Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada; New Delhi, India; Paris, France; Columbo, Sri Lanka; and Hokkaido, Japan and at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has given guest lectures at a number of other institutions on topics such as fine and applied arts, gender studies, philosophy, religion and anthropology, at his alma maters Chulalongkorn University and the school of The Arts institute of Chicago; Emory University, Atlanta; Rijksakademie, Amsterdam; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; the Elam School in Auckland; and the University of California at Santa Cruz. Acting As an actor, he has a featured role in the 2006 romantic-comedy Metrosexual and portrays a soccer referee in Lucky Loser. In 2012 he starred in a Philippine-Thai Film entitled Suddenly It's Magic produced by Star Cinema. Collections Shaowanasai's work is represented in several institutions, including the Singapore Art Museum. Selected exhibitions In 2012, Radu Die: New works by Michael Shaowanasai, was mounted at the H Gallery in Bangkok. His work has also been exhibited in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America, including the following group exhibitions: Venice Biennale (2003 and 2009) Asian Traffic, Gallery 4A, Sydney (2006) Art Connexions, Goethe Institut, Berlin (2007) Act of Faith - On faith and conflict, ecstasy and excess, Noorderlicht, a photographic festival in Groningen, Netherlands (2007 and 2008) Lifeboat #2551, Sydney Biennale (2008) "The Promenade des Homos" (2020), a photograph featured in the Bangkok Art Biennale 2020 Film festivals Frameline Film Festival (2004) Berlin International Film Festival (2004) Singapore International Film Festival (2005) Melbourne International Film Festival (2005) Busan International Film Festival, Busan, South Korea (2010) References External links Michael Shaowanasai Michael Shaowanasai Michael Shaowanasai American LGBT artists Gay artists School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni Michael Shaowanasai Michael Shaowanasai American people of Thai descent 1964 births Living people Artists from Philadelphia Michael Shaowanasai American LGBT people of Asian descent LGBT people from Pennsylvania