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Vong Phaophanit is an artist based in London. Born, in Savannakhet, Laos in 1961, Vong Phaophanit was educated in Paris and later studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix en Provence, France. He met and married Claire Oboussier while they were both still students, moved to the UK in 1985 and became a British citizen in 1993. There he began to experiment with a wide range of media subsequently exhibiting widely nationally and internationally. Phaophanit is best known for his large-scale installations which incorporate a wide range of materials including ash, silk, rice, rubber, wax and often light. In 1993 he was short-listed for the Turner Prize and in 1994 was awarded the DAAD fellowship in Berlin. He has been a visiting lecturer at Chelsea College of Art, Wimbledon School of Art, The University of East London and Exeter College of Art and was also senior fellow in drawing at Wimbledon School of Art. In 1998 he was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Prize and in 2002 was the award winner of the Art and Work Award for site-specific work with Gensler Architects. His work is held in major collections around the world including the Tate Gallery, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The British Council Collection and The Arts Council Collection. His most recent exhibitions were at Shanghai Biennale 2004, Void Gallery in Derry in 2005, The Quiet in the Land, Luang Prabang in 2006, and Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin (‘The Tropics’) in 2008.

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Official Site
Tate Collection
Vong Phaophanit at Sculpture.org.uk
- Portfolio

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+'''Vong Phaophanit''' is an artist based in [[London]]. Born, in [[Savannakhet]], [[Laos]] in 1961, Vong Phaophanit was educated in [[Paris]] and later studied at the [[Ecole des Beaux Arts]], [[Aix en Provence]], [[France]]. He met and married [[Claire Oboussier]] while they were both still students, moved to the UK in 1985 and became a British citizen in 1993. There he began to experiment with a wide range of media subsequently exhibiting widely nationally and internationally. Phaophanit is best known for his large-scale installations which incorporate a wide range of materials including ash, silk, rice, rubber, wax and often light. In 1993 he was short-listed for the [[Turner Prize]] and in 1994 was awarded the DAAD fellowship in Berlin. He has been a visiting lecturer at [[Chelsea College of Art]], [[Wimbledon School of Art]], The [[University of East London]] and [[Exeter College of Art]] and was also senior fellow in drawing at Wimbledon School of Art. In 1998 he was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Prize and in 2002 was the award winner of the Art and Work Award for site-specific work with Gensler Architects. His work is held in major collections around the world including the [[Tate Gallery]], [[The Irish Museum of Modern Art]], [[The British Council Collection]] and [[The Arts Council Collection]]. His most recent exhibitions were at Shanghai Biennale 2004, Void Gallery in Derry in 2005, The Quiet in the Land, Luang Prabang in 2006, and Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin (‘The Tropics’) in 2008.
-== Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier ==
+==External links==
-Official webiste - http://www.atopia.org.uk[http://www.atopia.org.uk]
+*[http://www.atopia.org.uk/ Official Site]
+*[http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=11963&pa Tate Collection]
+*[http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artists/VongPhaophanit Vong Phaophanit] at Sculpture.org.uk
+** [http://www.sculpture.org.uk/image/504816331642 Portfolio]
+[[Category:British artists|Phaophanit, Vong]]
+[[Category:British people of Laotian descent]]
-== Introduction ==
-Vong Phaophanit (born 1 January 1961, Laos) and Claire Oboussier (born 10 April 1963, London) are artists based in London who have collaborated for the past 25 years. Their studio encompasses a wide variety of media including films, books, large-scale installations and photographic and sculptural works. They have created a number of major groundbreaking public commissions.
-== Biographies ==
-'''Vong Phaophanit'''
-Born, in Savannakhet, Laos in 1961, Vong Phaophanit was educated in Paris and later studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Aix en Provence, France.  He met and married Claire Oboussier while they were both still students, moved to the UK in 1985 and became a British citizen in 1993. There he began to experiment with a wide range of media subsequently exhibiting widely nationally and internationally. Phaophanit is best known for his large-scale installations which incorporate a wide range of materials including ash, silk, rice, rubber, wax and often light. In 1993 he was short-listed for the [[Turner Prize]] and in 1994 was awarded the DAAD fellowship in Berlin. He has been a visiting lecturer at [[Chelsea College of Art]], [[Wimbledon School of Art]], The University of East London and Exeter College of Art and was also senior fellow in drawing at Wimbledon School of Art. In 1998 he was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Prize and in 2002 was the award winner of the Art and Work Award for site-specific work with Gensler Architects. His work is held in major collections around the world including the [[Tate Gallery]], [[The Irish Museum of Modern Art]], The British Council Collection and The Arts Council Collection. His most recent exhibitions were at Shanghai Biennale 2004, Void Gallery in Derry in 2005, The Quiet in the Land, Luang Prabang in 2006, and Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin (‘The Tropics’) in 2008.
-'''Claire Oboussier'''
-Born in London and brought up in Devon, Claire Oboussier studied at the [[University of Sussex]] and graduated in 1986. She met and married Vong Phaophanit during a year studying in Paris in 1985. She went on to gain the Dyment and Thomas Scholarship for Doctoral Research in the Arts and Humanities at the [[University of Bristol]] where she also helped set up and run the Interdisciplinary Critical Theory seminar for faculty. Claire’s doctoral thesis, completed in 1995, on French critical theory in the visual field explored the poetic and theoretical intersections of the visual and verbal realms. Since then she has gone on to use a range of media from the written/spoken word to film, sound and sculptural elements in her own practice and has produced a range of publications and catalogue essays. From 1998-2002 she was a member of the Executive Committee for MAKE and subsequently became an editorial advisor for MAKE magazine. In 2006 she was a Panel member for Birmingham City Hospital new art commission. She is currently working experimentally with digital images and sounds from Prisons for a multi-screen installation entitled ‘Doing Time’. She has also written extensively on, and in parallel with, Phaophanit’s work and collaborated with him on the film ‘All that’s solid melts into air (Karl Marx)’ for which she wrote the text.
-'''Collaboration'''
-Phaophanit and Oboussier have worked together for the past 25 years. Initially their collaborative practice took place discursively within the private environment of their studio, creating and discovering multiple points of connection within their individual practices. After a number of years working in this way they took the decision to formalise their creative partnership in order to be able to undertake major projects together. Subsequent public commissions have included works for Liverpool Housing Action Trust, Southend Council, [[City and Islington College]], Sparks – Make it Real cultural program for Canterbury City council, Birmingham Festival of Arts and Bristol, [[Cabot Circus]]. They have collaborated on numerous other projects including a book ‘Atopia’ produced during a year spend living and working together in Berlin in 1996/7. Most recently, they have completed a major new work for the new [[Hull Truck Theatre]] and are working on ‘Northern Light’ a groundbreaking community space/sculpture for the [[Channel 4]] Big Art Project in Belfast. They have also been selected for the Foyle Public Art Project in Derry, the largest public art commission in Ireland as well as a public commission for the new Woolwich Squares and a commission for the Olympic Energy Centre buildings in London. Collectively and individually they have worked with many galleries nationally such as the [[Tate Gallery]], London, The [[Henry Moore Institute]], Leeds, [[Ikon Gallery]] Birmingham,  Spacex Gallery, Exeter, The Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham and [[Serpentine Gallery]], London as well as internationally with others including The National Gallery of Cape Town, [[Queensland Art Gallery]], Brisbane, DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Konsthallen Goteburg, Sweden, [[National Gallery of Canada]], Ottawa, [[The Irish Museum of Modern Art]], Dublin and [[Reina Sofia]], Madrid. In 2006, along with a group of ten other artists, Vong participated in a pioneering community based art project ‘The Quiet in the Land’ in Laos, PDR and produced a film for which Claire created the text. Recently, they were involved in the 55th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany. They live and work in London.
-== Collaborators ==
-'''Architects and Engineers'''
-Wilkinson Eyre Architects [http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/]
-Wright and Wright Architects [http://www.wrightandwright.co.uk/]
-John McAslan and Partners [http://www.mcaslan.co.uk/]
-Owen Ellis Partnership Architects [http://www.owenellis.co.uk/]
-Grimshaw Architects [http://www.grimshaw-architects.com/]
-Gustafson Porter Landscape Architects [http://www.gustafson-porter.com/]
-Arup [http://www.arup.com/]
-'''Art Consultants'''
-Modus Operandi [http://www.modusoperandi-art.com/docs/commission.php?id=7:1:42:27:0]
-InSite Arts [http://www.insitearts.com/artists/Vong%20Phaophanit%20&%20Claire%20Oboussier/]
-Andrew Knight
-PADT [http://www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk//hmf/press/press-information/henry-moore-institute1/2009/art-in-public-places]
-Safle [http://www.safle.com/english/projects/current/foyle]
-Commissions East [http://www.commissionseast.org.uk/]
-Art in Partnership [http://www.art-in-partnership.org.uk/]
-Public Art South West [http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/pasw/]
-'''External links'''
-http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=11963&pa
-http://foylepublicart.com/news_details2.php?art=3
-http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/B/bigart/latest_news.html