D Z
KONG Dara
b. 1990, Prey Veng Province, Cambodia
Lives and works in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
+855 (0) 92 787 867 | dara@sasaart.info
SOLO EXHIBITION
2015 Open Mind, Strange Fruit Cambodia, Phnom Penh
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 BLINKING HARD, Ku bar Bangkok
2018 Immerse, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh
2017 Queer Forever, Vagina Talks, Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi
2016 Poetic Topographies, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh
2015 Rainbow Life, The Mansion, Phnom Penh
2015 Group Exhibition for Kantha Bopha Hospital, Cloud, Phnom Penh
2014 Sangker Memories, Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang
2013 The White Building and the City, Carol Shen Gallery, New York City
2012 Snit Snaal, Cambodian Youth Arts Festival, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh
2012 The White Night, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh
RESIDENCIES
2016 Open Contemporary Art Center (OCAC), Taipei, Taiwan
2015 - 2016 Six-month residency, San Art Laboratory Season 8, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2015 Tentacles Art Space, Bangkok & Ratchaburi, Thailand
2014 Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang
2013 Pisaot Experimental Arts Residency, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh
WORK EXPERIENCE
2017- Present Residency Coordinator, Sa Sa Art Projects
Oct 2017- Nov 2019 Tini Café & Bar
2014 - 2015 Art Teacher, Sa Sa Art Projects
2013 - June 2017 Technical Coordinator, Sa Sa Art Projects
2013 - 2015 Operation Coordinator, SA SA BASSAC
PROJECTS/WORKSHOPS
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020 Exchange Projects at Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Fine Arts
15 Sep - 19 2019 2019 TECland Arts Festival & TASA Annual with Southeast Asian Arts Residencies Meeting
17 Aug 2018 Stop Motion Workshop with Amit Goffer
Jul 9 - 10 2016 CO-TEMPORARY Southeast Asia-Taiwan Forum & Exchange Program on the Arts and Culture,” at Taipei Contemporary Art Center
2015 Art History Workshop with Roger Nelson, SA SA BASSAC
2015 Our City Festival workshop, Java Arts
Apr-Jun 2014 Workshop Assistant, Wall Painting Project, the White Building
2013 Workshop at White Building with Giorgio Talocci (Architect, Researcher)
Jul - Aug 2012 Memory Workshop with Ing Sera, Bophana Center
EDUCATION
Sep 10 - Nov 12 2021 MAIIAM / The Alternative Art School Fellowship
Alternative Art History # 2: How to move on from the Cold War Remnants, by Gridythia (Jeab) Gaweewong
Haunting our Ghosts, by Yael Bartana & Daniel Meir
2018 Contemporary Arts Class, Sa Sa Art Projects, by Khvay Samnang
2018 English for Artist, by Vuth Lyno and Prumsodum Ok
Present Study Thai, Krung Tap Thai school, Phnom Penh
2010 - 2012 Visual art training, Sa Sa Art Projects
2008 - 2012 Bachelor of Finance and Banking, Royal University of Law and Economics
LANGUAGE
English Advanced
Thai Good
REFERENCES
Mr Vuth Lyno
Artistic Director of Sa Sa Art Projects
Curator and Art Historian
Email: lynovuth@gmail.com
Mr Roger Nelson
Assistant Professor of Art History
School of Humanities
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: roger.nelson@ntu.edu.sg