Resume
SAYON SYPRASOEUTH PDF Resume
Visual artist working in mixed media and installation
Born in Battambang, Cambodia raised in Thai refugee camps
and the United States
www.sayonart.com
syprasoeuth@yahoo.com
ph. 949 735 2926
EDUCATION
2007 Master in Fine Arts, (M.F.A.) Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2003 Bachelors in Fine Arts, (B.F.A.) California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California
ONE PERSON EXHIBITION
2013 – Kamikaze 2013, POST Los Angeles, California
2008 – “From Hollywood w/ Love!” LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2007 – “m.i.a” MFA Exhibition show, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
(Selected) GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Ghosts ‘revisited’ Goethe Institut, Los Angeles, California
Ghosts, Arena 1 gallery, Los Angeles, California
2013 – OCCCA Art Ends Stigma, Santa Ana, California
Khmer Arts Academy, mural project, Long Beach, California
2012 – “10th Annual TarFest” Los Angeles, California
“VAALA presents TransformArt” VAALA, Santa Ana, California
“SoCal Asian Artist” Rheeway Gallery Korea Town, Los Angeles
“Free Your Mind” Meta-House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2011 – “19th Annual Juried Art, Contemporary Art” Korea Cultural Art Center, Los Angeles, California
2010 – “Asian Elepahnt Festival” LA Zoo, Los Angeles, California
GH III – presents US/Cambodia 60th Anniversary
Global Hybrid II, Hancock University, Long Beach, California
2009 – AJA XXII, JACCC, Los Angeles, California
Global Hybrid, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Transformations – II, 2nd City Art Council Gallery, Long Beach, California
US Embassy Arts Program (ongoing) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
GIAF and AIAF
Art Festival Wang Whamoon International Art Festival, Soeul Korea
ASTO International Art Festival, ASTO Korea
ASTO Museum at San Bernardino – June 6-27,
GIAF Beijing, Foundation of China
2008 – Transformations, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Catalogue)
Hokum, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Nature of Inquiry II, The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, California
“Obsessive Compulsive”, Huntington Beach Art Center, Hntng Beach, CA
2007 – “SYNCHRONIC” Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
“The Collective Body” Galerie Califa, Horazdovice, Czech Republic
“Treehouse” The Treehouse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Nature of Inquiry” The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
“Open Call LA” Barnsdall Park Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“LA Art Show 2007” Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA
2006 – “Open Show” Gallery 825 (Juror: Ann Philbin – Prize Winner)
“Tarfest 2006” Desmond Building, Los Angeles, CA
“Talking Heads” Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
“Transient” Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
“Endangered Species” Gatov Gallery, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
“W/E Trade” Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
2005 – “Two Over Hung” Concrete Wall, Los Angeles, CA
“Members Show 2005” Second City Council, Long Beach, CA
“36th Open Show Palm Springs Desert Museum. Palm Springs, CA
2004 – “Honoring the Found” Second City Art Council. Long Beach, CA
2003 – “People Places & Perceptions” Angel’s Gate Cultural Art Center, SP, CA
2002 – “Member Exhibition” Second City Art Council Gallery, LB, CA
“Ecstasy: Mind, Body, Spirit” Orange County Center for Contemporary (OCCCA) Santa Ana, CA
“Living & Dying” Second City Art Council (Juror: Michael Darling – Prize Winner) Long Beach, CA
CURATORIAL
Global Hybrid, since 2008 worked as a Co-ordinator for GH
GHOSTS project and art show
PUBLICATIONS
Global Hybrid I & I (Digital Catalogue)
Meta-House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia And Hancock University, Long Beach, California
GIAF and AIAF 2009 Art Festival (Catalogue) Wang Whamoon International Art Festival, Soeul Korea 2009 ASTO International Art Festival
ASTO Korea ASTO Museum at San Bernardino – June 6-27, 2009 GIAF Beijing, Foundation of China
The Open Studio Press, Vol 4
Belz, Carl, Studio Visit, Volume 4, 2008.
Transformation I (Catalogue)
Meta-House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Global Hybrid II (Digital Catalogue)
Hancock University, Long Beach, California
COMMISSION:
Los Angeles Zoo, “The Asian Elephant festival” 2010
Khmer Arts Academy, 2013
MEDIA REVIEW:
Cynthing Lum, SoCal Pacific Asian Artists
LA Art Examiner, 2012
Dirk Gorre, A Voice of One
Beachcomber October, 2009
Michelle Vachon, Meta House’s Global Hybrid’ Exhibit Mixes Art Influences
The Cambodia Daily July, 2009
Darrin Little, Contemporary Khmer-American Artist
Long Beach Coastal Living Magazine June, 2009
Greg Mellon, LB Exhibits share Vision of Khmer Lives
Long Beach Press-Telegram, April 11, 2009
Greg Stacy, ‘Not Negotiable You’ll either get ‘Obsessive Compulsive,’ or you won’t
OC Weekly, Thursday, April 10, 2008
Daniella Walsh, ‘Obsessive Compulsive’ in H.B. is a feast of artistic invention, Orange County Register. April 5, 2008
Rae Anne Robinett, “Revisiting The Impressionists,” Elan Collection Long Beach, CA
Grunion Gazette, Vol. 24 No. 2 January 10, 2002
Rae Anne Robinette, “Large Charcoal Drawings,” Elan Collection Long Beach, CA
Grunion Gazette, Vol. 24 No. 15 April 12, 2001
Kimberly White, “Artist Get Boost From Interior Design Store,” Trends Shoppe Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Press-Telegram, April 24, 1999