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KONG Dara (b. 1990, Prey Veng Province, Cambodia) lives and works in Phnom Penh. He studied art at Sa Sa Art Projects, where he also worked as a Residency Coordinator. He also was previously Operations Coordinator at SA SA BASSAC from 2013 until 2015. He also was works at TINI Cafe. Dara’s artistic practice is across different media. His artwork investigates his memory, politics, emotions, social change, and LGBT+ communities. Dara works with drawing, sculpture, photography, installation, paper, tracing paper, ceramic clay, and colored pencils. In recent projects, he has used ceramic clay for installations, detailing complex experiences, developments, politics, emotions, and memories. He has been invited for three months as an advisor to Multidisciplinary Art (MDA), Faculty of Fine Arts Chiang Mai University, 2019 - 2020. The Alternative Art School Fellowship; Alternative Art History # 2: How to move on from the Cold War Remnants by Gridythia (Jeab) Gaweewong and Haunting our Ghosts by Yael Bartana & Daniel Meir, Sep - Nov 2021.

His work was featured in a solo exhibition, Open Mind, at Strange Fruit, in Phnom Penh (2015). His has undertaken several residencies in Cambodia and internationally, including Open- Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan; San Art Laboratory, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Tentacles Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand; Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang, Cambodia, and Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh. His group exhibitions have been at venues including Guessing Game, Ku Bar, Bangkok, Thailand; Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi; SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh; The Mansion, Phnom Penh; Cloud, Phnom Penh; Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang; Carol Shen Gallery, New York; Cambodian Youth Art Festival’s and Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh.

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