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Artist Talk by Srey Bandaul @ Romeet Gallery
In this talk, at Romeet Gallery, Bandaul will discuss his experience working in New York including the two exhibitions he presented there, Memory of Smoke at Topaz Art Gallery and Looking at Angkor at LMCC's Arts Center, Governors Island.
Srey Bandaul is a Cambodian artist working in drawing, sculpture, and painting. He is the Director of the Visual Arts School at Phare Ponleu Selpak in Battambang, a community-based school for music, visual and performing arts, of which he was a co-founder.
As an artist, Bandaul started to exhibit his works in 1998 at Reyum Gallery in Phnom Penh Cambodia. Since 2000, he has exhibited in many places around Cambodia and published two books, Looking at Angkor and The Land of the Elephants. Bandaul has also exhibited internationally, including Norway, the Philippines, Thailand, New York, Australia, and Singapore. During his residency at the LMCC's Arts Center, Governors Island, he researched and collected new information and ideas for developing his art school in Battambang and art community in Cambodia.
Bandaul is known for his paintings featuring smoke, and sculptures that repurpose aluminum cans. His work often speaks to his experience of war and the changing landscape of contemporary Cambodia.
