Manita Songserm, Thailand (2019)
Manita Songserm (b.1990) is a Bangkok-based graphic designer who started the career in 2013 as an exhibition graphic designer at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). Working with experimental concepts...
Read full biographyManita Songserm (b.1990) is a Bangkok-based graphic designer who started the career in 2013 as an exhibition graphic designer at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). Working with experimental concepts and also applying various methods, she created works that are in between art and graphic design. Her iconic work is perceived through typo-eccentric book cover design and personal art for Typewriter project. Having been appreciated in typography herself, she tries adapting the technique with her work. It becomes a mixture of neo-geometric digital, sometimes scientific too.
Exhibitions
Graphic Design Festival Scotland’ International Poster Exhibition
2015
The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Posters offer a universal platform for communication and have been utilised for centuries to provoke, promote, celebrate, and stimulate. The exhibition features a showcase and celebration of poster design from across the world and includes a selection of shortlisted entries to GDFS’ International Poster Competition 2015.
Parp-Pim 2 Bangkok Printmaking Exhibition
2017
Kalwit Studio & Gallery, Bangkok
“PARP-PIM 2 Bangkok Printmaking Exhibition 2017” is where prints by over 20 local and foreign artists are displayed in one place. They have expressed their creative mind and poured their heart and soul into these prints. This event is coming back for the second time after its premiere in 2015
The Printers’ Prints 2
2019
SŌKO, Bangkok
The second collaborative group exhibition printed and organised by Bangkok based screen-print studio The Archivist and Berlin based studio Le Raclet showcasing 30 new hand-pulled screen prints.
Individual Characters
2019
The Jam Factory, Bangkok
Manita Songserm, commonly known as a graphic designer, is an up-and-coming artist who has been using “type” to create her artwork since 2013. (The exhibition Cross Stitch was displayed at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre or BACC) Individual Characters is going to be Manita Songserm’s first solo exhibition at The Jam Factory.
Typojanchi 2023 International Typography Biennale
2023
Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul
The 2023 Typojanchi International Typography Biennale, 'Open Quotation Marks, Close Quotation Marks' exhibits 39 artists/teams from Korea and abroad with a sharp focus on typography and sound.
Awards
2015
2016-2018
2019
Other Professional Activities
Top Awards Asia, Packaging Design Jury
2021 – 2021
ADC 101st Annual Awards, Brand / Communication Design Jury
2022 – 2022
Golden Pin Design Award, Communication Design Jury
2023 – 2023