Khvay Samnang

Born 1982 in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia. Lives in Phnom Penh. He graduated from the Painting Department at the Royal University of Fine Art in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Samnang’s multidisciplinary practice offers new views on historic and current events as well as on traditional cultural rituals using humorous symbolic gestures. He was involved in the launch of Sa Sa Art Projects. His recent exhibitions are Bangkok Art Biennale 2020 (2020, Bangkok, Thailand), Capsule 10: Khvay Samnang (Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany), Documenta 14 (EMST, Athens & Ottoneum, Kassel, Germany).