A Unique Process Hand Painted Silk from Thailand

Portrait of an Artist

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Lea M.A. Laarakker
"Studio Léa"
E.H. Woltersweg 23
9831 TG Aduard

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Volgde een beroepsopleiding als textielspecialist en werkte met kant waarna de zijde het medium werd.

Sinds 1989 werkt Léa uitsluitend met de ruwe zijde van de Ban Reng Khai Weefgroep in Thailand.
Deze zijde wordt beschilderd en bewerkt tot stoffen, wanddecoraties, wandpanelen en objecten.

lea_banrengkhai Group exhibits:
1978 International Women’s Festival "We", Cairo, Egypt
1983 International Women’s Festival "Lilith", Hilversum, The Netherlands
1989 Contemporary Thai Art, Bangkok, Thailand
1992 International Women Art "Women and Art", Bangkok, Thailand
1993 International Designers, Frankfurt, Duitsland
1994 New York Fashion Institute of Technology
"Beyond Tradition Laos Textiles Revised", New York, USA
1997 Women´s "Art For Youth"
1998 "Textiles in Transition, Bangkok, Thailand
1998 "Textiles in Transition, Vientiane, Laos
2000 "Silk, Silk, Silk", Bangkok, Thailand
2000 "The Newe Millenium Art Exhibition", Hawaii, U.S.A.
2004 "Contemporary Thai-Dutch Art", Quens Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2004 "De Drie Zusters", Carpediëm Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2004 "De Drie Zusters", Hilton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
2004 "De Drie Zusters", Vermillion Galleries, Singapore, Singapore
2005 "A Tale of One Kingdom", British Council, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 Weft Forum, Kuching, Malaysia
2006 "De Drie Zusters", Studio Wilma, Amsterdam, Nederland
2011 Kunst Driedaagse, Garnwerd, Nederland

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Solo Exposities:
1990 – 1997 jaarlijks: "Art on Silk", Neilson Hays Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1994 – 2005 jaarlijks: "Contemporary Silk Art", The Promenade Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1994 The Regent Gallery, "Art on Silk", Kuala Lumpur, Maleisië
1995 "Silk the Fabric", Anders Midttum Gallery, Stavanger, Noorwegen
1995 "The Expression on Silk", Gallery Beni, Kyoto, Japan
1996 "Silk Solo", Privat Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999 "Tresors en Soi…..Tresors de Soi", "Art-Gallery - Salles des Actes", Parijs, Frankrijk
2003 "Art on Silk", Gallery Paleo, Berlijn, Duitsland
2004 "Colours on and in Silk", The Boathouse Gallery, Phuket, Thailand
2005 "Colours on Silk", Amantee Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 "Blues and Silk", Blue Elephant, Bangkok, Thailand
2006 "Circles", Baan Kanitha Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2006 "Silk the Art of Life", The Boathouse Gallery,Phuket,, Thailand
2007 "The Silk Christmas Tree", Nai Lert Park Hotel,Bangkok, Thailand
2007 "Stars", Amantee Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 "East and West – How Beautiful the Twain Meet", Gallery "Ursula", Pattaya, Thailand
2008 "The Silk Christmas balls", Peninsula Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
2008 "Colours and Colours", Studio Léa, Bangkok, Thailand
2009 "Art on Silk", Studio Léa, Bangkok, Thailand
2009 "Silk, the Art of Life", Boathouse Gallery,Phuket, Thailand
2011 "Tonen & Tronen" Vivante, Groningen, Nederland

Mode- en Stoffenshows
1978 Women Festival Fashion Show. Hilton Hotel, Cairo, Egypte
1983 Internationaal Vrouwen Festival Mode Show, Hilversum, Nederland
1993 International Designers, Frankfurt, Duitsland
1995 New York Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, U.S.A.
1999 The RICO-A MONA Extravaganza, Bangkok, Thailand
1999 Dazzling Fashion Show met Nederlandse ontwerpster Noëlle, Bangkok, Thailand
2000 Tresors en Soi….Tresors de Soi / Unesco, Parijs, Frankrijk
2001 Thai-Dutch Fashion Show / KAI + Noëlle Fashion, Hilton hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
2001 “Colours of Isarn” The Promenade, Bangkok, Thailand
2001 The Silk Walk met Thai Fashion Designer KAI, The Siam Society, Bangkok, Thailand
2003 “High Tea” met Thai Fashion Designer Kornkanok, Garden of Thanpuying Lursakdi Sampatisiri, Bangkok, Thailand
2004 “WHAT” Fashion & Juwellery Show met Duitse juwelenontwerpster Cornelia Rating en HOM, The Bed SuperClub, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 “Fashion Party”met Nederlandse ontwerpster Noélle, The Promenade Décor, Bangkok, Thailand
2005 “Silk makes You feel Good” met Duitse onwerpster Jula Reindell, The Promenade Décor, Bangkok, Thailand
2011 Textieldagen “Verhildersum”, Leens, Nederland

Publications:

1992 Book “Ban Reng Khai, A Village in Thailand”

 

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International Awards

Léa and her silk have been recognized as outstanding by many organizations. A summary of the awards achieved are listed below:

In 1995 Ms. Léa was awarded a knighthood in The Order of Oranje Nassau by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands

In 2006 Ms. Léa received the award of an Outstanding Individual by the Netherlands-Thai Chamber of Commerce and the BeluThai Chamber of Commerce, for her contribution to the development of Thai rural communities.

Also in 2006,  Ms. Léa received an award from Surin Province, in recognition of upgrading the quality of  Surin silk to international standards.

From 2000 to 2006, Léa Silk products were awarded 13 times with the UNESCO Seal of Excellence, for outstanding handicrafts.

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Seal_2003_2 Seal_2003_3 Seal_2003_4
Seal_2003_5 Seal_2003 Seal_2006_2
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