Image: Junk Nutrients, 2009, by Sopheap Pich (Cambodian, b. 1971). Bamboo, rattan, wire, plastic, rubber, metal, cloth, and resin. Asian Art Museum, Gift of Dipti and Rakesh Mathur, 2025.44. Photograph by Kevin Candland, © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Asian Art Museum
Art from Contemporary Cambodia
Discover the vibrant contemporary art scene of Cambodia through the work of two of the country's most celebrated artists, Sopheap Pich and Leang Seckon. Both survivors of the Khmer Rouge era, these visionary creators transform everyday Cambodian materials—from bamboo and recycled textiles to found objects—into powerful mixed-media works that grapple with memory, historical trauma, and environmental concerns. Their distinct approaches reveal how Cambodia's artistic renaissance has produced profound voices that blend personal recollection with pressing contemporary issues.