Pannaphan Yodmanee was born in 1988 in Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand. She studied Buddhist Art as a child. Focusing on the relation between Buddhist teachings and humanity, her work portrays such universal themes as fear, loss, suffering, devastation, and the karmic cycles of death and rebirth. Combining traditional Thai art objects and contemporary elements, along with drawings and sculptures, she creates artistic spaces reminiscent of a spiritual world beyond a specific religion. Pannaphan examines the relevance of Buddhist philosophy to our lives. Utilizing a combination of raw, natural materials with found objects of contemporary origin, her works imbue the painted designs and motifs endemic to traditional Thai art with the universal and persistent themes of loss, suffering, devastation, and the karmic cycles of death and rebirth. Her accolades include top prizes in the Thai Traditional Painting Awards 2013, as well as the Young Thai Artist Awards 2006 – 2007. In 2015, her works were showcased at the Thailand Eye exhibition presented at the Saatchi Gallery, London and later at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center. In 2016, Pannaphan won the Benesse Prize, while Singaporean artist Zulkifle Mahmod is awarded an inaugural special award. She lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand.