Bio

 Born 1986, Site 2 refugee camp, Thai border. graduated from Phare Ponleu Selpak’s School of Visual and Applied Arts, Battambang province in 2006. 

Her multidisciplinary practice includes painting, 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.In2011 her graphic novel were chosen to show in Angulem comic festival among another international graphic novels.

Her latest solo exhibition was “ Breathing Thread” at shophouse that base at Pteas Chas, Phnom Penh(2023) and “Samput Sor” at Silapak Trotchaek Pneik by YK Art House, Phnom Penh (2022). Her work “Under the Water” has been presented as a solo exhibition at Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh (2018), at Mirage Contemporary Art Space, Siem Reap (2019), and at Club Himalaya, Nagarkot, Nepal (2019). Her select group exhibitions and performances include “Between the Land and Water“ a collaboration with Neak Sophal, presented in Ses Slap village, Chnok Tru commune, Kampong Chhnang province (2023); “Shaking Land and Water” at Jendela Visual Arts Space, Esplanade, Singapore (2022); “The Breath” at Java Creative Cafe, Phnom Penh (2023); “Pressure“ at F3 Friends Futures Factory, Phnom Penh (2021); “The Cities“ at Treeline Urban Resort, Siem Riep (2020); Currents – Phnom Penh Art & Urban Festival, at Hiroshima House, Phnom Penh (2019); “Body of Sorrow” at Sa Sa Art Projects ( 2018); “Facing the Climate Change” at the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia (2018) and the Embassy of Sweden, Phnom Penh (2017); and “Kraanh Noneal“ at Sa Sa Art Projects (2017).  

In addition, Sreymao’s artworks have been exhibited as a solo and groups at local and international as well as art festivals.

Photo by Sovann Philong