator. After she received her master's degree in studio arts in 2005, she continues to grow, connect, and collaborate with others in a broad spectrum of creativity. She believes various art forms can come together; traditional or contemporary, spatial movement and composition, especially with time involved. The concept of space within and its essence underlines most of her work in all forms created by herself and most of her studio collaborators.
http://www.rujaneeinspace.com/home.html










Short film by Rujanee

Chicasso – by Amie Peeyachat Hana

Downtown Chicago is full of architectural wonder and beauty. The beauty of the collection comes from Amie’s decision to take straight shot images as well as photographing reflections of buildings to capture the multifaceted beauty of Downtown Chicago architecture. Through the use of computer graphics, pictures of this beautiful city have been turned into a Cubist wonderland, full of abstract shapes and meaning while still remaining true to Chicago’s spirit. Abstract images created out of the distortion of the original images gives an extra layer of meaning and beauty to each photograph. The similarity to Picasso’s Cubist style has earned the collection’s name “Chicasso,” for each photograph is meant to allow a short sojourn into the realm of illusion while still remaining anchored in reality.

Artist Bio – Amie Peeyachat Hana

Amie was born and raised in Thailand before emigrating to Chicago to work as a registered nurse in the ICU. She also worked in Health Care Management before pursuing her passion for art and photography. In 1993, Amie made the leap and left the health care profession to pursue photography full time. Since then, Amie has made a name for herself for her amazing work. Amie’s photography has graced the covers of many wedding magazines, fashion magazines, and displayed inside magazines through advertisement campaigns. Her amazing work was recently recognized by The Knot Best of Weddings Magazine, who nominated her for “The Best Photographer in Chicago.”

Anothai Kaewkaen
Anothai Kaewkaen was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and moved to the Chicago area when he was four years old. After reading the Odyssey in high school, he fell in the love with the concept of poetic translation and began translating Thai poems into English verse. Currently, Anothai is a senior in the Honors College at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he majors in English, and interns at Silk Road Theatre Project, a theatre company that showcases playwrights of Asian, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean backgrounds here in Chicago. Anothai is also a volunteer at the Thai Cultural and Fine Arts Institute of Chicago, teaching Thai language and classical dance lessons. Next year, he plans to apply for a Fulbright scholarship to render Thai poetry into English for academic use.





Pol Subanajouy
I'm just an enthusiastic nerd who really loves to make (mostly) digital art, in whatever format that may be in. To get to the facts, I'm a Chicago-based artist who is open for freelance work. I have a BA in Electronic Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago and I identify as a Thai-American and Buddhist.
My style is versatile, and I can do an illustration for a storybook or the art for a graphic novel or pixel art or even old school charcoal portraiture.
http://www.laughingphoenix.net/






Fruit craving










Nongtipa Limson














Burt Bunma

Poetry Reading

Prize Ruffle

Board Member Biographies

Archawee (Jamjun) Dhamavasi (Anny/Auey) is the current President of TAFF. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Communications Studies from Northwestern University and a Masters of Science in Communications Studies from Northwestern University. She has worked several years with the Royal Thai Consulate General, here in Chicago meanwhile always being committed to bridging the gaps that come with being a Thai American.

Garn Lertburapa is a the Secretary for Thai Americans for the Future. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is currently working towards a Masters in Marketing Management and Finance. He currently works as a Domestic Coordinator for Hanjin Logistics where his job consist of insides sales, forcasting, and customer service. He believes that bridging the generational gaps within Thai American Community will create a better future.

Patama Suksuras (Patti) is the Public Relations Officer for TAFF. She graduated with a Bachelors degree in Communications from UIC and has held executive positions for many Asian organizations. She's excited to be involved with an organization like TAFF to make a difference with the Thai-American community.

Poonpan Intarakumhang (Bob) is a Board Member for TAFF. Bob joined TAFF to help strengthen the Thai community with the hopes of preserving Thai culture in the U.S. His hope is that future generations of Thai-Americans will get to learn and experience what it means to be Thai in America. Bob graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and also completed his MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Bob has experience in consulting, corporate strategy & development and is currently at Allstate Insurance Company, where he works in a marketing strategy & analytics role.

Suriya Supanavongs (Deo) is the Vice President of Thai Americans for the Future. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from DeVry University and is currently working towards a Master in Business Administration degree from Keller Graduate School of Management. He is currently working as a Regulatory Compliance Engineer at Honeywell International Inc., and is a member of the National Fire Protection Association. He is committed towards uniting Thai Americans to work together for a better tomorrow.

Suthiratana Bhudvanbhen-Jung (Gal/Kaew) is one of the Board members for Thai Americans For the Future. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English literature and a Master of the Arts in Teaching degree from National Louis University. She has recently become involved with the Asian Pacific American Club at Evanston Township High School where she teaches. It is her desire to help bring the Thai community closer and make it more accessible to the younger Thai generations in America and to anyone in the public with a wish to learn more about the Thai culture.

Tiffany Sriaroon Genovesi (Oat) is a Board Member for TAFF. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies from Northwestern University and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy. She currently works for Walgreens.

Thanakorn Sirijintakarn (Eddie) is the Chief Technology Officer of Thai Americans for the Future. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and a Masters of Science Degree in Human Computer Interaction from DePaul University. He is currently working at Bostrom as the Manager of Information Technology Operations and is also the Chief Solutions Architect at Internetiks, a company he founded in 1999. Eddie is also active in the Thai Cultural and Fine Arts Institute where he teaches Thai classical music and previously served as the Director of Music during the 2007 to 2009 school year. He is committed towards bridging gaps within the Thai American community and helping young kids pursue their dreams and aspirations.

Vanda Memark Haenlein (Sai) is a Board Member for TAFF. She is a graduate of Benedictine University with a degree in Economics and Business. She is currently the Business Development Manager for ATI Physical Therapy and is a member of the Illinois Secretary of State Asian American Advisory Council.