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Narong Tintamusik

Biography 
 
Narong Tintamusik was born in Dallas, TX on 1991 and raised in Bangkok, Thailand for 10 years. He moved back to Dallas when he was a freshman in high school. He obtained his Biology undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Dallas with a minor in visual arts. Growing up in the concrete jungles of Bangkok and reading countless books about the ocean inspired him to pursue marine biology. Even though his education lies within the scientific domain, he won modest amounts of awards and recognition for his art. He has been the recipient of scholarships graciously provided by the DeGoyler Memorial Fund from the Dallas Museum of Art and Bryce and Jonelle Jordan Scholarship Foundation at UTD. He hopes to continue with his underwater adventures along with actively pursuing his passion as a professional artist. 
 

Artist Statement 
 
My art are self-portraits. When I was a child, I was sexually taken advantage of. I kept that secret for most of my youth until my early 20's, where I broke the silence. The thoughts about contracting venereal disease lingers within me. To have both sexual anxiety and the need to satisfy my desires became the basis of my work.  

Themes of innocence lost, sexuality, and trauma are explored in my pieces. Naive, yet depraved, my figures, Thirsties, exist often alone in imaginary spaces. Within this psychological desolation, the Thirsties attempt to transverse one's deepest desires through the middle of the night to broad daylight. I attempt to show the audience what is like to live in a world where childhood was taken away too soon and perversion was unwillingly acquainted. 

Curriculum Vitae

Currently resides in Dallas, TX.  b. 1991 
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Educational History: 
2014 Bachelors degree in biology, minor in visual arts 

Group Exhibitions: 

2019 
8x8, ARThaus, Denton, TX 

2018 
CHAOS!!! Annual Small Works Show, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX 
#TheGalleryProject, Transcontinental Queer Underground (traveling exhibition from 2017-2018): Tallin, Estonia/ Sofia, Bulgaria/ Podgorica, Montenegro/ Prague, Czech Republic/ Berlin, Germany 
EXPO 2018, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX |Juried by Lee Escobedo 
Art Con 14, Art Conspiracy, Dallas, TX 

2017 
EXPO 2017, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX |Juried by Sara-Jayne Parsons 
CHAOS!!! Annual Small Works Show, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX 

2016 
CHAOS!!! Annual Small Works Show, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX 
The Male Gaze, Gallery 1965, Vancouver, B.C. 

2015 
CHAOS!!! Annual Small Works Show, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX  
Hot and Sweaty 4: Open Show 2015, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX  
Double Vision: Mini Beau Book 4 - Book Launch and Gallery Show, The Highline Loft, New York, NY  
 
2013 
Screenworks/Discretion/Ódiame Más, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 
Spring Arts Festival, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 

2012  
Fall Arts Festival, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 
Char, Mezzanine Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 
Spring Arts Festival, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 
125 Show, Plano Arts Association, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX|Juried by Laura Greene and Ryder Richards 

Bibliography: 
Miner, Phillip M. "Narong Tintamusik Paints Porn, and No One Can Believe the Result." The Huffington Post. November, 26, 2014 
 
Publications: 
2017 
The New Nude: Issue 86 
Organized, curated, and publication by Walt Morton, Didi Menendez  

2015  
OCHO #35: A Journal of Queer Arts  
Organized, curated, and publication by Didi Menendez  
Mini Beau Book #4: Double Vision 
Organized, curated, and publication by Luke Austin 

Awards/Grants/Fellowships: 
2015 The Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund recipient, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 
2012 Bryce and Jonelle Jordan Scholarship recipient, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 
2009 D.C. Stipp Scholarship Award recipient, The Dallas Society in Visual Communications, Dallas, TX 

Professional Experience and Memberships: 
2019-2020 Member at 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX 
2014 Gallery assistant intern at Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX s, TX

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  • NEWS
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