What's On
Exhibitions, films, workshops and gatherings. Free to enter, in Khmer and English.
Everything we programme is shown in Kep before it goes anywhere else, and it is free. A fishing family should be able to see the work made about their boat without buying a ticket or travelling to Phnom Penh. Labels and programmes are in Khmer and English.
Coming up
11–14 December 2026 · Knai Bang Chatt, Kep West and the Sailing Club
21 boat builders, three exhibitions, five public conversations, the Kite Festival with art films on the roof of The Wave by CIFF 360, and contemporary dance on the pier. Exhibitions stay open for two weeks after the closing. All events are free.
Highlighting talent, creativity and vision
11–14 December 2026
For decades these boats carried the families of Kep. Now they lie abandoned on the shore. Art for Kep is giving 21 of them to 21 artists — Cambodian and international — to be reborn as artworks at our first International Art Festival, and then to travel the country as a moving exhibition.
Choose a boat. Translate it. Make it yours.
Film · Sound piece · Audience award Ended
Art for Kep and Kep Music City invite filmmakers and sound artists from around the world to create a 3-minute work celebrating our coastal regions – their people, their culture, and their ocean. This global talent journey is open to digital artists and music creators of all kinds, including filmmakers, video artists, sound artists, composers, musicians, and spoken-word performers.
2025 Ended
The Artist Contest 2025 has successfully concluded, bringing together a diverse group of talented artists who explored creativity, culture, and personal expression through their work. This edition highlighted artistic interpretations inspired by Kep, showcasing a wide range of styles, mediums, and perspectives.
Through this annual contest, Art for Kep continues its commitment to supporting emerging and established artists while creating a platform for meaningful artistic exchange.
Past · 2026
27–28 February 2026 · Kep West
By Walter Koditek. An interim glimpse into his Art for Kep residency, unfolding Kep’s modernist past through research and photography.
Outcome: research and images feeding the Kep Modern archive; work shown first in Kep.
26 March 2026 · Knai Bang Chatt
A community workshop introducing children to drawing and looking, held at Knai Bang Chatt.
Outcome: school and community participation figures to be published with the annual report. One of the most useful programmes we run — and it will keep a permanent place on this page.
24–25 April 2026 · Kep West Wellness Center
By Alexandra Maul. Works capturing the shifting essence of Kep — sea, jungle and countryside as a state of transition.
13–17 May 2026 · Kep & Kampot
Pre-festival screening in Kampot, then four days in Kep: open-air cinema by the sea at Knai Bang Chatt, Kep West and Art for Kep, with Cambodian and international films, talks and workshops, in partnership with the Cambodia International Film Festival.
27 June 2026 · Kep West Wellness Center
From Pakistan’s River Ravi to Kep’s fishing communities, Alina Mehmood traced what disappears when water disappears — and found in Cambodia’s coastal dances an unexpected echo of home.
Outcome: public performance made with fishing communities in Kep.
18–19 July 2026 · The Wave at Kep West
Solo presentation by Shanghai Chang from her residency: sculptural textile figures staged against the sea.
Outcome: residency work shown publicly at The Wave.
Charity · Kep West
A silent auction for Khun Vannak, one of Cambodia’s leading contemporary artists, bringing artists, collectors and friends together while he battles stage-four skin cancer.
Outcome: amount raised and what it paid for will be published here once confirmed — this is the kind of ending a non-profit page needs.
