Hul Kanha (born in 1999 in Siem Reap province) lives and works in Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is currently pursuing her English language degree at university. Kanha was a former member of the artist collective “Open Studio Cambodia”. Kanha feels art is essential to her soul as a mode of self-expression and deeply connected to her daily artistic practice. Her multidisciplinary artwork mainly incorporates photography and performance art with painting, paper cutting, and stencil techniques. Thematically, her work often highlights the role of women in society, questions society’s deeply held beliefs, and celebrates the women in her life.

Kanha is the recipient of the Treeline Urban Resort Artist Grant (2020) and has been an invited speaker and art instructor by the United Nations Women i4i Conference (2020) and NOMADIX Arts Festival (2020). She has participated in group exhibitions throughout Cambodia, Galerie Lee in Paris (2020), and Artxchange Gallery in Seattle, the United States (2020).

Group Exhibitions

  • 2021 Hope on the Horizon Open Studio Cambodia, AIR Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 2021 Penh Art, Factory Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 2021 Contrasted Visions, Sra’ Art Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 2021 Asians Belong Here, SaveArtSpace organization, Art Billboard, New York, USA
  • 2020 Tomorrow is a New Day, Open Studio Cambodia, AIR Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 2020 Invisible Voices, Treeline Urban Resort, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • 2020 Contemporary Cambodia, Artxchange Gallery, Seattle, USA
  • 2020 Group Exhibition of Cambodian Contemporary Art, Galerie Lee, Paris, France
  • 2020 Women of the World, Sra’ Art Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • 2020 Mirage in Sight, Mirage Contemporary, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • 2020 NOMADIX Arts Festival, invited teaching artist, Siem Reap
  • 2019 14i United Nations Women Conference, Invited teaching artist, Factory Phnom Penh

Awards

  • 2020 Winner, Treeline Urban Resort Artist Grant