Chea Sereyroth

(he / him)
b 1990, Battambang, Cambodia

Chea Sereyroth studied painting at Phare Ponleu Selpak art school in 2005. In 2008, he attended a workshop with international artist Sera Ing and artist Vann Nath with the theme “The memory of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia”, led by Soko Phay-Vakalis at the Bophana Center in Phnom Penh. His painting deals with memory, history, humanity, social issues in rural communities and how his countrymen continually neglect the environment. He often paints on mats he weaves himself, using media such as sawdust and acrylic paint mixed with mud to create earth-like textures, and leaving portions of the mat unpainted to show the material and patterning.

Uprooted 2023
acrylic on canvas
90 x 120 cm