ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION, EXHIBITIONS (selected works)
2020
The Red Chador: Regenesis Honolulu Art Museum (Hawaii, USA) March – April 2020
2019
The Buddhist Bug: A Creation Mythology Wei-Ling Contemporary (KL, Malaysia) 19 June – August 2019
2018
The Red Chador: In Memoriam at Oz Asia 2018 (Adelaide, Australia) 24 Oct – Dec 2018
The Red Chador: In Memoriam Java Café (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) 13 Jul -13 Sept 2018
The Buddhist Bug Live Performance for “Digital Art Festival” (Taipei, Taiwan) 3 Jul 2018
Untitled (Commission) 52 Artists/ 52 Actions at Artspace (Sydney, Australia) July 2018
Disappearance of The Red Chador: A Eulogy at Asian Arts Initiative (Philly, PA) 4 May – 6 May 2018
2017
Borderlands (Commission) by City of Seattle Office of Arts &Culture (Seattle, WA) August 2017
The Buddhist Bug: Familiar Still, Feast Art Center (Tacoma, USA) 14 Oct – 12 Nov 2017
The Red Chador: Ban Me at Art Central (Hong Kong) 20 Mar – 25 Mar 2017
2016
The Red Chador: Day After Public streets and markets (Seattle, USA) 9 Nov 2016
The Buddhist Bug, Kaunas in Art Festival (Kaunas, Lithuania) 23 Sept – 30 Oct 30 2016
The Red Chador Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, USA) 15 Oct 2016
The Red Chador: Threshold Smithsonian Crosslines Culture Lab (DC) 27 May – 30 May 2016
Transcending the In-Between Trinity College Chapel (Hartford, CT, USA) 6 April 2016
2015
APT8 group exhibition, Brisbane, Australia – Asia Pacific Triennale 2015
Open Sea group exhibition, MAC, Lyon, (France) 16 April – 12 Jul 2015
BudiDaya group exhibition, Malay Heritage Ctr, Singapore, 13 Oct – Feb 2015
Secret Archipelago group exhibition, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France), 26 Mar – 17 May 2015
2014
The Buddhist Bug Project, 1961 Gallery, Siem Reap, Dec 2014
The Buddhist Bug Project, 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan) Sep-Nov 2014
Breaking and Reconstructing the Circle, group exhibition, Southeast Asia ArtsFest, Gallery 8, London, UK, November 2014
BudiDaya, group exhibition, Malay Heritage Centre (Singapore) Oct 2014 – Feb 2015
The Buddhist Bug Project, Mekong Platform at the Milan Image Art Fair, Marina Bay Sands (Singapore) Oct 2014
1975 group exhibition of Cambodian Diaspora Artists, Long Beach City College Art Gallery (Long Beach, CA) Mar 26 – May 3, 2014
Body As Site video screenings & curated performances of Royal University of Fine Arts Students, Our City Festival, (Phnom Penh) Jan 2014
The Buddhist Bug Project, Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands (Singapore) Jan 2014
2013
Parallax: Changing Landscapes & Wandering Stars group exhibition, ASEAN-Korea Contemporary Media Art Exhibition, (Seoul, Korea) Nov 28 – Jan 10, 2014
CARE Package c/o New Delhi group exhibition, India Internat’l Centre, (New Delhi, India)
Nov 2013
Nomad group exhibition, Dali International Photo Exhibition, Dali (Dali, China) Aug 2013
Site/Cambodia group exhibition, Karin Weber (Hong Kong) June-July 2013
Enter Insider Gallery InterContinental Hotel (Phnom Penh) May 16 – June 30, 2013
The Buddhist Bug Project, Java Café & Gallery, Phnom Penh, Mar-May 2013
Generation Return: Art & Justice Tour, 5-week US/Canada Performance Tour, Mar 2013
1975 group exhibition of Cambodian Diaspora Artists, Topaz Gallery (Queens, NY) April 2013
Hollow Center group exhibition, Smack Mellon (NYC, NY) Mar 2013
The Space Between Inside/Outside 1961 Gallery (Siem Reap) Jan 4 – Jan 29, 2013
2012
Untitled Stain and Push Performances in Beyond Pressure Festival, Myanmar, Dec 2012
Enter Red Blue Circle exhibition at The Plantation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Nov 18, 2012
Care Package c/o Philadelphia, Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA USA Oct 2012
The Buddhist Bug Project, Singapore International Photo Festival 3, Singapore Nov 2012
The Public Square at Our City Festival 2012, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Oct 2012
On Pins and Needles, The Philippine Women’s University SFAD Gallery, Manila Oct 2012
Chains of Love/Ties that Blind: The Shadows of Empire Oceanside Museum of Art in CA,
Troubling Borders Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora, UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA USA July-Aug 2012
Global Hybrid II: Free Your Minds Festival, MetaHouse, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Sept 2012
The Space Between Inside/Outside, Java Café & Gallery, Phnom Penh, Aug-Sept 2012
Champions of Change, too Staged Performance & Response Java Cafe, Phnom Penh, Cambodia April 2012
Belonging to None Performance Substation, Singapore March 3, 2012
Nite of Revolt (Singapore): Film Screenings at Objectifs, (Singapore), March 2, 2012
The Naked Truth 90.0FM CambodiaTalk Radio Performance (Phnom Penh), Jan 30, 2012
2011
Studio Revolt Video Releases: My Asian Americana, Who’s Got Us, 1700% Project;
Mistaken for Muslim, Another Day, Why I Write
Gallery X Psar Kandal, public participatory performance, Our City 2011 Festival (Phnom Penh), Sept 2011
Gallery X Mosque Dhiya Uddin public participatory performance, (Battambang) Dec 2011
Nite of Revolt II: Film Screenings at Meta House, (Phnom Penh), Sept 9, 2011
Nite of Revolt I: Film Screenings at Sammaki Gallery & Phare Ponleu Selpak (Battambang), July 2, 2011
Nite of Revolt I: Film Screenings at Meta House, (Phnom Penh), June 24, 2011
Poetry feature, BODY Series at Meta House , July 5, 2011 (Phnom Penh)
2010
Strata: Butoh inspired performances & offerings (1700% Project video screening) Hamlin Park Fieldhouse, Dec 2, and 3, 2010
The Body In Crisis: Islam, Hybridity and Acts Of Confession University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, Nov 9, 2010
SERCAAL 2010 (Southeast Regional Conference of Asian American Leaders)
Gainesville (Florida) Oct 22, 2010
1700% Project: Otherance Performance/Installation Sullivan Galleries April 30-May 21, 2010 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2010
The Body is a Temple: Sacred Acts of Confession Performance & Lecture at DePaul University March 4, 2010 & The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 9, 2010
On the Cusp of Phoenix Rising (performance poetry feature) The Loft feature performance (Minneapolis), April 15, 2010 & Mojo’s Pen feature (University of IL at Chicago), Feb 4, 2010
2009
Palimpsest for Generation 1.5 (performance and mixed media installation) Betty Rymer Gallery (Chicago) Dec 2009
In Transience (8-hour durational performance and mixed media installation) Betty Rymer Gallery (Chicago) Dec 2009
The Buddhist Bug Project (Phase 1: Wood) performance and video installation, Sullivan Galleries (Chicago) Sept 2009
1000 Inches – performance & Installation (performed by Art Action Group) at River Park (Chicago) July 3, 2009
Meditation of the Furies – part of “The Walk” Fashion Show (collaborative w/Nomadic Revival) at Sullivan Galleries (Chicago) April 2009
2008
Milk Offering (Performance Art) 3 Minute Turns, 2M Performance Space, School of Art Institute (Chicago ) Dec 3, 2008
Chador Offering (Performance Art – 3 hour durational performance) Looptopia, Part of “Ghostlight” performance installations directed by Dexter Bullard, Chicago May 2, 2008
Meditation on 3 Prayers (interdisciplinary performance) 012 Columbus Space, School of Art Institute (Chicago ) May 1, 2008
The Body is a Temple (collaborative performance w/David Young & Dan Schwarloze) Manifest 2008, Columbia College (Chicago) May 14, 2008
Wudu Offering (interdisciplinary performance), 2M Performance Space, School of Art Institute (Chicago ) April 7, 2008
2007
Double Walkers: Transfigurations Thru Fashion (performance & exhibition), Directed Performance & Co-curated exhibition; Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), Dec 2007
Crescent Rising (Butoh inspired performance), “ChickArt Chicago” BlueLine Studio; (Chicago) March 10-31, 2007& “VangelineTheater’s Hanamichi Flower Road”, (NYC) Galapagos Gallery, Dec 14, 2006
Here Lies Truth (interdisciplinary & multidisciplinary collaborative performance), Site Unseen at Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago), Nov 13, 2007, Kickoff to Chicago Artist Month at Museum of Contemporary Arts (Chicago), Oct 2, 2007, Jazz Soiree to benefit Partisan Arts International (Chicago) Sept 1, 2007
Primary Source collaborative performance with Cristal Sabbagh, Gastronautical Odyssey at Moto Restaurant, August 2007
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, COMMISSIONS
2014
5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale Artist Residency, Sep 10 – 30, Fukuoka, Japan
Nominated for the Sovereign Art Prize, Hong Kong
Nominated for the Signature Arts Prize, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2013
Center for Asian American Media Innovation Fund Award
Season of Cambodia selection as Diaspora Curator (April 2013) NYC, NY
2012
Teo + Namfah Canvas Artist-in-Residency Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Nov – Jan 2013)
Beyond Pressure Performance Art Festival Residency Yangon, Myanmar (Dec 4 – 14, 2012)
JavaArts Artist-in-Residency Phnom Penh, Cambodia (June – Aug 2012)
“My Asian Americana” video selected as Top 10 finalist for White House AAPI
What’s Your Story Video Challenge
2011
U.S Fulbright Fellowship to Cambodia (Jan 1, 2011 – Dec 5, 2011)
Arts-based research project on Retelling of Creation Mythologies & Women’s Birthing Stories
Scholar-in-Residence at Cambodian Living Arts, Jan-April 2011
2010
Grand Prize winner for LinkTV’s One Nation, One Chicago film competition awarded for: 1700% Project: Mistaken for Muslim video
Foundation for Independent Media Festival Tribute “Memory Into Flesh: the performance and activism of Anida Yoeu Ali” at Siskel Film Center, Chicago April 10, 2010
2009
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center 30 year Gala Celebration, San Francisco Sept 26, 2009
2007
Depaul University’s Human Rights Education Performance Commission April 13, 2007
2006
Invited performance for first ever National Asian American Theater Festival; NYC, June 2006
2006-5
“Mixin’ It Up: Voices, Stories & Perspectives” Year long commissioned project for Field Museum to work with marginalized youth, 2005-2006
2005
“Performing Legacy” residency at Cambodian Association of Illinois, Nov 2004 – Aug 2005
Heritage Fellowship for the study of Khmer Language at University of Wisconsin (Madison)
2004
Khmer Girls in Action 1-week residency, Long Beach, CA
Dance Theater Workshop’s “Mekong Project” 3-week Artist Residency in Cambodia
Illinois Arts Council Grant, Summer 2004
Norcroft Writing Residency, May 2004
Sandglass Institute at Marlboro College: Intensive Training Residency in Puppet Theater, Jul 2004
2003
Dance Theater Workshop’s “Mekong Project” 3-week Artist Residency in Thailand
Suitcase Fund of Dance Theater Workshop for “Pushing Through Borders” Project, Vietnam
Ford Foundation US delegation to the Asian Women Director’s Theatre Festival; India
Unit One/Allen Hall Residency; University of Illinois, April 2003
Asian Arts Initiative NPN Residency; Philadelphia, April 2003
Henry Street Settlement Residency with Mango Tribe, Jan 2000
Insight Arts’ Creative Moments Award in Spoken Word, Chicago, IL
2002
“Top 30, Under 30” award from PoliticalCircus.com, Nov 2002
The Public Square’s Citizenship 20/20 Fellowship, Oct 2002
New World Theater: New Works for a New WORLD play development laboratory, June 2002
Listed as “Warrior Women who are changing the world”, YellohGirls.com, 2002
2001
A. Magazine‘s “A List” of 2001’s Top 25 most influential Asian Americans, 2001
2000
Illinois Arts Council Grant, Summer 2000
Community Activism award from Cambodian Association of Illinois, Spring 2000
VISITING ARTIST, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND PANELS (selected)
10/26/2014
Southeast Asia Platforms (Panel), Milan Image Art Fair Singapore
Water / Lifeline – Photography and video art from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
09/29/2014
Artist Talk Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Artist-in-Residence Lecture & Presentation
01/5/2014 – 02/13/2014
Performance Art Intensive Workshop for Our City Festival & Royal University of Fine Arts
Body As Site
01/17/2014
Southeast Asia Platforms (Panel), Art Stage Singapore
Cambodia and Myanmar: Opening Up to the Global Market
11/20/2013
Artist Talk, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Transcending the Ordinary: Between Rural/Urban and Public/Private
11/18/2013
Art & Justice Lecture, City University & Singapore International School, Hong Kong
Generation Return: Art + Justice Post Genocide and Post War on Terrorism
10/08/2012
SIPF3 Artist Talk, The National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
Transcending the Ordinary: Narrative Iterations of The Buddhist Bug Project
07/08/2012
Artist Talk, Java Arts & Gallery, Phnom Penh
The Space Between Inside/Outside: Process Meets Production
03/03/2012
Artist Screening & Presentation, Objectifs, Singapore
Night of Revolt: A Screening and Artist Talk
03/02/2012
Lecture, NYU Tisch Asia, Singapore
Filmmaking & Performance Works in Cambodia
03/01/2012
Lecture, SOTA School of the Arts, Singapore
Making Art in Cambodia
01/08/2012
Artist Presentation, Java Arts & Gallery, Phnom Penh
Surveying Contemporary Feminist Art in Cambodia
07/16/2011
Symposium Presentation, Sasa Bassac Gallery, Phnom Penh
Enter the Stream at the Turn: Performance Art in Cambodia
11/23/2010
Workshop University of Florida (Gainesville)
Spilling Ink For Blood
11/10/2010
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse
Post-9/11. Post-racial? WTF!
11/04/2010
Guest Lecture for Graduate Student Colloquium Series (Keyword: Violence)
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
05/07/2010
MFA Thesis Lecture, School of the Art Institute Chicago
Iteration, Utterance, and Otherness: Engaging the Politics of Performance, Access and Audience
04/28/2010
Guest Lecture for Asian American Studies, University of Illinois (Chicago)
Anti-Asian American Violence and Media Images
04/17/2010
Symposium Panelist: Frames of Violence, University of Minnesota
Corporealities, Art, and Violence Roundtable
03/04/2010
Keynote Performance & Lecture, DePaul University
Voicing Resistance: Women’s Spirituality, Activism, and Social Justice
12/18/2009
Workshop, Philadelphia Asian Arts Initiative (Youth Lounge Program)
Writing Ourselves into Existence
03/2008
Visiting Artist, Malcolm X College
Asian American Awareness Month
03/2008
Panelist: Association for Asian American Studies
Thru Thick and Thin-Chicago APIA Activism
