Migrations of Memory is included in the inaugural exhibition, Collecting Memories, at the Treasures Gallery of the Library of Congress, highlighting major works and artifacts in the permanent collection.
02/03/24 Univeristy of Michigan Museum of Art
Migrations of Memory is included in the exhibition, Angkor Complex: Cultural Heritage and Post Genocide Memory in Cambodia, at the Museum of Art
07/01/20 Library of Congress
Twenty four prints from Migration of Memory was acquired by the Library of Congress
11/01/19 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley
I am an Artist in Residence at Kala Arts in Berkeley, where I am continuing post-production work on new work from Cambodia
10/01/19 Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia
Honored to be the Artist in Resident at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, where I am working on scanning, editing, and printing new work from Cambodia
09/19/19 Grimeshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Rhode Island
A selection of my new work in progress is part of a group exhibition, Rooted In Memory, at the Grimeshaw-Gudewicz Gallery in Rhode Island.
02/02/18 VICELAND
Video interview and slideshow of Migrations of Memory featured on VICE's VICELAND television network, check out the video here:
Very honored to be exhibiting Cambodian Diaspora in group exhibition Dislocation/Negotiating Identity: Contemporary Photographs from South and Southeast Asia, on view from Feb 12-Aug. 14, 2016
Cambodian Diaspora is featured in the 2015 VICE Photo Issue, a special collaboration between Magnum Photos and VICE
02/01/15 Huck Magazine
The Jan-Feb issue of Huck, the Origins Issue, features a spread on Cambodian Diaspora, with text written by me, alongside very moving work by the awesome Diana Markosian
Very pleased to have been awarded the OSF Audience Engagement grant for I Am Khmer, the community engagement chapter of my long-term project on the Cambodian Diaspora.
An expanded curatorial statement from Traversing Expanses, written by curator Lyno Vuth, published in a special issue of the Trans-Asia Photography Review:
Curated by Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel, first and second generation American photographers Adama Delphine Fawundu, Keisha Scarville and I in conversation
Amy Sanford, Seoun Som and I will be discussing Traversing Expanses with curator Lyno Vuth, with participation from the audience, at Sa Sa Bassac via skype, 630-8pm Phnom Pehn time.
07/18/14 Traversing Expanses, Sa Sa Bassac
Traversing Expanses, curated by Lyno Vuth, and featuring diasporic artists Amy Lee Sanford, Seoun Som, and I opening at Sa Sa Bassac in Phnom Penh
I photographed my uncle and grandmother in Stockton, CA for the group exhibition, Our Portraits, Our Families, a group photography show of Asian family LGBTQ narratives, exhibition on view from June 13-July 13:
05/17/2013 Cambodian Diaspora – En Foco, Montefiore Health Center, NY
Very excited to announce the opening of Cambodian Diaspora at the Montefiore Health Center, in NY, in collaboration with En Foco, Montefiore, and Mekong. An installation of Cambodian Diaspora, with photographs from across the country, and 3x5 foot prints of diptych portraits, directly in heart of Cambodian community in Bronx and the center that has provided mental health services to community for decades:
04/01/13 Season of Cambodia Artist in Residence Bronx Museum
For the next two months, I will be an Artist in Residence at the Bronx Museum, as part of the In Residence, Visual Arts programming of the Season of Cambodia Festival in New York, a historic, unprecedented Cambodian arts festival featuring 125 Cambodian artists:
A collection of archival photographs and documents I photographed and scanned, from Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, belonging to the Ung family in Philadelphia, will be on display in show Artless Photographs, part of the Fotofest Biennial:
9/18/12 Half King, Chelsea New York – A Conversation with Pete Pin and Brenda Ann Kenneally
Really stoked to have the honor to discuss Cambodian Diaspora at the Half King in Chelsea, NY with the great Brenda Ann Kenneally, in support of my Kickstarter campaign:
06/01/12 A3 Asian in America - TIME Life Building, NY and Reuters Headquarters, NY
Cambodian Diaspora will be on display, along with other work from other Asian Americans, for the summer at the TIME Life building and the Reuters Headquarters in NY.
05/23/12 USCIS New York Field Office for Refugees and Asylum
Had the honor to give a presentation of Cambodian Diaspora at the New York Field Office for Refugee Asylum.
05/20/12 2012 Fotovisura Pavilion - United Photo Industries, NY
Exhibition of the winners of the Fotovisura Grant, including a piece from Cambodian Diaspora:
Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund published the Bronx portion of my long-term project, following a fellowship at the MF. Feature includes audio and a lengthy interview with Joyce Wong, a licensed clinical social worker, and Ousara Sophuok, a Cambodian family health worker who immigrated as a refugee from Cambodia to the Bronx in 1986: