Leang Seckon (Cambodian, born )

Timeline

Born in Pier Reang Cambodia, lives and works in Cambodia
Awards
2009 Finalist, Sovereign Asia Art Prize
2008 King Norodom Sihamoni personally endorsed the Naga, Seckon’s work with Kids and Rubbish
2005 Finalist, Sovereign Asia Art Prize
2004 King Norodom Sihanouk personally endorsed Seckon and his artwork
2004 Second prize, painting contest, HIV/AIDS World AIDS Day, UNESCO, December
2000 Final selection for the 2000 International Poster Contest ‘A World of Opportunities’, UNFPA, June 2000
Residences
2009 Residency at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Other Experience
2008 Kids and Rubbish Recycled Fashion Show at BHOR Art Centre, Sihanoukville
2008 Delegate to Dialogue on Arts and Climate Change, Asia-Europe Foundation, Beijing
2008 Designed Naga installation, and oversaw workshops with volunteers to construct and install the Naga, for World Water Day
2006 and 2007 Art consultant to Rajana Association, travelling with them to Laos and Thailand
2006 and 2007 Many performances of songs from the 1960s with celebrated actress Dy Saveth
2006 and 2007 Performance and round table discussion about the political realities of contemporary art in Cambodia and Vietnam, with artists from 2+3+4 exhibition
2005 One week collage workshop with Rajana Association staff, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2003 Lecture to art students at Birmingham University, Alabama, USA
2003 Workshops with young people, Studio by the Tracks, Alabama, USA
2002 and 2004 Lectures at Pannasastra University, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
1998-2001 Many illustrations and collages for Cambodian daily newspaper
1998 Illustrated Book on HIV/AIDS for Australian Red Cross Education
1997-2002 Royal University of Fine Arts, BA (with an emphasis in design), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
1997-2002 Royal University of Fine Arts, Bachelor Degree in Plastic Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Exhibitions

2010
Heavy Skirt, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK (solo)
2009
See You Later Pt. 1, Galeria 346, Phuket, Thailand (solo)
2009
Fukuoka Triennial, Fukuoka, Japan
2009
Global Hybrid, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2009
Teuk Khmean Charon or Still Water, Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2009
Geometries Virtuelles, Centre Culturel Français, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2009
Forever Until Now, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2009
The 5th International Art Festival 2009/The Greater Mekong Sub-Region Art Sans Frontiers/Queens Gallery Art Exchange Festival 2009, Chiang Rai, Luang Prabang and Bangkok, Thailand
2009
Mekong Organisation for Mankind, ASEAN Contemporary Art Exchange, New Zero Art Exchange, Yangon, Myanmar
2008
I Love PP, Java Café and Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2008
Strategies from Within: an Exhibition of Vietnamese and Cambodian Contemporary Art Practices, Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai, China
2008
Naga installation, Siem Reap River, Cambodia
2008
Char Joul, Centre Culturel Français, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2008
Skin, Java Café and Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2008
My Feeling from the Buddha, Café Living Room, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2008
Collages, solo exhibition, FCC Angkor, Cambodia (solo)
2008
Underlying, TADU, Bangkok, Thailand
2007
Com Haic Thaim, The Art House, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007
The Recycled Fashion Show, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2007
Group Exhibition, Art House, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007
Crew Group Silk Exhibition, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007
New Collages, Amansara Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia (solo)
2007
Huos Samay, Art Café, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2007
My Feeling from the Buddha, Amansara Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia (solo)
2006
Changing the Face of Culture - Collages, Amansara Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia (solo)
2006
Tik Ey Kom Arl Ho, Amansara Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia (solo)
2006
Tik Ey Kom Arl Ho, Linga Bar, Siem Reap, Cambodia (solo)
2006
Jonghan Hoi, Amansara Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia (solo)
2006
Leang Seckon, Retrospective, Mutrak Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2006
Review of Cambodian Art, Sala Art, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2006
Spirit Learner, Artist-in-Residence Programme, VBNK, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2006
4 Cambodian Artists, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore
2006
Reflow: Exhibition of Paintings & Photographs, Java Café & Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2006
2+3+4, Java Café and Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2005
Kuntrup UU, solo exhibition, Java Café & Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2005
Contemporary Art Exhibition’, Visual Art Open, Sunrise Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2005
Folk-05: lokal global, Galleri Lista Fyr, Norway
2005
Group Exhibition, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2004
Centre Culturel Français, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2004
Mekong Jitney, Java Café & Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2004
Guide, Centre Culturel Français, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2003
Residency tour and group exhibition, Alabama, USA
2003
Group Exhibition, New York, USA
2003
Attak, Java Café & Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2002
Apey Mutrak, Java Café & Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (solo)
2001
Group exhibition, School of Plastic Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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