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Professional Practice, Exhibitions & Academic Engagement


2026Finalist, Illustrators Exhibition (Illustrations from Bobo), Bologna Children’s Book Fair

2026 — Outstanding Award, Captain Koko, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2026 — 
Honorable Mention Awards for The Stump House and the Little Black Cat and Bobo, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand.

2026Selected for Exhibition (Illustrations from The Happiest Journey), Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) 2026 & National Book Fair (Thailand)


2026Featured Interview Artists, JNplus Journal – “Cultivating Young Readers”

2026Guest Lecturers in Children’s Book Illustration, Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University

2026Guest Speaker, National Book Fair, Thailand
Invited to join the on-stage discussion “Read to Love, Read to Learn, Read to Think,” organized by the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand, alongside recipients of the Outstanding Book Award for Children’s Picture Books.

2026Invited Speakers, panel discussion as editor of the My Safety Around Me children’s book series (Sarakadee Publishing), held at TK Park.

2025Editors, My Safety Around Me Series; Invited Speakers, 
3rd Children’s Picture Book Festival (Sarakadee Publishing)

2025Invited Masterclass Speakers, “How Writers, Illustrators & Editors Turn Play into Stories,” 3rd Children’s Picture Book Festival

2025Featured Interview Artists, Kindconnext – “Exploring the World Behind Picture Books”

2025Featured Interview Artists, “The Journey of Littleblackoz Studio,” featured on Joy Their Journey (BACC Library Podcast)

2025Featured Interview Artists, MAPPA Media – Picture Book Universes: Baba, Nana
Koko, Bobo

2025Recipient of 2 Outstanding Awards: Children’s Book (Ages 3–5) and Children’s Book Illustration, Ronin and the Mystery of the Sleeping Cats, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2025Honorable Mention Award in Children’s Book (Ages 6–11),
The Boy and the Guardian Friends — Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2025Top 10, 100 Annual Book & Cover Design 2025 (Book Cover: Ronin and the  Mystery of the Sleeping Cats)

2025Invited Artists (Exhibiting & Contributing), In the Embrace of the Moon Exhibition, 
“Stories into Art” Concept, TK Park

2025Invited Artists & Workshop Instructor, “Creating Picture Book Illustrations for Children,” TK Park (for High School Students and the General Public)

2025Featured Interview Artists, Picture Book Decode #3 (MAPPA Media)

2025Workshop Instructor, “Paper Teller: Picture Book Begins Here”
(Two 3-Day Workshops)

2025Translation Grant Recipient, PUBAT, for The Stump and  Friends & The Tailless Gecko
Featured at Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair (Malaysia) & Seoul International 
Book Fair (Korea)

2025National Screening Committee Member, Mitsubishi Asian 
Children’s Enikki Festa 2024–2025

2025Guest Workshop Instructor, “The Journey of an Illustrator Toward Becoming an Author” Invited to co-lead a special workshop session on visual storytelling and the creative journey from illustrator to author in children’s picture books at the 3rd Children’s Picture Book Festival.

2024Key Visual Artist & Invited Author-Illustrator, “Friends from Stories,”
2nd Children’s Picture Book Festival

2024Invited Masterclass Speakers, “The Ordinary Magic: Storytelling 
by Littleblackoz Studio,” 2nd Children’s Picture Book Festival

2024Selected for Exhibition (Picture Book Illustrations), 
Amarin Kids: Little Books, Big Imagination – 30 Years of Children’s Picture Books

2024IBBY Honour List 2024 (Illustration), Nana, awarded by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).

20232 Outstanding Awards (Children’s Book, Ages 6–11 & Illustration), 
The Stump and FriendsOffice of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand, 2023

2023Guest Masterclass Speakers, “Creating Children’s Picture Books” &
“The Adventure of a Picture Book Creator and a Black Cat,”
1st Children’s Picture Book Festival, TCDC Bangkok

2023Selected as One of 13 Recommended Picture Books by Industry Professionals, featured in The Cloud, Baba

2022Featured Artists, Come Home: บ้านที่กลับมา (TV Program), Thai PBS
Featured in a dedicated episode on children’s picture book creation and creative practice.

2022Guest Speakers & Illustrators (Thailand Representative), Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) Circle, Singapore

2022Selected for Collection, Världens bibliotek (The World’s Library), Sweden – Nordic Digital Public Library

2021Selected for Exhibition, Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC), Singapore

(Baba)

2021Honorable Mention Award, Children’s Book for Early Readers (Ages 3–5),
We Still Love Each Other Every Day, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2020Outstanding Award, Children’s Book (Ages 3–5),
Happiest Journey, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2019Outstanding Award, Children’s Fiction (Ages 6–11), Four Friends and the 100 Trees, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2018Featured Interview Artists (Japanese Article), Siam Note – 
“People Around the Maletfan (Children’s Book Making Feature for Japanese Audience)

2018National Screening Committee Member, Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa

2018Honorable Mention Award, Children’s Fiction (Ages 6–11),
Our Beloved King, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2018Invited Artists (Exhibition Participant), Children’s Picture Book Creators’ House, Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), 2018

2017Selected for Exhibition, Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC), 
The Happiest Journey 

2017National Screening Committee Member, Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa 

2017Exhibiting Artists, Inspiring Art Inspired by the King (SCG Foundation)

2017Featured Interview Artists, Mumraisin (Bangkok Post) – 
“Approach to Creating Children’s Picture Books”

2017Guest Lecturers, Children’s Book Illustration, Visual Communication Design, 

2016 — Featured Artists, I Am Program, True Plookpanya Channel
Featured in a dedicated episode discussing work and creative practice as a children’s picture book author-illustrator.

2016Honorable Mention Award, Children’s Book (Ages 3–5),
How Do You Get Up There?, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2016Honorable Mention Award, Children’s Nonfiction (Ages 6–11),
Water and Air: The Essence of Life, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2016Guest Lecturers, (Children's Book Illustration),
 Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University

2016Storytelling Guests, Lek Komes Anusorn Kindergarten School

2015National Screening Committee Member, Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa

2015Guest Speakers, Design Decode Seminar – “Children’s Book Illustration,” 


2015—Selected as a Recommended Book for Young Children (Ages 6 Months–6 Years),
It’s Not Ours — Let’s Return It, BookStart: First Book Project, Thailand

2013Exhibiting Artists, Pride of DEC, Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University


2012Exhibiting Artists, National Book Fair (Thailand)

2011-2012Guest Lecturers, Children’s Book Design, Bangkok University

2012—Selected as a Recommended Book for Young Children (Ages 6 Months–6 Years),
Shh... Shh... Wash Your Hands First, BookStart: First Book Project, Thailand

2012—Selected as a Recommended Book for Young Children (Ages 6 Months–6 Years),
Ah... Ah... Don’t Wake Up Late, BookStart: First Book Project, Thailand

2011— Guest Artists (Media Appearance), Thai PBS – Is-Am-Are (TV Program)
Featured in the episode “A Child at Heart, a Grown-up through Stories”
discussing children’s picture book creation.

2010—Selected as a Recommended Book for Young Children (Ages 6 Months–6 Years),
Mom, Where Are You?, BookStart: First Book Project, Thailand

2009—Selected as a Recommended Book for Young Children, Bath Time Together,
BookStart: First Book Project, Thailand

2008— Honorable Mention Award, 5th Rakluke Award, The Adventure of Four Friends

2007— Honorable Mention Award, Children’s Book Illustration,
Four Friends at the Amusement Park, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand

2006— Honorable Mention Award, 4th Rakluke Award, Mother’s Sweets

2004— Gold Rakluke Award, 2nd Rakluke Award, Five Little Chicks

2003— Honorable Mention Award, 2nd Rakluke Award, Let’s Eat Together

1997— Honorable Mention Award, Children’s Book (Ages 3–5),
Khao Mong (The Little Owl) Hiding in the Corner, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Thailand







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