Koeurm Kolab (b. 1987 in Battambang Province, Cambodia) graduated from Phare Ponleu Selpak’s School of Visual and Applied Arts in 2007 and Animation in 2010; graduated in Visual Arts from Ecole Pivaut School of Applied Art and Design in France in 2014. Currently, she is a Visual Arts and Animation teacher at Phare Ponleu Selpak. Her works explore humanity, social change, and environmental change. Kolab won Gold Prize from White Canvas Cambodia 2020, organized by Social Compass Cambodia. Her recent exhibitions include Penh Art, AIR Gallery, Factory Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2021); Anonymous Heirloom, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; International online Art Exhibition, Sangskar Bhart, and Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi, India; White Canvas Cambodia, lRoHa, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2020); Un Petit Marceau, Alliance Francaise, Siem Reap; Ansan International Environmental, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea (2019); and Cambodians of the Rice Fields, Millon, Paris, France (2018).
Solo Exhibition
- 2020 Anonymous Heirloom, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2019 Un Petit Marceau, Alliance Française, Siem Reap
- 2018 Tna Teuk, Navutu Dreams, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Group Exhibitions
- 2021 Penh Art, AIR Gallery, Factory Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2020 Sa Sa Art Fundraising Auction, Factory Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- International Online Art Exhibition, Sanskar Bharti and Lalit Kala Akademy,
- New Delhi, India
- White Canvas Cambodia, IRoHA, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2019 Ansan International Environmental, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan, Korea
- 2019 Lumbini World Peace, Sangker Art Gallery, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2018 Cambodians of the Rice Fields, Millon, Paris, France
- 2016 Golden Land, Sangker Art Gallery, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2015 Sangker River, Sangker Art Gallery, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2010 Nice Faces, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2009 Nice Faces, Akronok Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 2009 Angkor Art Extort, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Awards, honors, and press coverage
- 2020 Gold Prize from White Canvas Cambodia, Organized by Social Compass Cambodia
Work Experiences
- 2014-20 Graphic Design and Animation Teacher at Phare Ponleu Selpak, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2020 Stand Up for Human Rights, Phare Ponleu Selpak, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2019 UN Day, University of Battambang, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2019 American Film Showcase, Laos
- 2014-2017 “Senior Professor” in Illustration and Photoshop at VAAS art School
- Camp L.e.a.d
- Short film Acadey flilmmaker
- 2016 School Management
- 2015 Money mined
- Social Entrepreneurship
- 2014 Psyco-Pedagogy, Teaching Method System and Session planning
- 2009 Sony Vegas Pro 9.0 Battambang, Cambodia
- 2009 Method and Principle for Animation with Flash, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2007 Bande dessinee, Battambang, Cambodia
Education
- 2014 Applied Art and Design at Gerard Pivaut School, France
- 2010 Animation at Phare Pounler Selpak, Battambang, Cambodia
- 2007 Visual art and Applied arts at Phare Pounler Selpak, Battambang, Cambodia
- Anonymous Heirloom, Poy Chunly YouTube Channel, March 22, 2021
- Artist talk: Koeurm Kolab, Sa Sa Art Projects, January 21, 2021
- Anonymous Heirloom Exhibition, Aura Art Asia Project By Sa Sa Art Projects, December 8, 2020
- Artists tell the tale of plundered fields of “gold” The Phnom Penh Post By Harriet Fitch Little and Vandy Muong, March 18, 2016
- Creating Social Change With a Paintbrush, Khmer Times By Som Kanika, October 26, 2020
- S’Art Urban Art Festival, Phare Ponleu Selpak, June, 2020
- 20 20_Koeurm Kolab, WhiteCanvas.com By Social compass, April 22, 2020
- Art takes over Navutu Dreams, AsianLife Magazine, April 9, 2018
- Art Exhibition: ‘TNA TEUK’ by Koeurm Kolab, Navutu Resort By Navutu Dreams, March 13, 2018
- CAMBODGIENS DES RIZIÈRES Millon.com, January 23, 2018
- Cambodge : deux peintres témoignent des tribus perdues Cambodgemag, April 6, 2016
- Artist Illustrate the Lost World of Ratanakkiri’s Hill Tribes, The Cambodia daily By Kuch Naren and Michelle Vachon, March 28, 2016
- Welcome to Koeurm Kolab!, Phare Ponleu Selpak
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