A Breakout Portrait Artist Invested in Asian Representation A Breakout Portrait Artist Invested in Asian Representation Entirely self-taught, Jiab Prachakul has spent over a decade honing her practice and its purpose. Now, she’s gotten her first big show. Jiab Prachakul sits in front of one of her paintings, “Portrait of Pieralvise” (2019), in the Lyon, France, apartment she shares with her husband.Credit...Letizia Le Fur Feb. 3, 2021 A little more than 14 years ago, the Thai-born, Lyon-based artist Jiab Prachakul went to the National Portrait Gallery in London to see a David Hockney show. In the second room of the exhibition, she stood before “Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy” (1970-71)