1961

Finally, the galleries+artspace at home that we've been working on since October last year has been launched!

Although only the 2 main galleries and 4 of its 8 artist's studios are ready, we were able to open the space already to the public. Here are photos from the launch party on Friday, February 25th...

Presenting 1961...


The Cold War Gallery by Russian artist Inal Kabaloev


The Kennedys Gallery by American artist Rachel Faller


The Thy Kingdom Pop Gallery by Kyota Hyoda


Jam & Don


Love Grace blending in with the Kennedy Gallery


Lomo photo-artist Tim Robertson with his works in the Vann Molyvann Gallery






Friends from Poland, UK and Russia


Friends from Germany and Japan


with Raffles Chef Mawa from Indonesia... our galleries used to be the Raffles warehouse!


Ines...




Kyo with his paintings...







Cambodian artist Ben Thynal and friends with his works at the Galerie V
















Vintage bags and luggage at the Nostalgia




Ben Thynal with Tim Robertson... two of the most amazing artists I've worked with!


At the Norodoms Gallery




Furniture details at the Vann Molyvann Gallery... the glass table is the old switchboard from the house.



check out our website at www.the1961.com

Four other artist studios are opening soon with the cafe!

spoolartist & son

10,000 questions a day, an unquenchable thirst to fill our serene,white walls with pencil and pen doodles, creating rocket ships out of empty pen cases, unbelievable obsessions of planets, trains, cities, maps, water, iconic architectural structures, chocolates & pepperidge farm cookies.


sometimes, seeing your self in a little person's body can be quite cute and scary at the same time...

SUPER SOVANN - episode # 1

Here's the first installment of my Cambodian superhero project - Super Sovann!

SUPER SOVANN - a super fashionable superhero

SUPER SOVANN - a third world super hero is born!

I've recently doodled my way into creating a comic series in facebook and was happy at how my friends reacted to it. What was funnier is that how I get friend requests from random people I don't know but who just loved it! Here goes SUPER SOVANN!

freedom @ hope

My son Freedom recently had their first ever Christmas theatre production at Hope International School where he studies. Unfortunately at that day, I had a photography class at Angkor Wat (which was booked since last year!) so I totally missed out on this! Fortunately, my wife brought the Sony camera with her and took some snaps of the play...


Freedom doing the greetings...


They performed "Hosanna Rock & Roll" which looked like they were dancing to YMCA by the Village People...


The play was rather politically correct... the three magis were all girls!


Even Joseph and Mary were Asians (Koreans) and they were just too adorable...






With me and my wife coming from a strong theatre background, we were just too proud to see our son up on stage...






Freedom was a cow in the manger scene (at least he's not a lobster, like the Hugh Grant's nieces in Love Actually) and according to everyone, he did an awesome job... his costume was made by Don Protasio no less!