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VUTH Lyno

b. 1982, Phnom Penh

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VUTH Lyno
Born 1982, Phnom Penh, Cambodia / Lives and works Phnom Penh and New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013                  Thoamada, 14th Annual LGBT Art Exhibition William Way Community                           Center, Philadelphia, USA
                          Thoamada II, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2011                  Thoamada, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2008                  Blue Angels, Phnom Penh Photo Festival, Institute Français, Cambodia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016                  The 2nd SEA + Triennale 2016, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta,                           Indonesia
                          Anywhere but here, Betonsalon, Paris, France
                          Public Spirits, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw,                           Poland
                          “We come from where going” 2016 Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu                           Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
                          Queer Love and Wars, University of California Santa Barbara & SF                           Camerawork, California, USA
                          Your Space or Mine, Boxcopy, Brisbane
                          South by Southeast: A Further Surface, Guangdong Times Museum, China
2015                  South by Southeast, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
                          No Things To Hang 1, Gaffa, Sydney
2014                   Family Snaps: Photography in Southeast Asia, Chiang Mai City Arts &                           Cultural Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
                          “Medicine to Heal: Cambodian Photography Since 2000,” Xishuangbanna                           Foto Festival, Yunnan, China
2013                  Out of Nowhere: Photography in Cambodia
                          www.creativetimereports.org
2012                  'You Owe Me. I Don't Owe You Nothin' Tobias Rehberger pavilion
                          ROUNDTABLE 9th Gwangju Biennale
2012                  Riverscapes IN FLUX, Hanoi, Saigon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Jakarta,
                          Manila
2011                   Chongqing Youth Biennale, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
2009                  Magnetic Power: ASEAN-Korea Contemporary Photography & Media Art
                          Project
, Gallerydoll, Seoul, Korea
2007                  14+1, Institute Français, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

SELECTED CURATORIAL WORK
2009-Present    Artistic Director, Sa Sa Art Projects, The White Building, Phnom Penh
2016                  Oscillation, the Art Center of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
                          Poetic Topographies, Exhibition, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh
2014                  Traversing Expanses, Exhibition and Catalog, SA SA BASSAC,                           Phnom Penh
2012                  Visual Art Curator, Cambodian Youth Arts Festival Festival,                           Cambodian Living Arts, Phnom Penh
2012                  The White Night, Co-curated with David Gunn, Incidental UK and                           White Building residents, Phnom Penh
2011                  The Sounding Room, Co-curated with David Gunn, Incidental UK, and                           White Building residents, Phnom Penh

RESIDENCY
2016                 The Live Academy, Epigenetics and Cell Fate (CNRS / Universite Paris                           Dederot) with Betonsalon – Center for Art and Research, Paris
2015                  International Art Residency, Para Site, Hong Kong
2013                  Curatorial Assistant, IN RESIDENCE, Visual Art Program, Season of                           Cambodia, NYC
                          Visiting Artist, Parsons The New School for Design, NYC

SELECT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2016                  Speaker, Facilitating the Contemporary: Artist Initiatives in Phnom Penh                           since 1990s,” the National Museum, Phnom Penh
                          Speaker, “Rediscovered, Reconstituted, Reproduced: Rewriting History                           and Knowledge of Cambodian Arts during the French Protectorate                           1863-1942,” Art History Forum, Phnom Penh
2015                  Speaker, "Exhibitions as Places for Political Action", Para Site                           International Conference, Hong Kong
                          Speaker, “Moving and Shaking”, APT8 Conference, Brisbane, Australia
                          Speaker, “Alternative Art Engagement,” Time, Space, Voice:                           Phnom Penh’s White Building, Bophana, Phnom Penh
2014                  Speaker, “Art & Community: A Practice,” Visual and Critical Studies                           Wednesday Forums, California College of the Arts, California
                          Speaker, Thorough the Lens: Photographies, Videos and Performances                           from Cambodia, Hampshire College, Massachusetts
                          Speaker, Alternative Art Engagement: Sa Sa Art Projects, Asia Art                           Archive-America, NYC
                          Speaker, “Rediscovered, Reconstituted, Reproduced: Rewriting History                           and Knowledge of Cambodian Arts during the French Protectorate                           1863-1942,” Crossing the Boundaries Conference, SUNY Binghamton, NY
2013                  Speaker, “Knowledge Sharing and Learning Together: Historical                           Reflections from Stiev Selapak,” Contemporary Art in Cambodia:                           A Historical Inquiry, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC
                          Speaker, “Thoamada,” Salzburg Global Seminar: LGBT and Human                           Rights: New Challenges, Next Steps, Austria
                          Speaker, “Art and Community: Stiev Selapak and Sa Sa Art Projects,”                           Living Arts City: Art and Urbanism in Phnom Penh and New York,                           Parsons The New School for Design, NYC
                          Speaker, “Art and Community: Thoamada & Sa Sa Art Projects,”                           Paradigm Lecture Series, University of the Arts, Philadelphia                           Guest Speaker, “Art and Community: Stiev Selapak and Sa Sa Art                           Projects,” Public Art Lecture Series, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
                          Participant, Flying Circus Project 2013: Burmese Days, Yangon and                           Singapore
2011                   Co-speaker with David Gunn, “Culture and Development: Neak Ta and                           Sounding Room Projects, Cambodia,” United Nations 2011 Social Forum,                           Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland

SELECT AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS
2014                  “Traversing Expanses: Cambodian-American Diaspora Experience in                           the Work of Pete Pin, Amy Lee Sanford and Seoun Som,” Trans Asia                           Photography Review, Vol 5, No 1, Fall 2014
                          “Knowledge Sharing and Learning Together: Alternative art engagement                           from Stiev Selapak and Sa Sa Art Projects,” Udaya, Journal of Khmer                           Studies, 2014
                          “The White Building and Sa Sa Art Projects: Sites for Artistic                           Experimentation and Knowledge Production,” ArtCo China, June 2014
2012                   “Cambodian Photographers Document War and Violence: Vandy Rattana,                           Khvay Samnang and Sovan Philong,” Trans Asia Photography Review,                           Vol 3, No 1, Fall 2012

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013                  Roger Nelson, "Stiev Selapak: a Cambodian artists' collective," Art                           Monthly Australia, July 2013
                          Clare Knox, "Coming out in Cambodia: art series captures stigma,"                           The Phnom Penh Post, July 24, 2013
                          Leeza Ahmady and Erin Gleeson, "Out of Nowhere: Photography in                           Cambodia," Creative Time Reports, April 15, 2013
                          Ng Yi-Sheng, "Thoamada by Vuth Lyno," Fridae, January 18, 2013
2012                  Claire Knox, "Art projects bring heritage of the White Building back to life,"                           The Phnom Penh Post, November 5, 2012
                          Roger Nelson, "Non-profit art spaces in Cambodia: strength in diversity,"                           Art Monthly Australia, September 2012
2011                   Francesca Sonara, "Stiev Selapak: Retelling Cambodia's Story,"                           Interventions Journal, September 7, 2011

SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS
2015                  Foundation for Art Initiatives (FfAI) in support for Sa Sa Art Projects                           2015-2016
2013-2015         Fulbright Fellowship, In support of Master of Arts, State University of                           New York, NY
2014                  Southeast Asia Grant, Fulbright supplemental award
2008-2009         Australian Gov’t Endeavour Award Scholarship, In support of Master of                           Social Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne
2007                  Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards (IPA)                           www.photoawards.com

FOUNDER
2016                  Co-founder & co-organiser with Roger Nelson, Vetika Brovoat Selapak:                           Art History Forum
2015                  Co-founder & editorial board member, SOUTHEAST OF NOW: Directions                           in Contemporary and Modern Art
                          Editorial board member, Trans Asia Photography Review
2015                  Co-Founder 2011 Co-Founder, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh
2010                  Co-Founder, Sa Sa Art Projects, The White Building, Phnom Penh
2009                  Co-Founder, Sa Sa Art Gallery, Phnom Penh
2007                  Co-founder, Stiev Selapak artist collective, Cambodia

EDUCATION
2013-2015        Master of Arts, Art History, State University of New York, NY, USA
2009                  Master of Social Science with Distinction, International Development,                           RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2007                  Photography training with Stéphane Janin, Popil Photo Gallery,                           Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2002                  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Royal University                           of Phnom Penh, Cambodia