Pattaratorn Chirapravati

Short Biography

M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati is a professor of Asian Art and director of the Asian Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento. She is the author of Votive Tablets in Thailand: Origin, Styles and Uses (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Oxford University Press, 1997). Her most recent research has been on Wat Ratchaburana (Ayutthaya, Thailand), Wat Si Chum (Sukhothai, Thailand), and funeral scenes in Thai art. She is co-curator of the international Thai art exhibitions The Kingdom of Siam: Art from Central Thailand (1350–1800) and Emerald Cities: Arts of Thai and Burma, 1775–1950.