PRAK Dalin (born in 1996, Kampong Cham, Province) lives and works in Phnom Penh. She graduated in architect from Royal University of Fine Arts (2019); English for artist, led by Vuth Lyno’s Co-founder & Artist Director at Sa Sa Art Projects and Prumsodun Ok’s Co-founder of Prumsodun Ok & NATYARASA (2019); and Contemporary Art Class, Sa Sa Art Projects, led by Khvay Samnang’s Co-founder of Sa Sa Art Projects (2018). She participated in colLABoration workshop with Multidisciplinary Art (MDA) students from Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Fine Arts at Sa Sa Art Projects (2020).

As an artist and architect, she uses nature and construction material to create sculptures and installations that appear as architectural structures, focusing on the impact of the city’s development. Her artworks are inspired by nature and the process of conveying into visual art and installation. She experimented with different art media and focused on unconventional aspects of the material.

Dalin solo exhibition are Imagine Material, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh (2021). Her group exhibitions include; Invisible Voices, Treeline Urban Resort (Treeline Artist Grants), Siem Reap (2020); Folding Concrete, Khmer Social House, Phnom Penh (2019); 10th Photo Phnom Penh Festival, Message in Mind, TorTim Art Gallery and Café, Phnom Penh (2019); and Immerse, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh (2019). She was in Pisaot, an artist in the residency program at Sa Sa Art Projects with an opening studio Merge (2019).

Solo Exhibition

  • 2021 Imagine Material, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh

Group Exhibitions

  • 2022 Shaking land and water, Jendela, Esplanade-Theatres on the bay, Singapore
  • 2022 The Space In Between, Urbanland, Phnom Penh
  • 2021 introspection, The Dogma Prize Introduces the concept of Saigon
  • 2021 Folding Concrete 2, Part of Contested Modernities Exhibition, Berlin
  • 2020 Invisible Voices, Treeline Gallery, Siem Reap
  • 2019 The Cities, Treeline Gallery, Siem Reap
  • 2019 Message In Mind, Photo Phnom Penh, Tor Tim Art Gallery, Phnom Penh
  • 2019 Folding Concrete, Phnom Penh
  • 2018 Immerse, Contemporary Art class graduate exhibition, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh

Open Studio

  • 2019 Merge, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Talks and Workshops

  • 2022   ‘‘ Light Mission ’’ by Mit Jai Inn, Rong Cheang: A Community Art Studio
  • 2022   Drawing is Free with Sopheap Pich, Rong Cheang: A Community Art Studio
  • 2022   In Conversation with Eng Rithchandaneth, Prak Dalin, Sao Sreymao, Syahrul Anuar and Zarina Muhammad, Esplanade Bay Room, Singapore      
  • 2020   Virtual Dialogue, Treeline Artist Grants Program 2020, Treeline Urban Resort
  • 2020   Exchange Program and workshop, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  • 2020   Artist Talk by Prak Dalin, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Residencies

  • 2019   Pisaot artist-in-residence, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Nomination

  • 2022 The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize

Grants and Awards

  • 2021   Dogma Prize, Ho chi minh city, Vietnam
  • 2020   Treeline Artist Grants, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Collection

  • Aura Contemporary Art Foundation

Education

  • B.A Architecture and Urbanism, Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh,
  • 2019 Contemporary Art Class, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, 2018

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