Maline Yim
Lives and works in Siem Reap
b. 1982, Battambang
Lives and works in Siem Reap
Born in Battambang in 1982, Yim Maline is a Cambodian artist whose dynamic practice encompasses meticulous graphite drawings and impactful sculptures. She is an alumna of Phare Ponleu Selpak art school (1995-2003) and holds a BFA in Fine Art from the École Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Caen la Mer, France (2010).
Her conceptual foundations stem from a profound engagement with the memories of her childhood during the post-genocide Cambodian civil war. This personal history serves as a catalyst to explore the enduring and complex repercussions of this period on the natural environment, individual lives, and societal structures. Maline's ambitious and skillful manipulation of materials provokes critical reflection, while an underlying sense of tension and uncertainty challenges conventional perspectives.
Her solo exhibitions include "Having a Hole or empty space inside" at SA SA BASSAC (2015) and "Silk Threads" at Insider Gallery, InterContinental Hotel, Phnom Penh (2012). She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including "Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – Paris" and "And that which was always known" at Yavuz Gallery, Singapore (2015). Maline has also undertaken residencies in Japan (2017), Jose Arts Lab, Johannesburg, South Africa (2016), Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA (2015), and Bose Pacia Transparent Studio, NYC (2013) as part of Season of Cambodia’s IN RESIDENCE program.
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