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Vichai Malikul, Illustrator
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Duties and Interests:
Vichai Malikul was born in 1943, in Bangkok, Thailand. His interests
in drawing unusual subjects such as insects instead of cars, tanks
or airplanes like most other boys began at an early age.
He began his professional illustration career as a Biological Illustrator
position at the SEATO LAB, (South East Asia Treaty Organization Laboratory)
from 1962 to 1967 under the United States Army Medical Research project,
Bangkok, Thailand. At the SEATO Lab, he illustrated his first publication
of The Key to the Female Anopheles Mosquitoes of Thailand by Dr. John
E. Scanlon & Mr. E.L. Peyton, published in 1966, Bangkok, Thailand
. This still helpful for identifying mosquitoes that cause malaria
fever.
Vichai joined the Smithsonian in 1967 as a Scientific Illustrator,
with the South East Asia Mosquito Project (SEAMP)which eventually became
the Medical Entomology Project. He worked closely with Dr. Yiau-Min
Huang, a research entomologist studying the Mosquito subgenus Stegomyia
( Aedes) from the Oriental region, which is the vector for hemorhagic
fever. He has hundreds of drawings of all stages mosquitoes published
in many Entomological journal publications including the Contributions
of the American Entomological institute.
In 1984 he joined the staff of the Department of Entomology, where
he works for several entomologists providing illustrative support for
their on-going research. He has illustrated numerous taxa for monographs
on North America microlepidoptera for Dr. Don Davis. Including hundreds
of species in watercolor that have never before been illustrated, and
which will be published in the Moths of North America in near future.
He has created butterfly illustrations for Dr. Robert Robbins and
bee illustrations and photography for Dr. Ronald McGinley and ground
beetle illustrations for Dr. Terry Erwin.
Associations, Awards, Lectures and Exhibits
« Member of the Guild Natural Science of Illustrators (GNSI)
« Founder of Natural Science Illustrators Guild of Thailand,
« Advisory member of Asian Pacific American Affairs 1992 to 2000 for
the Governor of the State of Maryland,
« Advisory member to Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens of Thailand
« Active in the Asian American Community in the State of Maryland
& Metropolitan Areas:
« 1986 to present(2002), Coordinated the Asian Arts & Crafts Day
for public at the National Museum of Natural History for the Smithsonian Asian-Pacific
American Heritage Committee
Awards:
« Smithsonian Outstanding Performance Awards; 1993, 1995, 1996,
1997, and 1998
« Grand Prize Award of Excellence in 1994 for Butterfly Watercolor Illustrations
by International Congress Communications, FL
« State Department, Washington, DC: Named 1 of 40 Outstanding Asian Americans
in the U.S. in 1993 for his role in promoting Asian Cultural Arts.
« Gold Award for "1998 MAN OF THE YEAR" in Human Relations
field by Human Relations Society of Thailand
Illustrated over 500 watercolor illustrations for Peterson Field
Guide to the Eastern Butterflies, by Dr. Paul Opler, published in 1992
by Houghton Mifflin
Exhibits:
ONEMAN SHOWS:
« 1993 to 1994 at NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
« 1995 at Audubon Naturalist Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland
« 1996 at Roger Tory Peterson Natural History Museum, JAMESTOWN, N.Y.
« 1996 at the Oriental Hotel on their 12th Aniversity, Bangkok, Thailand
« 1997 at Niagara Parks Botanical Garden, Ontario, CANADA
« 1999 at Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Chiangmai, Thailand
< 1999 at Siam Society in Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
< 2001 at the Oriental Hotel on their 125th Aniversary, Bangkok, Thailand
< 2002 at Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand
GROUP SHOWS:
< 1978 at NMNH Smithsonian Insttitution,title"Art in Science"
Mar.29- May 14
< 1990 at Minnesota University, MN
< 1993 at National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA
< 1995 at Northern Arizona University(August 5-12), AZ
< 1996 at NMNH Smithsonian Institution, title "EYES On Science"
« 1998 at Bruce Natural History Museum, Greenwich, CT
Lectures Entomological Watercolor Workshops with GNSI at:
« Smithsonian Associate programs, Smithsonian Institution,Washington.D.C.
New York Botanic Garden,Bronx,NY and Brooklyn Botanic Garden,Brooklyn,
N.Y
« Duke University, N.C.
« University of Minnesota, MN
« University of Northern Arizona, AZ
Workshops in THAILAND:
« Kasessart University, Mahidol University, Khonkaen University and Chiangmai
University
Publications:
Opler, P.A. and Vichai Malikul. 1998. Eastern Butterflies. Peterson Field
Guides. Houghton Mifflin Co; Revised edition. 503 pp. View
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