Sao Sreymao (b. 1986, Refugee camp, Thai border) lives and works in Phnom Penh.

She graduated from Phare Ponleu Selpak’s School of Visual and Applied Arts,Battambang province (2006) and was a part of Sa Sa Art Projects’-Contemporary Art Class (2016).

Her multidisciplinary practice includes painting, photography, digital drawing, sculpture and performance. Her works explore personal expression and memories, as well as the change of 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. Sreymao was an artist fellow at Sylt Foundation with a residency in Sylt Germany (2017), participated in the Vila Sul residency program at the Goethe-Institut Salvador-Bahia in Brazil during April and May 2025, and was in artist residency at La Trobe art institute , Bendigo, Australia (2026). She is also a recipient of Dam Dos Grant 2018 of Cambodian Living Arts.

Her solo exhibitions include The Breath – Through the Sea, Vila Sul Goethe-Institut, Salvador, Brazil (2025); Breathing Thread, Pteas Chas, Phnom Penh (2023); Samput Sor, Silapak Trotchaek Pneik by YK Art House, Phnom Penh (2022); Under the Water, Club Himalaya, Nagarkot, Kathmandu, Nepal; and Under the Water, Mirage Contemporary Art Space, Siem Reap (2019); and Under the Water, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh (2018).

Her most recent group exhibitions include Action for Water II, La trobe Art Institute,Bendigo, Australia; and “Rethink the South”, VILLA 102, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2026); “May DAY ” by the series “ The Breath through the sea“ Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany; Mekong Voice, MSU Broad Art Museum, Michigan State, United States; and Re-Remembering Resistance, hARTslane Gallery, London, UK(2025); (NO) Rule, MP34 Gallery, Berlin, Germany; and Shaking Land, Geography Foto Biennale Festival, Houston, USA (2024).

Sreymao is co-founder of tiSamjort collective and Nomadix Art Tour, initiatives that support artistic exchange, community engagement, and expanded dialogues around contemporary art in Cambodia.