Taiyuan Art Gallery — Attraction in Chiang Rai Province

Wonderful little gallery of art work by Mr Chalong Pinitsuwan. Mr Chalong is a very friendly, polite and humble person.

He greeted me at the entrance and showed me around, and explained (in Thai) his passion for art, work and methods, and the deeper meaning which he wanted to express in several works.

Mr Chalong created several pointillism-style drawings with thousands of dots from a ballpoint pen, which was painstaking and took him several months to complete. He said that he is motivated by passion for his work.

His gallery display also included a few art works by other artists such as the late Thawan Duchanee (creator of Baan Dam Museum/Black House Museum). I was told that Mr Chalong had received drawings from Mr Thawan as a present on the opening of his gallery many years ago.

Mr Chalong is a musician as well. He showed and played a tune for me on a reed instrument from the Dai/Tai prefecture Sipsongpanna (Xishuangbanna) in Yunnan, Southern China. He played very well.

I was amazed by Mr Chalong's art works, and can recommend his gallery to all art lovers.

There is no entrance fee. Visitors can support the gallery with a donation. There is a donation box to the left of...

I absolutely loved this gallery!! Accidentally stumbled upon it while walking down the street and decided to stop in. Such beautiful and intricately fine detailed art! I spent quite a while talking to Chalong Pinitsuan before realizing he was the creator of most of the paintings hahaha. Didn’t realize at first because of how humble he was :) Also very...

วันนี้อาจารย์ฉลอง เปิดให้เข้าชมเป็นกรณีพิเศษ ท่านยังเล่นเครื่องดนตรีให้ฟังด้วยสำหรับใครที่ชอบงานศิลป์ไม่ควรพลาดหอศิลป์ไตยวนแห่งนี้นะคะ ไม่มีค่าบัตรเข้าชมค่ะ แต่เราสามารถหยอดเงินลงตู้เพื่อช่วยบำรุงสถานที่ได้ค่ะ😊❤️ To meet a living master artist is rare. Once a student of the world renowned Thai artist Thawan Duchanee, Chalong Pinitsuwan is an example of all things beautiful in a creative human being, talented, graceful and humble and that's before you see his work. Master sculpturer and dot pen engraver Chalong is also a writer and musician. He opened his gallery to a foreigner on a day he was working and took the time to engage and answer questions with high class Lan Na hospitality. Come and see his beautiful art. He offers a printed glossy map that shows the location of many great and soon to be great artists of Chiang Rai. For lovers of fine art and culture you must meet master Chalong. I suggest you be as kind as he was and leave a...