Vuth Lyno
b. 1982, Phnom Penh
lives and works in Phnom Penh
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I am an artist, curator, and educator interested in space, cultural history, and knowledge production. My artworks often engage with micro and overlooked histories, notions of community, place-making, and production of social relations. I work across various media, including photography, video, sculpture, light, and sound. I often construct architectural bodies as situations for interaction. I introduce human stories and knowledge within these installations by drawing on a wide range of materials such as original interviews, artifacts, and newly made objects.

My artistic and curatorial practice is participatory in nature, engaging mutual and communal learning, experimentation, and aims to share multiple voices in the production of meaning. I believe in the potency of collectivity, storytelling, and the agency of cultural objects as potential pathways to reimagine our sociality.

Alongside my individual artistic practice, I am also a member of Stiev Selapak collective which founded and co-runs Sa Sa Art Projects, a long-term initiative committed to the development of contemporary visual arts landscape in Cambodia. Together with the collective, I teach, initiate, and innovate art programs facilitating a growing and critically conscious community.

I have presented my artworks in Cambodian and international venues, including at major exhibitions and festivals such as the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Biennale of Sydney, Singapore International Festival of Arts, and Gwangju Biennale. My artworks have appeared at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei; Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Metropolitan Museum of Manila; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta; Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou; Osage Gallery, Hong Kong; and Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Centre.

I hold a Master of Art History from the State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, a Fulbright Fellowship (2013-15), and a Master of International Development from RMIT University, Melbourne, supported by the Australian Endeavour Award (2008-2009).