I started making collages in 2020 as a way of getting more joy and creativity out of my day.

I chose digital collage because it was the ‘least messy’ art form I could do with young kids around.

Today I make collages to understand, process, and celebrate the world around me.

You can follow my art on Instagram and see a selection of it below.

Flamboyant season

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Our liberation grows together.

Collage of flowers from Sudan, Congo, Palestine, Myanmar, and West Papua. People from my father's archive from Sudan, Kashmir, and Palestine.

Collage with two found images of vintage Cambodia.

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Wrote a letter to someone I don't know today, about a memory I have with their mother who passed away at the end of last year. I have known her mother since I was about 10 in Cambodia, and I can't say I knew her that well, but she has been a comforti

Earth Day collage for Prospera - International Network of Women's Funds

I'm still working on my confidence to make art for others. Something about making art of others puts too much pressure on my creativity. But I'm pleased with the results of this

Pirun and his brothers' world changed when they saw indigo for the first time.

Adapted #artfulmemorieschallenge by @jackravi @janechipp with #foundphotos from Cambodia

Pirun means rain or rainy season

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Channary felt most alive walking the rice fields at night with her ko/គោ/cow.

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"I have made this mistake of believing in you, the Americans."

Last week @khmer_renaissance shared this photo of Sirik Matak and a letter he wrote that I hadn't seen before.

I was really struck by his words of bitter, mournful, and angry

Chivy's soft words were adored by all the animals.

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The image of the woman is another photo from my father's collection, this one in the folder labeled Nong Chan.

Nong Chan was one of the earliest refugee camps, and was a

Artful Memories - Cambodia

My most recent inspiration has been old photos and iconic symbols of Cambodia.

Many of the photos are taken from my father’s archive during his time working in the refugee camps and internally displaced communities along the Thai-Cambodian border, as well as from the early days of ‘normalization’ after the Vietnamese occupation.

I also use found vintage photos from different online sources and collectors, and from my own collection.