Popkapi
Popkapi is Thai artist Jakkrit Chewapanya, whose layered faces, large eyes and free lines connect painting, graphic design and character imagery.
More about Popkapi
An artist from Bangkok
Popkapi is the name used by Bangkok artist Jakkrit Chewapanya. His practice encompasses painting, sculpture and graphic design. In an Onarto interview, he describes an interest in animals, spontaneous drawings and characters related to his own appearance. The process matters: colour and line allow a work to develop without an entirely predetermined narrative.
The portrait as a layered image
Popkapi’s faces are built from colour planes, sharp contours, large eyes and small marks. Individual fragments can appear incompatible, yet come together as a distinct character from a distance. Up close, the portrait becomes a network of lines again. This shifting relationship encourages repeated viewing and attention to different connections within the image.
Paintings at ArtComburo
Square, horizontal and vertical works reveal different rhythms in this language. Their descriptive catalogue titles—Rhythms of the Primordial World, Beyond Words and Through Layers of Colour—were proposed by ArtComburo and are not verified original artist titles. Each product page records the material and format of the particular canvas. Compare the direction and scale of the composition as well as its colour.
Explore Rhythms of the Primordial World (ArtComburo title), Beyond Words (ArtComburo title) or browse the ArtComburo paintings and prints collection.
Works
Pop Kapi
Rhythms of the Primordial World*
Large eyes and flowing lines form a dense Popkapi composition, revealing smaller marks and colour connections up close.
Pop Kapi
Through Layers of Colour*
A Popkapi face emerges through pink, yellow and blue areas. Layers of lines keep the portrait open to changing readings.
