ARTISTS
1986 -
Sao Sreymao was born in 1986 in Site 2 refugee camp, Thai border. She graduated from Phare Ponleu Selpak’s School of Visual and Applied Arts, Battambang province in 2006, and was a participant of Sa Sa Art Projects' Contemporary Art Class in 2016. Her multidisciplinary practice includes painting, comic, photography, digital drawing, sculpture and performance. Her works explore personal expression and memories, as well as the changing physical and psychological landscapes of Cambodian urban and rural communities. She has also collaborated with various writers in visual storytelling and published a number of graphic novels.
Sao Sreymao was an artist fellow of Sylt Foundation to undertake a residency in Sylt, Germany in 2017. She was also a recipient of Dam Dos Grant 2018 of Cambodian Living Arts.
Sao Sreymao solo exhibitions include Under the Water, Mirage Contemporary Art Space, Siem Reap, Cambodia and Nagakot, Nepal (2019) and Under the Water, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2018). Her most recent group exhibitions and performances include Currents - Phnom Penh Art & Urban Festival, Hiroshima House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2019); Plastic Kingdom, Meta House, Phnom Penh; Day Dream, Khmer Sense, Phnom Penh (2018); Body of Sorrow, Sa Sa Art Projects (2018); Facing the Climate Change, the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia (2018) and Embassy of Sweden (2017); and Kraanh Norneal, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2017).
Under the Water (Try to live)
2018
Digital C-Print, 60 x 90 cm
Under the Water (Village house)
2018
wax and clear glass
The Pressure
2018
Live performance
Left Over
2017
Digital C-Print, 60 x 90 cm
The artist interview :
Cambodian artist, Sao Sreymao (Comic/Digital Drawing/Performance/Installation)
Bringing back the lost villages
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/580344/bringing-back-the-lost-villages/
Khmer Times
By Taing Rinith
February 22, 2019
Under the Water, by Sao Sreymao
https://wapatoa.com/under-the-water-by-sao-sreymao/
Wapatoa
By Alix Feschotte
January 17, 2019
Arts: Daydreaming at Khmer Sense Gallery
https://cambodgemag.com/2018/09/arts-daydreaming-a-la-galerie-khmer-sense.html
Cambodge Mag
September 25, 2018
Exhibition to raise awareness of harmful use of plastic in Kingdom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/creativity-innovation-post-life/exhibition-raise-awareness-harmful-use-plastic-kingdom
The Phnom Penh Post
By Raksmey Hong
December 10, 2018
My Phnom Penh: Sao Sareymao, Graphic Artist
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/my-phnom-penh-sao-sreymao-graphic-artist
The Phnom Penh Post
By Muong Vandy
January 13, 2017
Graphic Novelists Struggle, but Say Market Improving
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/60894/graphic-novelists-struggle-but-say-market-improving/
Khmer Times
By Bun Sreymom and Srey Kumneth
October 5, 2016
