Soutchay Soungpradith is a professional artist that specializes in the imaginative realism genre. He was born in Laos on January 8, 1978. His father wanted the family to have a better life in the United States free of the turmoil in Laos at the time. In their attempt to flee, they were placed in three separate refugee camps in Thailand for about a year. And also moved to another refugee camp in the Philippines for about seven and a half months. Soutchay and his family arrived to the US in 1981 with the help of the Grace United Methodist Church located in Coshocton, Ohio. He began playing guitar and creating art at a very young age. Upon graduating from Coshocton High School in 1996, he was awarded a scholarship from the Columbus College of Art & Design where he went on to study illustration. After an abbreviated stay, he ventured off to pursue music. Years later he returned to the field of art and began building a body of work. In 2013 he was nominated for a Chesley Award. His art has been published and is in the hands of internationally recognized collectors. He was the guitarist and lead singer of the hard rock trio Dead Mans Dew from 2012 to 2020. Within that time they performed with national acts that were on tour and also released their first EP, “Nucleus Lepidoptera,” to the World in May of 2019. Along with traditionally painting he continues to create original music. Since 2021 he’s been writing and recording his debut solo EP, “Inhale Eternity, Exhale Infinity,” singing and playing every instrument by himself. It’s release date has yet to be announced. He currently resides with his wife and two kids in Columbus, Ohio.
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