Jirayu Koo
a bit about meself
Jira lives in Bangkok.
Jira listens to Mac Demarco.
Jira drinks espresso+soda.
Jira wears Philosykos,
and eats everything’s shaped like noodle.
Bio.
Developing characters and imagery that celebrate the every day and now-moment, Jirayu Koo works in a range of media creation―paintings, screenprints, brooches, murals and sometimes digital doodles things.
As a result of her exploration of imagery, voluptuous characters plus bold and vivid shapes regularly attracts commissions from a wide range of global clients including Apple, Uniqlo, Nike, The Guardian, The New York Times and Wallpaper*.
She is happy in her work as long as she retains her trademark charm and playfulness. In the future, she’d like to use her fun, analogue and digital skills to create large scaled indoor/outdoor wall-paintings, inflated balloons and illustrate her own set of carpets, scarves and blankets.
Alongside her own career, Jira’s unquenchable curiosity for food, culture and travelling finds it’s home on their (she and her other half) Instagram feed, named Kin-Kin — with a focus on edible objects, hidden places & everything in between that which inspires her creative practice.
Selected clients
Apple
Uniqlo
Condé Nast (US)
French Embassy (Thailand)
Elle
Nowness
Pullman Hotel
Harnn
Nike
The New York Times
The Guardian
The Telegraph
United Nations
Beams (Japan)
Secret 7″
Tokyobike
Wallpapaer* (UK)
Moleskine
Fortunes 500
Central Embassy
Emporium
Siam Paragon
Boyy
Weiden & Kennedy (UK)
Exhibitions
Think You Very Much (solo exhibition) at Object of Desire Store, Bangkok (2019)
Secret 7″ : Record Store Day at The Jetty, London, UK (2018)
Bangkok Through Poster at Kinjai Contemporary, Bangkok (2018)
UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange at Herbis Hall, Osaka, Japan (2017)
Art Ground at The Jam Factory, Bangkok (2017)
Perrier the Poster Exhibition at Bangkok CityCity Gallery, Bangkok (2016)
Secret 7″ : Record Store Day at Sonos Studio, London, UK (2016)
Summer Pleasure at The Peninsula Hotel, Bangkok (2016)
Shibukaru Mutsuri at The Jam Factory, Bangkok (2015)
Wallpaper* Handmade at Naiipa Art Complex, Bangkok (2015)
Super Siam – Chairs Design at 56th Studio Gallery, Bangkok (2015)
Secret 7″ : Record Store Day at Somerset House, London, UK (2015)
An Original by The Originals at The Jam Factory, Bangkok (2015)
Secret 7″ : Record Store Day at Mother London, London, UK (2014)
Atmosphere by AM/PM at One Ounce For Onion, Bangkok (2014)
Stone · Paper · Scissors (solo exhibition) at Badmotel, Bangkok (2013)
Secret 7″ : Record Store Day at Mother London, London, UK (2013)
Secret 7″ : Record Store Day at The Idea Generation Gallery, London, UK (2012)
New Heart New World : Wake Up Early at The Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives Suan Mokkh, Bangkok (2011)
SPOT THE TIGER : Who is in charge? at Dreamspace Gallery London, UK (2010)
AMV/AR at BBDO London, UK (2010)
AR Group Show at The Gild London, UK (2010)
Grafuck 4 at Gallery Nucleus, California, USA (2009)
GLUG Brighton at The Basement, Brighton, UK (2009)