SRINAKSUK, Kanchana

Kanchana Srinaksuk (Thailand / France, b. c. 1970), artistically known as Kö-Ken, is a distinguished Franco-Thai sculptor, ceramist, and former art galerist who combines a rigorous technical mastery in terracotta modeling and bronze casting —awarded in 2004 by the Société d'Encouragement aux Métiers d'Art (SEMA) and decorated with medals across several fine art salons— with specialized art market expertise acquired at the Institut d'Études Hardouin (IDETH) in Paris; after managing her own art gallery in the 20th arrondissement of Paris for fifteen years (Galerie Kö-Ken), exhibiting her body of stylized torsos and female nudes reflecting a refined synthesis between Eastern organic lines and European modern abstraction, she relocated her studio in 2021 to Mamers (Sarthe) to align her independent practice with local architectural heritage preservation, with her works held in private and institutional collections across France, Belgium, and Europe.