Svay Sareth (b. 1972, Cambodia) was born during a period of political turmoil and violence that would last until he was 18 years old. Svay began making art as a young teenager in the Site 2 refugee camp, near the Thai-Cambodian border. He describes life as a refugee as “void nationality…a time and place you imagine escaping from.” Drawing and painting became a daily activity for Svay ‚ a process of bearing witness to the psychological and physical violence that was an everyday experience, as well as a way to symbolically escape and dream of change. After the wars ended, Svay went on to co-found Phare Ponlue Selepak, a non-governmental organisation and art school in Battambang that continues to thrive today. In 2002, the artist continued his studies in France, earning the Diplôme National Supérieur d’Études des Arts Plastiques / MFA in 2009, after which he returned to Siem Reap to live and work.
Svay Sareth
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Campur, Tolak, Kali, Bahagi, Sama Dengan (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Equals) Solo Project by Roslisham Ismail aka Ise
16 Jan - 07 Mar 2021
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Arus Balik: From below the wind to above the wind and back again
22 Mar 2019 - 23 Jun 2019
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Sim Chi Yin
United Kingdom
26 Oct 2020 - 28 May
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Ana Prvački in collaboration with Joyce Bee Tuan Koh and Galina Mihaleva Mouthful (masked duet)
09 Jan - 07 Mar 2021
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Green Zeng
SIngapore
01 Apr 2020 - 29 Sep 2020
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Kin Chui
Singapore
01 Apr 2020 - 29 Sep 2020
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Mary Otis Stevens. The i Press Series
14 Feb 2020 - 16 Aug 2020
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Hikaru Fujii
Japan
22 Oct 2019 - 23 Dec 2019
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Baptist Coelho
India
02 Oct 2019 - 30 Dec 2019
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Daniel Hui
Singapore
01 Oct 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
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The Oceanic
09 Dec 2017 - 06 Mar 2018