Wooden figure sculptures standing on the Kep shore at sunset
11–14 December 2026 · Kep, Cambodia

Kep International Art Week

Edition 01. 21 boats+, 21 artists, one shore. 11 to 14 December 2026.

4Days · Thursday to Sunday
4Exhibitions on one shore
21Hulls in Ten Boats+
5Public conversations

Targets for Edition 01: 5,000 visitors on the open shore, and 1 million impressions across press, social and partner channels. Figures will be counted and reported in the post-event sponsor report.

The commission

The sea is the first author. The hull is the second. The artist is the third.

21 retired wooden fishing hulls, given up by families who can no longer sail them, pass through the hands of 21 artists. Each hull arrives with a passport: the family who built it, the years it sailed, its paint layers, its repairs, and the coordinates of the coast it worked. That passport travels with the boat for the rest of its life.

The artist chooses. Keep the hull whole, so its silhouette is still legible as a fishing boat from fifty metres, painted, carved, wrapped, rigged, lit, planted or filled with sound. Or use the whole boat: dismantled at the Yard with the fishing family present, filmed, every plank numbered and honoured in a Plank Manifest that hangs beside the finished work.

Neither pathway allows a hull cut down for convenience, or a hull reduced to flat sawn panel.

Retired fishing hulls and figures on the Kep shore
Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · 21 hulls on the Kep shore.
Programme

Four days in December.

Kep International Art Week 2026 runs Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December. The opening is Friday evening; the closing is Sunday afternoon. Three exhibitions remain open for two additional weeks.

Arrival, setup & soft opening

Thursday is operational. All spaces open quietly. The roof screen runs its first film. The Wave opens with its first signature cocktail.

08:00–17:00
All sites
Final installation and technical setup across exhibition spaces and coastal installations. Satcha set up beside the Discovery Centre.
09:00
Kep-Expo
Opens quietly to early arrivals in the Wellness Centre — self-directed access, no guided programme.
09:00
Residency Expo
Works by artists who completed Kep residencies. Artists may be present informally.
09:00
Wellness Centre
Watercolour Exposition opens. Cambodian Watercolour Association team on site.
09:00
Satcha
Handicraft space opens on the sand. Open all four days.
10:00
The Wave
First signature cocktail of the week — a Cambodian ingredient, daily specials to follow.
09:00–17:00
Roof Screen
Daytime content: Walter villa archive, residency documentation, Kep coastline.
09:00–17:00
Kep West
Technical crew finalises sunset sequences, lighting, pier sound, floating-work safety.
17:00–18:00
Kep West
Full technical run-through. Documentation crew briefed.
19:00–22:00
Kep West
Private dinner — artists, core team, key institutional guests. Maximum 40, seated.
20:00
Roof Screen
Film 1, selected by Cedric Eloy.

Press preview & official opening

The afternoon is a structured press preview. The evening is the invitation-only opening at Kep West — sunset, pier music, remarks, reception on The Deck.

09:00
All sites
All exhibition spaces, Satcha and the Wave open. Roof screen daytime content running.
10:00
The Wave
Daily signature cocktail — Day 2 special.
13:00–14:00
Kep-Expo
Press accreditation desk. Embargo: no publication before 20:00 Friday.
14:00–14:45
Kep-Expo
Press guided visit — architectural exhibition and gallery booths. Max 20 journalists.
14:45–15:30
Residency Expo
Press guided visit. Artists present. Photographers given five minutes per space.
15:30–16:00
Wellness Centre
Press guided visit — watercolour exposition. Bilingual.
15:30–16:00
Satcha
Press access — photography and a brief interview with a Satcha representative.
16:00–17:00
Coastline
Press guided coastal walk to the pier. Drone documentation active.
17:00
Kep West
Gates open for invited guests along the waterfront promenade.
17:30
Kep West
Waterfront light installation activates at sunset — tide- and wind-responsive.
18:00
Pier
Mahori ensemble. 30-minute acoustic set suited to wind and open water.
18:30
The Deck
Official opening remarks — Jef Moons, Peter Brongers, Provincial Governor, Ministry of Culture. Five minutes each.
18:45
Kep West
Projection onto Kep West façades — Walter villa photography archive.
19:00
Kep West
Floating work activates offshore, visible from pier and Deck.
19:15–22:00
The Deck
Opening reception. Press interview zone. Wave cocktail service extended to the Deck.
20:30
Roof Screen
Film 2, running alongside the reception.
22:00
Kep West
Reception closes. Private dinner continues for 25–30 key guests.

Full programme day

The Kite Festival, Oceans Connect, then pier dance, live music and Film 3. Pacing between the major moments is essential.

07:00–08:30
Coastline
Kite Festival site setup. ACDK marks launch zones and judging area.
08:00
All sites
All exhibition spaces, Satcha and the Wave open.
08:30
The Wave
Daily signature cocktail — Day 3 special.
08:30–09:30
Coastline
Guided art walk. Bilingual. Promenade, installations, pier, beach. Max 25 per group.
08:30–09:00
Coastline
Kite Festival registration — government and school categories.
09:00–09:30
Coastline
Kite Festival opening ceremony. ACDK president and Art Week representative.
09:30–12:00
Coastline
Kite Festival — Government Sector. Expected 100 kites. Judged on traditional technique, craft, flight, presentation.
10:30–12:00
Wellness Centre
Oceans Connect panel. 90 minutes, four speakers, Khmer/English interpretation. Recorded for the Ocean Talk Series.
12:00–14:00
All sites
Press interview sessions. 20-minute one-on-one slots.
12:30–14:00
Coastline
Kite Festival — School Competition. Expected 200 kites. Primary and secondary judged separately.
14:30–15:15
Coastline
Prize ceremony — Government: Best Traditional Kite, Best Flight, Best Visual Design, Special Recognition.
15:15–16:00
Coastline
Prize ceremony — School: Best Traditional (Primary / Secondary), Best Original Design, Special Recognition.
16:00–17:30
All sites
Final open access. Last collector and press visits. Artists available informally.
19:00
Pier
Contemporary dance — Performance 1. 20 minutes. Pier as stage.
19:45
Pier
Contemporary dance — Performance 2. Second 20-minute work.
20:15–22:30
Pier
Live music — one Cambodian and one international musician or ensemble. 90–120 minutes.
20:30
Roof Screen
Film 3, alongside the pier programme.

Closing day

A slow morning of last visits and artist talks, a closing ceremony, then the two-week extension.

07:00–07:30
Coastline
Dawn swim. Open and informal. No facilitation.
09:00
All sites
All spaces open for the final Art Week day. Artists present.
09:00
The Wave
Daily signature cocktail — Day 4 special. Final cocktail of the series.
09:00–10:30
Coastline
Final guided coastal walk. Led by the artistic director. A slow reading of the week.
09:00–12:00
Residency Expo
Ocean Library — final contributions. Archive closes at 12:00.
10:30–12:00
Residency Expo
Closing artist talks. Four artists, ten minutes each. Translated into Khmer.
12:00
All sites
Spaces begin transitioning to the two-week extension. Signage updated.
14:00–15:30
Kep West
Closing ceremony on The Deck or pier. Permanent works, next residency call, Edition 2 date.
15:30
All sites
Art Week officially closes. Three exhibitions remain open for two more weeks.
15:30–17:00
All sites
Controlled dismantling of temporary elements. Environmental check of beach and pier.
20:00
Roof Screen
Final screening — Film 4.
Post-event · 15–28 December 2026 (suggested) — Kep-Expo, Residency Expo and Watercolour Expo remain open 10:00–18:00 daily. Satcha post-event arrangement to be confirmed. Roof screen continues daytime content; evening screenings at Cedric Eloy’s discretion.
Exhibitions

Four exhibitions, one shore.

Four exhibitions across the week. Molyvann 100, the Residency Expo and the Watercolour Expo remain open for two additional weeks. Ten Boats+ — 21 hulls in Edition 01 — is installed in the Sculpture Park at Kep West.

Exhibition 01

Molyvann 100

Butterfly House

Vann Molyvann at 100: architecture and heritage on the Kep coast.

Black-and-white photograph of a ruined modernist villa in Kep: tiled walls, slender columns and an open veranda overgrown with plants
Exhibition 02

Residency Expo

Residency space

The Art for Kep Residency Exhibition presents the artists who came to Kep in 2026 from Cambodia and abroad. Their paintings, sculpture, dance and film all respond to the same stretch of coast, its people and its stories.

The Art for Kep residency house, a two-storey wooden villa with a tiled roof and coral-pink stairs among palms
Exhibition 03

Watercolour Expo & Asia Art Alliance

Wooden building

20 Cambodian and international artists, co-curated with the Cambodian Watercolour Association and the Asia Art Alliance.

Cambodian Watercolourists Association

Cambodian Watercolourists Association

A creative community dedicated to promoting watercolour painting, supporting local artists, and hosting national and international exhibitions in Cambodia.

Asia Art Alliance

Asia Art Alliance

A non-profit art organisation uniting artists, collectors and cultural leaders across Asia and beyond.

Exhibition 04

Ten Boats+

Sculpture Park · Kep West

21 retired fishing hulls, transformed by 21 artists. After the week they travel Cambodia as a moving exhibition.

A hull opened into a spiral on the Kep shore
Additional art creations

Lights of the Past

Théo Vallier and Koeng Rithy

At night, Kep's abandoned villas come back to life. Théo Vallier will paints them as dark silhouettes, their windows glowing as if someone were still at home.

Light fills buildings shaped by absence, holding the memory of the families and summers that once filled them.

Tiled floors and perforated walls give the work its geometric rhythm, while roots and trees push through the façades, reclaiming what people left behind. Lights of the Past is Kep as memory: half ruin, half dream.

Work
Mural, six panels
Size
7.32 m × 2.44 m
Artists
Théo Vallier and Koeng Rithy
Théo Vallier

Théo Vallier

Theo Vallier is a self-taught contemporary visual artist whose practice originates from the graffiti scene. His multidisciplinary work spans mural painting, silkscreen printing, and painting on oxidized metal. Part of his artistic practice is influenced by Khmer mythology, through symbolic figures and narratives inspired by local cultural heritage.

Alongside this mythological dimension, another major aspect of his work focuses on street scenes inspired by daily life in Phnom Penh. Architecture, human activity, and the atmosphere of the city play central roles in his compositions. These urban narratives, previously explored through his metal paintings, now take new life on canvas, where he further develops his focus on human presence and architectural landscapes.

Over the years, Theo Vallier has exhibited extensively in Phnom Penh and internationally, while continuing to draw inspiration from the city’s evolving identity and rhythms. His work captures fragments of urban life, translating them into visual compositions that blur the boundaries between reality, memory, and perception.

Koeng Rithy

Koeng Rithy

Koeng Rithy, As known he founded Candy Skeletons since 2022, is a Cambodian street artist with a distinctive style that blends whimsy and modern culture. Born and raised in Siem Reap province, Rithy has spent the last 8 years in Phnom Penh, establishing himself as an independent artist.

Rithy’s signature style is centered around cartoon skeletons, which reflect contemporary lifestyles with a playful yet thought provoking attitude. His pieces often tell stories or capture moments of inspiration drawn from his surroundings and personal experiences. His use of a soft, pastel color palette featuring shades like pink, purple, and turquoise… adds a touch of sweetness and warmth to his work due to creating a skeleton character you never thought of.

Artists

Our artists: one coastline, two years

Meet the 21 artists of the 10Boat+ exhibition, and the Cambodian and international filmmakers, photographers, writers, dancers and researchers who have worked in Kep this year.

See the Ten Boats+ fleet: 21 hulls, 21 artists

Artists · Ten Boats+ Edition 01

21 artists, 21 hulls.

Each retired fishing hull is paired with an artist for Kep International Art Week, 11 to 14 December 2026. Open a hull to see its photographs, films and passport: where it was built, where it worked and how it came to the project.

You can also sponsor a hull and its artist. Your support pays for materials, production and the artist's time in Kep, and your name stays with the boat through the exhibition and beyond.

Alongside the fleet, the Residency Expo presents the artists who came to Kep through the Art for Kep residency.Meet the residency artists
Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K001

Sothea Tang

Sponsored by BUN & ASSOCIATES

Used for crab-trap collection and fish netting in the O’Krasar community, then to carry catch from larger boats onto Angkorl Beach.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K001: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K001
Artist
Sothea Tang
Size
L 9.65 m · W 1.65 m · H 0.85 m
Built
2005
Built at
O’Krasar mangrove area
In service
21 years
Worked
O’Krasar community and Angkorl Beach
Last season
2026
Collected
Angkorl Beach, 19 August 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K001, photograph 1Hull A4K001, photograph 2Hull A4K001, photograph 3

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K002

Julia Higgs

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab-trap collection and fish netting in Kep’s sea. It lay sunk beside White Horse Market for a year before Art for Kep recovered it.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K002: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K002
Artist
Julia Higgs
Size
L 6.00 m · W 1.30 m · H 0.70 m
Built
2010
Built at
Kep Fishing Village
In service
15 years
Worked
Kep community and Angkorl Beach
Last season
2025
Collected
Angkorl Beach, 19 August 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K002, photograph 1Hull A4K002, photograph 2Hull A4K002, photograph 3Hull A4K002, photograph 4Hull A4K002, photograph 5Hull A4K002, photograph 6

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K003

Calvin & Angelo

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab-trap collection and fish netting in Kep Fishing Village, then to carry catch from larger boats onto Angkorl Beach.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K003: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K003
Artist
Calvin & Angelo
Size
L 10.00 m · W 1.80 m · H 0.80 m
Built
2015
Built at
Prek Sangke, Kampot
In service
10 years
Worked
Kep community
Last season
2025
Collected
White Horse, 21 August 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K003, photograph 1Hull A4K003, photograph 2Hull A4K003, photograph 3Hull A4K003, photograph 4Hull A4K003, photograph 5

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K004

Bonrotanak Rith

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab-trap collection and fish netting around Phum Thmey. It had been sunk there for a year before recovery.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K004: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K004
Artist
Bonrotanak Rith
Size
L 7.60 m · W 1.33 m · H 0.77 m
Built
2018
Built at
Phum Thmey Community
In service
7 years
Worked
Kep / Phum Thmey
Last season
2025
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 21 August 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K004, photograph 1Hull A4K004, photograph 2Hull A4K004, photograph 3Hull A4K004, photograph 4Hull A4K004, photograph 5Hull A4K004, photograph 6

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K005

Nguyen Xuan Hoang

USD 2,500 · open berth

Still in service with a fishing family, setting crab traps and nets around Phum Thmey, when Art for Kep acquired it.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K005: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K005
Artist
Nguyen Xuan Hoang
Size
L 7.10 m · W 1.30 m · H 0.85 m
Built
2019
Built at
Phum Thmey Community
In service
7 years
Worked
Kep / Phum Thmey
Last season
2025
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 21 August 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K005, photograph 1Hull A4K005, photograph 2Hull A4K005, photograph 3Hull A4K005, photograph 4Hull A4K005, photograph 5Hull A4K005, photograph 6

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K006

Olga Cuxart Oriol

USD 2,500 · open berth

Still in service with a fishing family for crab traps and nets in Kep’s sea when Art for Kep acquired it.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K006: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K006
Artist
Olga Cuxart Oriol
Size
L 7.30 m · W 1.35 m · H 0.80 m
Built
2020
Built at
Phum Thmey Community
In service
6 years
Worked
Kep / Phum Thmey
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 28 August 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K006, photograph 1Hull A4K006, photograph 2Hull A4K006, photograph 3

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K007

Kris Marko

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab traps and fish netting around Kampong Trorlach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K007: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K007
Artist
Kris Marko
Size
L 7.50 m · W 1.39 m · H 0.70 m
Built
2009
Built at
Kampong Trorlach Community
In service
15 years
Worked
Kep / Phum Thmey
Last season
2024
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 28 August 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K007, photograph 1Hull A4K007, photograph 2Hull A4K007, photograph 3Hull A4K007, photograph 4

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K008

Alexandra Maul

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab traps and fish netting around Phum Thmey before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K008: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K008
Artist
Alexandra Maul
Size
L 6.90 m · W 1.45 m · H 0.60 m
Built
2010
Built at
Kampong Trorlach Community
In service
15 years
Worked
Kep / Phum Thmey
Last season
2025
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 1 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K008, photograph 1Hull A4K008, photograph 2Hull A4K008, photograph 3

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K009

Justina Edwardsen

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab traps and fish netting around Phum Thmey and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K009: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K009
Artist
Justina Edwardsen
Size
L 4.60 m · W 1.20 m · H 0.50 m
Built
2005
Built at
Kampong Trorlach Community
In service
25 years
Worked
Kep / Phum Thmey / Angkorl
Last season
2025
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 1 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K009, photograph 1Hull A4K009, photograph 2Hull A4K009, photograph 3Hull A4K009, photograph 4Hull A4K009, photograph 5
Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K010

Thun Dina

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab traps and fish netting around Phum Thmey and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K010: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K010
Artist
Thun Dina
Size
L 6.50 m · W 1.40 m · H 0.65 m
Built
Not recorded
Built at
O’Krorsa Community
In service
Not recorded
Worked
Kep / Phum Thmey / O’Krorsa
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 7 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K010, photograph 1Hull A4K010, photograph 2Hull A4K010, photograph 3Hull A4K010, photograph 4

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K011

Nout Daro

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab traps and fish netting around Phum Loak and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K011: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K011
Artist
Nout Daro
Size
L 7.20 m · W 1.70 m · H 0.80 m
Built
2009
Built at
Phum Loak Community
In service
17 years
Worked
Phum Loak and Angkorl
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 7 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K011, photograph 1Hull A4K011, photograph 2Hull A4K011, photograph 3

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K012

Mohd Jayzuan & Joni Mustaf

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for crab traps and fish netting around Phum Loak and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K012: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K012
Artist
Mohd Jayzuan & Joni Mustaf
Size
L 6.90 m · W 1.60 m · H 0.65 m
Built
2010
Built at
Phum Loak Community
In service
16 years
Worked
Phum Loak and Angkorl
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 8 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K012, photograph 1Hull A4K012, photograph 2Hull A4K012, photograph 3Hull A4K012, photograph 4Hull A4K012, photograph 5

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K013

Can Manh Tuong

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for fish netting around Phum Loak and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K013: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K013
Artist
Can Manh Tuong
Size
L 7.50 m · W 1.29 m · H 0.70 m
Built
2009
Built at
Phum Loak Community
In service
17 years
Worked
Phum Loak and Angkorl
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 10 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K013, photograph 1

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K014

Michael Klinkhamer

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for fish netting around Phum Loak and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K014: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K014
Artist
Michael Klinkhamer
Size
L 7.80 m · W 1.40 m · H 0.76 m
Built
2012
Built at
Phum Loak Community
In service
14 years
Worked
Phum Loak and Angkorl
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 10 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K014, photograph 1Hull A4K014, photograph 2

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K015

Ha Van Coung

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for fish netting around Phum Loak and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K015: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K015
Artist
Ha Van Coung
Size
L 7.50 m · W 1.30 m · H 0.76 m
Built
2015
Built at
Phum Loak Community
In service
11 years
Worked
Phum Loak and Angkorl
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 10 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K015, photograph 1

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K016

Alain Peyrun-Berron

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used for fish netting around Phum Loak and Angkorl Beach before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K016: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K016
Artist
Alain Peyrun-Berron
Size
L 6.90 m · W 1.10 m · H 0.60 m
Built
2016
Built at
Phum Loak Community
In service
10 years
Worked
Phum Loak and Angkorl
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 10 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K016, photograph 1Hull A4K016, photograph 2Hull A4K016, photograph 3Hull A4K016, photograph 4

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K017

Dương Quý Dương

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used by a fishing family along the Kbal Romeas Canal, and raced in Kep a few times, before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K017: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K017
Artist
Dương Quý Dương
Size
L 6.30 m · W 1.30 m · H 0.50 m
Built
2019
Built at
Veal Renh, Sihanoukville
In service
8 years
Worked
Phum Thmey Community
Last season
2026
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 14 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K017, photograph 1Hull A4K017, photograph 2Hull A4K017, photograph 3Hull A4K017, photograph 4Hull A4K017, photograph 5

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K018

Nguyễn Đăng Ninh

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used by a fishing family along the Kbal Romeas Canal before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K018: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K018
Artist
Nguyễn Đăng Ninh
Size
L 5.90 m · W 1.10 m · H 0.40 m
Built
2009
Built at
Phum Loak Community
In service
15 years
Worked
Tropeang Ropove, Kampot–Sihanoukville border
Last season
2024
Collected
Phum Thmey Community, 14 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K018, photograph 1Hull A4K018, photograph 2
Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K019

Bui Hoang Duong

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used by a fishing family in the Kampong Samaki and Tropeang Sangke communities before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K019: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K019
Artist
Bui Hoang Duong
Size
L 8.20 m · W 1.70 m · H 0.70 m
Built
2011
Built at
Kampong Samaki Community
In service
15 years
Worked
Kampong Samaki and Tropeang Sangke
Last season
2026
Collected
Kampong Samaki Community, 19 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K019, photograph 1Hull A4K019, photograph 2

Films

Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K020

Voon & Tan

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used by a fishing family in the Kampong Samaki and Tropeang Sangke communities before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K020: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K020
Artist
Voon & Tan
Size
L 5.70 m · W 1.20 m · H 0.67 m
Built
2010
Built at
Tropeang Sangke Community
In service
16 years
Worked
Kampong Samaki and Tropeang Sangke
Last season
2026
Collected
Tropeang Sangke Community, 19 September 2026

Photographs

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Ten Boats+ · Edition 01 · Hull A4K021

Tony & Herman

USD 2,500 · open berth

Used by a fishing family in the Kampong Samaki and Tropeang Sangke communities before it sank and was recovered for the project.

Fishing boat passport for hull A4K021: history, collection details, photograph and specifications
Hull
A4K021
Artist
Tony & Herman
Size
L 5.95 m · W 0.70 m · H 0.26 m
Built
2009
Built at
Kampong Samaki Community
In service
16 years
Worked
Kampong Samaki and Tropeang Sangke
Last season
2026
Collected
Kampong Samaki Community, 19 September 2026

Photographs

Hull A4K021, photograph 1Hull A4K021, photograph 2Hull A4K021, photograph 3

Films

Artist residency

The residency artists.

Art for Kep has hosted artists in Kep since January 2026. Some came for two weeks, some for two months. Between them they have photographed the villas of independence, worked with the crab-trap fishermen, danced with the tide, gathered a century of stories from the Gulf, and built textile figures that stood against the sea at Kep West.

Every artist keeps ownership of their work. Where work was made with named people from Kep, those people are credited too.

Kevin McGarry MA
Coming soon

Kevin McGarry MA

Scotland

Christine Toelle
Coming soon

Christine Toelle

Indonesia

Kat Hamilton
6 February 2027 · 3 weeks

Kat Hamilton

USA

ChanChrisna Lee
17 August 2026 · 1 month

ChanChrisna Lee

United Kingdom

Anya Minko
4 August 2026 · 2 weeks

Anya Minko

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Aurélie Fischer
6 July 2026 · 2 weeks

Aurélie Fischer

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

James Speck
29 June 2026 · 1 month

James Speck

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Shanghai Chang
20 June 2026 · 1 month

Shanghai Chang

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Alina Mehmood
1 June 2026 · 1 month

Alina Mehmood

Islamabad, Pakistan

Pezard Emmanuel
1 May 2026 · 1 month

Pezard Emmanuel

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Alexandra Maul
5 April 2026 · 3 weeks

Alexandra Maul

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Kanha Hul
15 March 2026 · 2 months

Kanha Hul

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

HOEUY Karona
1 March 2026 · 1 month

HOEUY Karona

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Sophea Kim
25 February 2026 · 2 weeks

Sophea Kim

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Walter Koditek
14 February 2026 · 1 month

Walter Koditek

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Trina Acacia
1 February 2026 · 1 month

Trina Acacia

Bali, Indonesia

Michael Klinkhamer
15 January 2026 · 1 month

Michael Klinkhamer

Netherlands

Mina Mohseni
Residency dates to be announced

Mina Mohseni

Berlin

Med Sirra
Residency dates to be announced

Med Sirra

Netherlands

Where the work went

Three outcomes.

Nineteen biographies with no outcomes is a list. These three make it evidence — residency to a concrete public result on the Kep shore.

01

Walter Koditek — Kep Modern archive

Photography and research into Kep’s modernist villas, shown first in Kep. The work now feeds a longer coastal architecture archive — Kep Modern — so the villas of independence remain visible beyond a single residency season.

02

Shanghai Chang — Ocean Costumes at The Wave

From residency studio to public presentation: sculptural textile figures moved from the Yard to the waterfront and stood against the sea at Kep West as Ocean Costumes at The Wave — a finished work the public could walk up to.

03

Alina Mehmood — Move With Us

Performance and community work with Kep’s fishing communities, linking water loss in South Asia to this coast. Move With Us did not stay in the studio: it was made with named people from Kep and shown where they work the tide.

Talks

Ocean Connect Talks

Art for Kep Talks brings you closer to the ideas, processes and stories that shape the works on view. Through live artist interviews, conversations with gallerists and focused panel discussions, the programme offers direct access to the people defining contemporary art today. Hear how works emerge—from first intuition and research to the studio, exhibition and collection. Explore the connections between art, Cambodia, the coast and the wider world.

Panel discussion

Oceans Connect.

How the sea links communities, ecologies, histories and futures across Southeast Asia. Saturday 13 December, 10:30–12:00, in the space next to the Wellness Centre — between Kep-Expo and the Watercolour Expo.

Format
Moderated panel, 90 minutes
Language
English with simultaneous Khmer interpretation
Recording
Kep Ocean Talk Series — within 2 weeks

The four voices

  • Cambodian artist — coastal or cultural perspective
  • Marine scientist or MCC conservationist
  • International artist with coastal practice
  • Architect or urbanist on coastal communities

Each speaker: a 10-minute opening statement, then conversation and audience Q&A. Moderator: international co-curator or invited cultural journalist.

Discussion topics

  • Oceans as connector across Southeast Asia
  • Coastal community resilience and marine conservation
  • Heritage architecture of Kep — the 1950s villas
  • Contemporary art residencies as development tools
  • Traditional craft and its evolution (Satcha, kite-making)
  • Contemporary Cambodian art on the international stage
  • Sustainable coastal tourism
Kep Ocean Talk Series

A year-round asset.

Recordings release within two weeks of the panel and continue. One card per talk, added as they go live.

No recordings yet — the first will be Oceans Connect, December 2026. This page is the landing for every talk that follows.
Live interviews

Meet the people behind the work.

Three short conversations — 15 minutes each — with a resident artist, an international artist, and a Kep boat builder. Names, times and venues will be confirmed in the printed programme.

01 · 15 minutes

Meet the Artist: Residency Spotlight

Date
Day, date
Time
Time
Location
Venue / exhibition space
Artist
Name
Role
Art for Kep Resident Artist
Interviewer / Moderator
Name

A short live conversation with an Art for Kep resident artist about their work, research and experience of creating in Kep.

02 · 15 minutes

Meet the Artist: International Perspective

Date
Day, date
Time
Time
Location
Venue / exhibition space
Artist
Name, country
Interviewer / Moderator
Name

An introduction to the artist’s practice, key influences and the work presented as part of Ocean Connect.

03 · 15 minutes

Meet the Maker: The Boat Builder’s Story

Date
Day, date
Time
Time
Location
Venue / exhibition space
Guest
Name, Boat Builder
Interviewer / Moderator
Name

A conversation about Kep’s maritime knowledge, the craft of boat building, and the relationship between the sea, community and cultural memory.

Artist and gallerist talks

From studio to exhibition.

Intimate conversations on practice, representation, and how a work reaches the public. A second gallery talk may be added as partners confirm.

04 · 20 minutes

From Studio to Exhibition

Date
Day, date
Time
Time
Location
Venue
Artist
Name, Cambodia
Gallerist
Name, Gallery
Moderator
Name

An intimate conversation on artistic practice, representation and the journey of a work from the studio to the public.

Curatorial exhibition walks

Walk the exhibition.

Ocean Connect · 45–60 minutes

Ocean Connect: Guided Exhibition Walk

Date
Friday 12 / Saturday 13 December
Time
10:00 am
Location
Meeting point
Led by
Curator name, with participating artists
Duration
45–60 minutes

A guided introduction to Ocean Connect, offering insight into the exhibition’s key works, participating artists and the connections between art, Cambodia’s coast and the sea.

Talks · Conversations

Art for Kep Conversations 2026

Art, the coast, and what remains. Five conversations, artist-led, in Khmer and English.

Five public conversations across four days, with interpretation throughout. Artists are the majority in every principal conversation. Opening statements are limited to three minutes, and at least fifteen minutes of every session goes to questions from the audience, in Khmer and English. Artists, moderators, local contributors and interpreters are all paid.

01

Cambodia Now

Art, memory and new publics. What Cambodian artists inherit, reject or reinvent, and what a sustainable artistic life requires. Each artist opens with one image, object or material that shaped their practice, not a biography.

02

Oceans Connect

Ten Boats+ and material memory: wood, salt and time. Staged beside a boat work, at the water. It opens with the boat-builder or former owner in conversation with the artist who took their hull, before the wider discussion. The question is what a material can remember that a written history cannot.

03

What Gets Kept?

Cambodian art, archives and missing histories, with Asia Art Archive. Invitations, photographs, artist books, flyers and recordings, projected and discussed. What survives when work is documented, and what disappears when it is not.

04

Living With Art

Collecting Cambodian contemporary art with care. A small salon for artists, galleries, collectors and patrons: how they support artists through commissions, loans, production funding and long relationships, and how hotels and cultural projects can commission art without treating artists as decorators. Not a sales event.

05

Kep 2029

What are we building, and for whom? The programme is questioned openly, and the week closes with the Commitments below.

Commitments

Kep Cultural Commitments, 2026

Three promises, made in public, reported against every year.

01

An annual paid commission

An annual paid commission for a Cambodian artist.

02

Kep Cultural Memory Archive

Phase one of the Kep Cultural Memory Archive: Ten Boats+ oral histories, images, artist reflections and recorded conversations, collected with consent and full credit.

03

A production fund

A production, residency and public-art fund, supported by galleries and patrons.

Kep shoreline with fishing boats at golden hour
Visit Kep

Why come, and how.

A quiet coastal town of fishing boats and painted colonial villas, on the southern coast of Cambodia.

Why come

Kep-sur-Mer sits at the southern edge of Cambodia, between mangrove and open sea. Its villas were built in the 1960s and left silent for a generation. Its fishing families still carry the coast in their names.

For four days in December the shore itself is the gallery: hulls on cradles, kites over the water, a panel on how oceans connect, films on a roof, dance on a pier. Then the three indoor exhibitions stay two weeks more.

Getting to Kep

Most guests travel to Kep by car from Phnom Penh, a journey of approximately 2.5 hours, depending on traffic and the season.

The train is also a pleasant option, taking around 3 hours from Phnom Penh Railway Station. Alternatively, daily buses depart from several locations across Phnom Penh and typically take approximately 3.5 to 4 hours to reach Kep.

Practical

Cambodia offers e-visa and visa on arrival for most nationalities. Currency is the riel; US dollars are widely used. December is dry season: warm days, cooler evenings, built for an outdoor programme. Connectivity along the Kep coast is reliable. The Art Week is a public programme, not a ticketed festival — come as a guest of the shore.

Wooden fishing hulls in a Kep yard
Hulls at rest — the material of the week.
Knai Bang ChattHeritage luxury — 1960s villas, residencies, press
Kep WestContemporary — the primary event venue
Partner propertiesSelected stays across Kep, with the hospitality team
What else to do

Coastal adventure, island escapes, unhurried wellbeing.

Kep is made for coastal adventure, island escapes and unhurried wellbeing. From jungle trails and hidden coves to sailing and restorative moments by the sea, there is plenty to discover.

  • Hike Kep National Park for coastal and island views.
  • Relax on Kep’s beaches and swim in the Gulf.
  • Go island hopping, including a day trip to Rabbit Island (Koh Tonsay).
  • Sail the coastline or try kayaking, paddleboarding and watersports.
  • Explore mangroves by boat or kayak and spot coastal wildlife.
  • Visit pepper farms, salt fields and limestone caves.
  • Experience Kep Crab Market and its fresh local seafood.
  • Discover historic villas, pagodas, fishing villages and the Kep Butterfly Farm.
  • Recharge with yoga, meditation and wellness at Kep West Wellness Center.

Most experiences can be arranged and booked through the hospitality team.

Booking assistance

Write to the hospitality team.

This form is routed to Art for Kep / Knai Bang Chatt. For rooms, say dates and how many. For press, use the accreditation form.

Figures and a fishing boat on the Kep shore
Edition 01

Ten Boats +

21 hulls. 21 artists. One shore. 11 to 14 December 2026.

Beyond the week

Art Week is four days. The rest is twelve months.

Recurring gifts, legacy giving and grant partnerships keep residencies, education and conservation going after the shore empties. Do not wait until the bottom of the page.

Recurring

Give through the year

Monthly or annual support for exhibitions, public programmes, education and conservation beyond December.

Set up a gift

Legacy

Legacy giving

Bequests and endowment support for future artists, students and coastal communities.

Talk to us

The project

A boat that was going to be firewood becomes a work of art.

Art for Kep is a Cambodian not-for-profit organisation working with the fishing families of Kep, with Marine Conservation Cambodia, and with artists from Cambodia and abroad. We give the objects and the craft of this coast a second life, and we make the shore itself the place where the work is shown.

Kep is a small town of fishing boats and the remains of French colonial villas on the southern coast of Cambodia. Its shore was once a place of leisure, then of war, then of quiet.

21 retired wooden fishing hulls, given up by the families who can no longer sail them, will pass through the hands of 21 artists. Some will keep the hull whole and transform it. Others will take it apart and re-author it. In December 2026 the fleet lands on the shore at Knai Bang Chatt, Kep West and the Sailing Club, and Kep holds its first International Art Week.

The fishing families who give up the hulls are paid for them, the boat-builders of Kep are paid for their hands, and every artist receives the boat, the materials, travel, board and accommodation, and a production stipend. Nobody on this project is asked to work for exposure, and the artist retains artistic ownership of the work.

Painted fishing hull, wooden figure and a retired boat on the Kep shore
A retired hull, before it is re-authored.
The ask, in short

Four ways to take part.

Each tier is tied to something you can point at. You fund the week itself, or one named hull, or your own stand on the shore, or you give what you wish. Nothing overlaps, and nothing is sponsored in the abstract.

1Title Sponsor
21Boat berths
20Hulls still open
USD 1Donations from
One

Title Sponsor

USD 25,000

Kep International Art Week in its entirety, 11 to 14 December 2026: four exhibitions, the whole public programme, and the fleet’s life after December. Named with the week itself.

Become Title Sponsor

Twenty-one

Boat Sponsor

USD 2,500

One named hull, end to end: its purchase from the fishing family, its preparation, the artist’s travel, board and accommodation, a production stipend, the materials and its plinth on the shore.

Sponsor a hull

Limited

Shore booth

USD 1,000

Your own stand on the shore for the four days of Art Week, among the fleet and the crowd it draws. For galleries, makers and businesses of the coast.

Take a booth

Open

Donation

From USD 1

Any amount, from anyone. It goes to the development of art, culture and conservation in Kep. Art for Kep issues a formal receipt for every contribution.

Make a donation

Donation

Give any amount, in under a minute.

Pay by Visa, Mastercard or any major card, or straight from the ABA Mobile app. Art for Kep issues a formal receipt for every contribution.

The berth quota

Who the 21 berths are for.

Publishing the quota is the clearest answer to anyone who suspects international artists are using a Cambodian village as material. A berth covers production end to end at USD 2,500.

6International — invited artists, galleries and cultural organisations
6Cambodian — artists and collectives
4Community — fishing families, youth groups and schools of Kep
1Institutional — museum or foundation partner
The coast that made them

21 families.

Every hull came from a fishing family in O’Krasar, Phum Thmey, Kampong Trorlach, Phum Loak or along the Kbal Romeas Canal. Each family was paid USD 330. Their names are in the project book and the digital archive, with their permission, beside the boat they sailed and the years they sailed it. The boat-builders who prepared the hulls were paid at a skilled craft rate set in each Yard agreement and listed with our accounts.

Recognition

What a boat sponsor receives.

Every tier carries the following, scaled to the level taken.

01

On the shore

Your name on the label that stands beside the work at Kep West, for the whole of Art Week and for as long as the boat remains in the flotilla afterwards.

02

In the book and archive

A full credit in the project book of Edition 01, an edition of 1,000 copies, and in the digital archive, where each boat holds a permanent record with the coordinates of the coast it worked.

03

A credit that travels

When a boat goes on to a museum, the label and the catalogue entry travel with it. Unlike a banner at an event, this credit does not come down when the week ends.

04

Opening and the Yard

Invitations to the opening on the shore at Kep West, with hospitality at Knai Bang Chatt, VIP dinners and events at The Wave, and an introduction to the artist who made your boat. A private visit to the Yard during the November production period, for your team, your clients or your family.

05

Photography and press

Photography and film of your boat from the project’s documentation crew, cleared for your own use, and named acknowledgement in the project’s press and social channels and in the international coverage of the week.

Painted hull timber from the Ten Boats + project
Painted hull timber from the Ten Boats + project.
Proposed hull artwork on the Kep mudflat
Proposed hull artwork on the Kep shore.
No logo is ever applied to a work of art. Your name sits on the label beside the boat, in the catalogue and in the archive, never on the hull itself. Sponsors who have done this before understand why: the credit is worth more when the work is taken seriously.One principle

Why a boat is worth taking

  • Scarcity. There are 21 hulls. A boat sponsor is one of 21 names, not one of hundreds.
  • First edition. This is Edition 01, and the companies named on it are named on it permanently.
  • Reach beyond Cambodia. The works are built to travel. A credit taken in Kep in December appears wherever the fleet is shown afterwards.
Ten Boats +, curatorial statement

The boat is not scenography. It is the co-author of the work.

After December

The fleet does not end when the week ends.

Afterlife I

A flotilla

Selected hulls stay along the Kep shoreline as an outdoor collection, cared for by Art for Kep, carrying the Art Week into every season that follows.

Afterlife II

A dispersal

Selected works travel on. SOSORO in Phnom Penh is confirmed as the first venue after Kep, and one day a work from this fleet ends up in a museum collection. The artist retains artistic ownership throughout, and any sale is shared equally between the maker and Art for Kep.

Afterlife III

A return

Some hulls are scanned in three dimensions and then returned to the sea with Marine Conservation Cambodia, where they begin a third life as reef in the Southeast Asia Ocean Gallery off Kep.

Works placed in the Ocean Gallery zone remain the property of the artist or of Art for Kep. The zone is operated under a separate framework by Knai Bang Chatt Cambodia Co., Ltd., which pays Art for Kep for the cultural programme rather than the other way round. Your donation funds the artist, the work and the archive. It does not fund infrastructure owned by an operating company.
Proposed Ten Boats + artworks on the Kep shore
Proposed Ten Boats + artworks on the Kep shore.
The whole week

What the Title Sponsor holds.

One position only. It carries Kep International Art Week itself, from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December 2026, rather than any single boat. The 21 berths pay for the fleet, and nothing else. The Title Sponsorship pays for everything else.

What the week contains

  • Four exhibitions across the week: Kep-Expo, the architectural exhibition of Kep’s 1950s French colonial villas with its gallery booths; the Residency Exposition of some twenty artists; the Watercolour Exposition of twenty Cambodian and international artists, curated with the Cambodian Watercolour Association; and Ten Boats+ on the shore. The three indoor exhibitions stay open a further two weeks after the closing.
  • The fleet of 21 on the shore, the coastal installations along the promenade, the waterfront light work that activates at sunset, and the illuminated work standing offshore.
  • The Kite Festival with ACDK, some three hundred kites from Kep and Kampot across government and school categories; the “Oceans Connect” panel, recorded in full and released for the Kep Ocean Talk Series; guided coastal walks and closing artist talks.
  • Contemporary dance and live music on the pier, four evening films on the roof of the Wave programmed by Cambodia International Film Festival 360, a daily signature cocktail built on a Cambodian ingredient, the Satcha handicraft space, and an accredited press preview under embargo.

Name and standing

  • Named with Kep International Art Week in every announcement, on the shore map and the site signage, in the printed programme and the daily menu, on the roof screen and across all four days, then through the two-week extension as well, so the name stands for eighteen days rather than four.
  • Named on the released recording of the “Oceans Connect” panel, given a full page in the project book, and named permanently in the digital archive alongside the fleet.
  • Named in the Khmer materials as well as the English, including the websites, so the Cambodian audience reads it too.
  • The right to describe itself as Title Sponsor of Kep International Art Week, Edition 01, in its own communications for twelve months.

The week itself

  • A speaking place at the official opening on The Deck at Kep West on the evening of Friday 12 December.
  • A table at the private dinner on Thursday 11 December, and two seats on the host’s table at the opening reception on the Friday.
  • Hospitality across the four days at Knai Bang Chatt for the sponsor’s guests, as part of the week itself. Any additional use of the resort outside Art Week is a separate commercial arrangement with Knai Bang Chatt at its own terms, disclosed as a related-party transaction in our accounts. It is not part of the donation.
  • Two booths at no charge, invitations across the four days for guests, clients and staff, a private curator’s tour of the 21, and access to the Yard during the November production period.

The work, and afterwards

  • Photography and film of the whole week from the documentation crew, including the drone material, cleared for the sponsor’s own use.
  • One work on long loan for its own premises, and first sight of some of the works offered for sale at the close, in each case by agreement with the artist, who retains artistic ownership of the work.
  • When the works go on to SOSORO museum in Phnom Penh and to venues beyond, the Title Sponsor of the edition that made them travels with the catalogue entry, and holds first refusal on the same position in Edition 02, December 2027.

Request the Title Sponsor position

The Wave at Kep West, venue for Kep International Art Week
The Wave at Kep West, venue for Kep International Art Week.
Transparency

Where the money goes.

Art for Kep publishes its costs transparently. This is the working budget for Edition 01, per hull across a fleet of 21.

Production, per hullUSD
Hull, purchase from the fishing family, collection and preparation330
Materials: paint, primer, marine sealant, tools and sculpting215
Plinth, mounting hardware, signage and label100
Artist travel, board and accommodation for the residency800
Artist production stipend500
The project book, 20 copies of an edition of 1,000500
Documentation, photography, opening and press150
Transport to Phnom Penh, insurance, coordination and logistics180
Contingency225
Production, one hull3,000
Production, fleet of 2163,000

Every figure above is what we actually pay. Our accounts and annual report are published here, and in-kind support from our founding partners is valued and listed separately so you can see what is given and what is bought.

Studio and workshop space, the grounds at Knai Bang Chatt, and curatorial time are given in kind by Kep West and Art for Kep, and are not charged against the budget above. Skilled boat-builders are paid at craft rates set in each Yard agreement. The artist retains artistic ownership of the work in every case.

Retired wooden fishing hull opened for the Ten Boats + project
A retired wooden fishing hull opened for the project.

What USD 25,000 pays for

Exhibition build-out across the three indoor spaces, and the coastal and marine installations along the promenade and offshore, including the rental of tents and equipment. Technical and site: sound, lighting, staging, the pier and the roof screen, signage, the shore map and stewarding. The public programme: support for the Kite Festival, the panel with its interpretation and recording, the dance and the music, and the four evening films. Press and print: the accredited preview, the documentation crew, the bilingual printed programme, and the marketing that brings people to Kep. Insurance and the fortnight after: care of 21 wooden works standing outdoors, and the three indoor exhibitions staffed for two weeks beyond the closing. The onward life: crating and freight to SOSORO and beyond, the scanning and placement of hulls as reef, and the seed of Edition 02.

How to take a berth

Four steps, and one date.

01

A conversation

A call or a coffee in Kep or Phnom Penh. We will tell you which hulls are still open and which artists are attached to them.

02

You choose

Choose your tier, and where relevant your boat. Boats are matched to sponsors in the order commitments are received.

03

A short agreement

Setting out the contribution, the recognition and the position of your name.

04

December on the shore

You meet your artist, and we see you on the shore in December.

To appear in the project book and on the shore map, a commitment is needed by 31 October 2026. Production begins in November.

Take part

Write to us. We will match you to an open berth.

Donate online by card or ABA Mobile, by phone or email, or write to us to arrange a SWIFT transfer. Our team will contact you to assist. Art for Kep issues a formal receipt for every contribution.

Year-round detail

Support Art for Kep beyond Art Week.

The short version sits at the top of this page. Here is the fuller menu for collaborators who want creativity, heritage, education and conservation to remain central to Kep throughout the year.

Give

General donation

Support the long-term Art for Kep platform across exhibitions, education, public programmes, conservation, and outreach.

Artists

Artist-specific support

Direct support for artists producing work, research, films, writing, performances, or exhibitions in Kep.

Ocean

Ocean Gallery

Support Coral Kingdom, marine conservation, ocean education, and the underwater art museum vision.

Residency

Sponsor a residency

Support a residency period for a visual artist, filmmaker, writer, musician, researcher, or multimedia practitioner working in Kep.

Grants

Grant applications

Institutional partnerships and grants that strengthen public culture, education, and conservation. Ms. Monikeo Kol · [email protected] · +855 078 888 557 · Knai Bang Chatt Resort, Krong Kaeb, Cambodia.

Future

Legacy giving

Bequests and endowment support for future generations of artists, students, and coastal communities.

Editions

Shop

Books, editions, prints, and “Buy from the Artist” opportunities connected to the Art for Kep community.

Hands

Volunteer

Community outreach, youth programmes, education, and hands-on support for public initiatives.

Your contribution helps promote cultural tourism, support Cambodian artists, and inspire environmental conservation — including Coral Kingdom, a 5.7-metre sandstone sculpture by Sothea Thang with Bloom Architects.

Jef Moons, founder of Art for Kep
From Jef Moons

Founder, Art for Kep

Our coast has no borders—a meeting place for people, ideas, nature, and imagination.

Kep International Art Week 2026 advances a larger vision: to establish Kep as Cambodia’s coastal destination for art, culture, and exchange. With artists, communities, and international partners, we explore our relationship with the sea, our heritage, and the future we share.

In Kep, art can connect us across countries and generations, inspire new ways of seeing, and help protect this extraordinary coastline.