CHAMBER OF FAITH: IN FAITH WE TRUST A SOLO ART EXHIBITION BY ‘BIGDEL’ CENTRAL SPACE, LEVEL 3 CENTRAL: THE ORIGINAL STORE 18 OCT ’24 – 17 NOV ’24
EXHIBITION CONCEPT
Roughly twenty five years ago, underground art forms such as letter spray-painting, also known as ‘graffiti,’ began to spread from the west to Asia before eventually reaching Thailand. Back then, the concept of ‘Graffiti and Thailand’ was still new, raw, unacceptable and essentially unknown. The graffiti in Thailand as we know it today began with only a few pioneers, one of which is BIGDEL or Dale Horgan, the most influential and celebrated graffiti writer in Thailand. He worked with his old school graffiti fonts for over 25 years, then as things changed in later years he started adding a number of cartoon characters to his font works, resulting in the perfect culmination of his graffiti, illustration, pop art and mixed media art styles. Blending with great success, these styles explore a number of contemporary Thai viewpoints, concepts, beliefs and faiths. During the past 4-5 years, his works have always been given unique presentations, giving him recognition as one of the most interesting contemporary graffiti artists in Thailand.
Here is his latest solo exhibition with the gallery of Central: The Original Store where you can enjoy a whole new collection of his works made with a number of materials and techniques–plaswood, canvas, printmaking, spray-painting, mixed media and installation–all under the concept of faiths and beliefs in the modern world.
BIGDEL
Dale Horgan
IG: bigdel_bkk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 086-536-2592
– Graffiti Artist (since 2000)
– Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator
– Co-host and Producer of ArtVenture, a graffiti and street art TV program on Travel Channel of TrueVisions (2012-2013)
Clients and Collaborators
– Lacoste
– Artbox Thailand
– Lenovo
– Artbox Singapore
– DTAC
– Chulalongkorn University (Chula Art Town)
– Wall’s Cornetto
– Bangkok University
– Johnnie Walker
– Ong Ang Canal Project
– Renazzo Motor
– The Thamm
(Lamborghini Thailand)
– Adidas Forum
– Tourism Authority of Thailand
– Carnival
– Off-White Thailand
– Neversaycutz
– Casio G-Shock
– Eveandboy
– Sunkist
– Bang & Olufsen
Some Previous Exhibitions
2023
– Group exhibition “Life is a Community” curated by Hypecartel Gallery at the Parq
BKK
– Solo exhibition “We Come in Peace” at Joyman Gallery
2022
– Solo exhibition curated by Spray Brush at Mighty One Gallery
– Group exhibition at Joyman Gallery
– Group exhibition “POV: Street of BKK”
– Exhibited artist at Joyman Gallery’s booth in the Mango Art Festival
– Exhibited artist in the project “Club 21 x Bridge: Fashion and Art Pop-Up Gallery”
– Group exhibition at C13 Art Space
2017
– Exhibited artist in the exhibition “CYOS Art Show” (art pieces including wall murals)
2010
– Group exhibition “Pride of the Nation “Ja Panhom”” at Artery Post-Modern Gallery
– Exhibited artist in the exhibition “Silp Siam” at Siam Square
