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MeetFactory, o. p. s.
Ke Sklárně 3213/15
150 00 Praha 5

GPS:
50.053653
14.408441

Opening hours:
13:00 do 20:00 + based on evening program

Dara Kong

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Dara Kong (b.1990, Cambodia) works across media including drawing, sculpture, and installation, often using pen and colored pencil on paper and clay. His artwork investigates his personal experience, memory, and emotions, and often reflects on social change and LGBT+ communities. His work has appeared in many group exhibitions at Cambodian and international venues including Ku Bar, Bangkok; Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi; SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh; Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang; Carol Shen Gallery, New York; and Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh. He has undertaken several residencies in Cambodia and internationally, including at Open Contemporary Art Center, Taipei; San Art Laboratory, Ho Chi Minh City; Tentacles Art Space, Bangkok; Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang; and Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh. Dara was a recipient of the Alternative Art School Fellowship (2021).

 


EDUCATION

2021 MAIIAM / The Alternative Art School Fellowship 

2018 Contemporary Arts Class, Sa Sa Art Projects 

2010 – 2012 Visual Arts, Sa Sa Art Projects 

2008 – 2012 BA Finance and Banking, Royal University of Law and Economics 


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

Solo

2015 Open Mind, Strange Fruit Cambodia, Phnom Penh

 

Group

2023 Rebuild, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh 

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 


Date of residency: 30.01.2024 – 28.04.2024