Email: samboleaptol@gmail.com
Instagram: @samboleaptol
Studio: Het Archief, Robertfruinstraat 52, Rotterdam
14 November - 2 December 2024
I exhibited The Cosmic Tortoise and Dharma Songs at Leiden University, as part of PURANA symposium: Visualizing Ancient History. I also did a lecture performance. Read my small essay about it here.
4-31 October 2024
I had a solo show in Maastricht: Jendela, curated by Roy Voragen, and showed the Cosmic Tortoise. More on JENDELA here.
Ongoing
A Post-Exhibition booklet has been created, published and printed (300 copies) of my residency at Cemeti Institute for Art and Society in 2023. Please send me an email or DM to buy them (10 USD excl shipping).
June-July 2024
I was part of a self organised residency at MenH Studio, Yogyakarta, Indonesia for 2 months, where we developed "The Cosmic Tortoise" and "The Naga Dream". We had our exhibition and public event at Indonesian Visual Art Archive (reel).
13 July 2024 - 25 August 2024
I was part of the groupshow "A Wild Summer of Art" at Brutus, Rotterdam, curated by Amira Gad. Photo by Jingfeng Shen.
14 May 2024
I was part of a roundtable on South and Southeast Asian storytelling at International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden. More information on the event. And for a short video click here.
25 April 2024
At Motormond in Amsterdam, I did a lecture performance called: I feel like my ancestors have left me 1000 voicenotes to decipher. For a video on the lecture-performance click here. Photo by Giany Kraan.
2 April 2024
I moved to a new studio! Het Archief, Robertfruinstraat 52 in Rotterdam. View a video about it here.
9 February 2024
For my finisage, I organised a Khmer hotpot (Ya Hon) and invited artist Lin Fengyang to speak on her work on Southern Chinese diaspora in South East Asian diaspora in Europe. I spoke about my Teochew heritage. More about the Lunar New Year / Finnisage event here. More information on the residency here.
7 January 2024
The TENT show ended. I created two virtual tours: VIEW the gallery in 3D or/and LISTEN to my artist TALK (Youtube)
December 2023
I was interviewed by 2 online magazines: Mister Motley and Metropolis M. Thank you Roxane Soudager and Nathalie Hartjes.
17 December 2023
I did a lecture performance at de Balie as part of a programme focussing on Hanne Hagenaars book on grief. WATCH the live stream
11 December 2023
I was interviewed by curator Honey Kraiwee about my show at TENT. WATCH the podcast here
10 November 2023
I WON the Dolf Henkes Prijs 2023! Unbelievable! Visit TENT for more info, or read a press release here. (Photo by Aad Hoogendoorn)
October - December 2023:
I was in Autumn/Winter Residency at RIB, where I will continue my research on Southeast Asian instruments. Watch a reel about it here.
October 8 2023
I did a performance at Ufer Studio For Contemporary Dance, curated by Unthaitled and Soy Division for Wandering Salon, Berlin. Watch the video documentation here. Photo by: Chonchanok Sattayatham.
22 September - 5 November 2023
A small solo show at Het Gemaal op Zuid called 'Your Heart is a Window to Another World' presented by Leana Boven. This show focuses on my digital drawings and has a small public programme, including a in-situ performance by Ratu R. Saraswati. Opening: 22 September 2023 with DJ Kendra Amankwah. More to be announced.
10 September 2023:
I was invited by Non Native Native to perform at the closing event of Taring Padi's show at Framer Framed in Amsterdam. Photo: Maarten Nauw.
8 September 2023 - 7 January 2024
Nominated for the Dolf Henkes Award 2023. Participation in groupshow at TENT, Rotterdam. I performed on the opening night, and have 3 works installed (Dharma Songs v2, an interactive sound installation - Tails of the Past, an engraving in Khmer script - Sathu Studio, two illustrations in lightboxes). Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn.
2 September 2023:
I cohosted a workshop at RIB, Rotterdam, wtih artists Steven Maybury and Junghun Kim. I discussed smot, a uniquely expressive form of Buddhist chant, and lead a small sonic workshop. Photo: Steven Maybury.
1 April - 30 June 2023
If you'd like to know more about what I am upto, please don't hesitate to send me a message! I'd love to get to know you and see how we could collab!
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