Bio:
b. 1987, Long Beach, California. Lives and works in New York City and Phnom Penh
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York City, 2024
MFA, Columbia University, New York City, 2022
BFA, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, California, 2012
Contact:
studio [at] albertsamreth.com
IG: @soulseekqt
Awards and Positions:
Rosalind Harris Visiting Critic, Assistant Professor, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
Cinemafund Grant Recipient, Asia Culture Center (ACC), 2019
Grant Recipient, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Los Angeles, 2015
バッカーズ・ファンデーション (The Backers Foundation) Residency, Arts Initiative Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Selected Press:
“Albert Samreth” by Brian Curtin, Frieze Magazine, 2014
“The Myths and Failures of Modern Khmer Architecture” by Ben Valentine, Hyperallergic, 2017
Select Exhibitions:
Select Acts From the Peach Blossom Fan, Brief Histories, New York City, United States, 2025
At Odds With, Whitney Museum ISP, Westbeth Gallery, New York City, United States, 2024
Nation, Narration, Narcosis Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, Germany (Berlin, Deutschland), 2021
After The Spectacle, The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, 東京都写真美術館 Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (TOP), Japan (東京, 日本), 2020
Temporal Topography: MAIIAM’S New Acquisitions, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand (เชียงใหม่, ประเทศไทย), 2019
Romantic Comedy, SPRMRKT, Singapore (Singapore, 新加坡), 2018
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival DMZ국제다큐멘터리영화제, Goyang-si, Korea (고양시, 대한민국), 2017
New Khmer Architecture at SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (ភ្នំពេញ, កម្ពុជា), 2017
Mode of Liaisons at Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand (กรุงเทพมหานคร, ประเทศไทย), 2017
Overview at Samuel Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chicago, United States, 2017
Dibujos Animados at Oficina de Arte, Group Exhibition, Ciudad de México, México, 2017
Anywhere but here, betonsalon Centre d’art et de recherché, Paris, France (Paris, France), 2016
Spirit at Sunday Gallery, Solo Presentation, Los Angeles, California, United States, 2015
Xilitla at SA SA BASSAC, Solo Presentation, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (ភ្នំពេញ, កម្ពុជា), 2014
Solo For Love Song, Family Books, Los Angeles, United States, 2014
…Know Know at SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (ភ្នំពេញ, កម្ពុជា), 2013
Dancers on a Plane, The Real DMZ Project, Demilitarized Zone, Cheorwon, South Korea (철원군, 대한민국), 2014
A Time For Dreams, IV Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia (Москва, Россия), 2014
111 at SNO Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney, Australia, 2014
Albert Samreth and Gor Sudan at Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo, Japan (東京, 日本), 2014
VEILS at The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, United States, 2014
No New Friends at Sunday Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States, 2013
Material Art Fair at So Fine Arts, Ciudad de México, México, 2013
If The World Changed, 4th Singapore Biennale, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (Singapore, 新加坡), 2013
Poster Problem at Otras Obras, Tijuana, México, 2013
The Joy of Fear at The Impermanent Collection, Los Angeles, California, United States, 2013
Transmission at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California, United States, 2012
Non-Profit Self Titled Solo Projects at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, United States, 2012
Strange Fields at Romeet Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (ភ្នំពេញ, កម្ពុជា), 2011
The Bacchus Presents… at The Bacchus, Los Angeles, California, United States, 2010
Decorating the Val Verde Home, Kate Hall’s residence, Val Verde, California, United States, 2010
Profiles in Community Music at Phantom Gallery, Long Beach, California, United States, 2010
Wild Ones with Kaucyila Brooke at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, United States, 2010
Albert Samreth Investigates The Eternal Brotherhood of Light at Lime Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, United States, 2009