About us

Kettlr dogs ケットラードッグ by Akira Dragonfly (Phasuthorn Bamrungphuej) are appliance that has life. They’re so cute and can be your friends

Traditional Art

Artist Profile

I’m an illustration and digital art designer living in Bangkok, Thailand. I am the owner of Backpack Sir Sir, Akira Dragonfly, and Kettlr. My journey into painting began with the encouragement of my elementary school art teacher but did not continue through high school. It wasn’t until I pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Art and a career in graphic design, multimedia, and illustration that I returned to my passion for painting..

Education

• Wat Nuanoradit School – Class of 1988
• Rajabhat Suan Dusit Institute – Graduated in 1994

Experience

• 1986: Honorable mention of Youth Drawing Exhibition 7th organized by Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Singapore Airline.
• 1987: Honorable mention of Youth Drawing Exhibition 8th organized by Asia Institute of Technology and Singapore Airline
• 1997: Co-Exhibitor of Social and Environmental Exhibition 3rd of Mercury Group at Siam Center Shopping Arcade
• 1998: Co-Director of short film”Ratree Pissawad by Prae Ann Cat“, Project of Cinema Island Group.
• 1999: Co-Exhibitor of “Toilet : to image letout” exhibition at Central Pinklao Shopping Arcade
• 1999: Director and Script Writer of short film “Kotex, A boring feeling of women“
• 2001: Director and Script Writer of short film “Flower : Marionette (Busaba-Hun Mai)“, Winning of using Mixing Technique Award from Short Film Festival 5th organized by Thai Film Foundation from 153 competitor.
• 2001: Director of television program “Cinema Xtation” length 30 minute broadcast on Thai Television 5 and TTV
• 2002: Director of television program “Micro Film” length 2 minute broadcast on Thai Television 5
• 2003: Director of short animation “Brain-Washer“
• 2007: Director of short animation “A Perfect World“
• 2008: My interview in “I am magazine“
• 2014: I designed The Kettlr character for the first time.
• 2016: Participating artist (Akira Dragonfly, Backpack Sir Sir and The Kettlr) in EXHIBITION – 2016 Asia Illustrations Annual Awards at Taichung, Taiwan and participating artist in 亞洲插畫年鑑 2016 ASIA ILLUSTRATIONS COLLECTIONS Book.
• 2024: I started The Kettlr acrylic painting series.
• 2025: The Kettlr is part of a group art exhibition at the ‘Pancakes and Booze Art Show’ one of the largest art shows from America to Bangkok, taking place at The Warehouse Talat Noi on Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM.

Artist Statement

My work on The Kettlr is in a pop surrealist style. It was inspired by a moment when I was making coffee. I saw a kettle and imagined it looked like the head of an animal. At first, I drew a mouse face mixed with a kettle, but it didn’t feel right. So, I changed it to a dog’s head, and it turned out perfect. That’s how the Kettlr Dog was born.