Pen Robit (b.1991, Battambang, Cambodia) lives and works in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Robit’s work attempts to represent Cambodia’s past, present and future socio-political fabric. He draws influences from Cambodian cultural iconography as well as ongoing societal discourses.
He has been selected as an artist-in-residence for the following: OzAsia Festival (ADELAIDE) Australia (2016); Peninsula Austronesia International Art and Culture Exchanges in Taiwan (2015); The Memory Workshop with Vann Nath & Séra Ing, Bophana Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2009); South East Asian Workshop, Tep Seri Sok Sopha Studio, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2008). Solo exhibitions include: Wings of Tomorrow (2022), Silapak Trotchaek Pneik (YK Art House) Cambodia; Out Of This World (2020), Richard Koh Fine Art, Malaysia; Beyond (2018), Tribe Cambodia, Siem Reap, Cambodia; Thread (2018), Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Krama (2013), and Untitled (2012), both at Romeet Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The Reconstruction Building
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
110 x 80 cm
The Overlay 3
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
50 x 40 cm
The Overlay 2
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
50 x 40 cm
The Overlay 1
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
50 x 40 cm
The Monument
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
150 x 150 cm
The Independent
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
150 x 120 cm
The Hero Star
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
200 x 155 cm
The Freedom
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
110 x 80 cm
Cityscape 5
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
60 x 60 cm
The Diamond Island
Pen Robit
2022
Enamel paint on canvas
155 x 200 cm
White Star
Pen Robit
2021
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
Various Forms
Pen Robit
2021
Enamel paint on canvas
155 x 200 cm
The Circle
Pen Robit
2021
Enamel paint on canvas
50 x 50 cm
The Broken Form
Pen Robit
2021
Enamel paint on canvas
80 x 60 cm
The Float
Pen Robit
2021
Enamel paint on canvas
129.5 x 179.5 cm
Geometry of Space I
Pen Robit
2021
Oil on canvas
120 x 80 cm
The Wing
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
55 x 75 cm
The Scream
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
130 x 130 cm
The Real Man
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
75 x 55 cm
The Mirror
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
75 x 55 cm
The Green Regalia
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 cm
The Great Meeting
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
120 x 150 cm
The Fragmentation
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
55 x 75 cm
The Deathbed Note
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 cm
Still Life
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
Self-portrait
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
150 x 120 cm
Robotic Soldiers
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
75 x 110 cm
Repressure
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 cm
Red Beach
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 60 cm
Progressivity
Pen Robit
2020
Oil on canvas
120 x 150 cm
Pen Robit – Krola (Curated by Jean Morel)
05 August - 30 September 2024
The Gallery
Sofitel Phokeethra Phnom Penh
26 Old August Site Sothearos Boulevard Sangkat Tonle Bassac
12301 Phnom Penh
Daily, 8 am - 10 pm
All That Surrounds Us: New Art from Cambodia – Pen Robit & Yim Maline
7 October - 11 November 2023
16albermarle Project Space
16 Albermarle StreetNewtown, NSW, 2042 Australia
Open Thursday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm
or by appointment
Diverse Visions (A Group Exhibition of Southeast Asian Artists)
1 - 22 April 2023
Richard Koh Fine Art,
Blk 47 Malan Road,
#01-26 Gillman Barracks,
Singapore 109444
Open on Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm.
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & public holidays.
Pen Robit – Rebuilding on the Black
29 October - 19 November 2022
Richard Koh Fine Art,
Blk 47, Malan Road,
#01-26 Gillman Barracks,
Singapore 109444
Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 7pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & Public Holidays
Sa Sa Art Projects Fundraising Auction & Exhibition 2022
20 October - 10 November 2022
AiR Gallery section, FT Gallery
Factory Phnom Penh
1159 National Road No 2
Pen Robit – The Ontology of Form and Colors
1 February - 30 April 2022
Rosewood Phnom Penh Art Gallery
In collaboration with Silapak Trotchaek Pneik / YK Art House
35th Floor, Vattanac Capital Tower,
66 Monivong Boulevard,
Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh
120211, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Free access 24 hours daily
Pen Robit – Wings of Tomorrow (Curated by Reaksmey Yean)
10 January - 10 February 2022
Silapak Trotchaek Pneik (YK Art House)
13A St. 830 Phnom Penh, 120101
Kingdom of Cambodia
Tuesdays - Saturdays, 10am - 7pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & Public Holidays
Pen Robit – The Angkor International Festival of the Arts
10 December 2021 - 31 January 2022
FCC Angkor,
Pokambor Ave., next to the Royal Residence
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Pen Robit – Silapak Trotchaek Pneik Soft Opening and Fundraiser
18 February - 24 April 2021
Silapak Trotchaek Pneik
YK Art House, 13 A St 830,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 123401
Pen Robit – Out Of This World
11 - 25 February 2020
Richard Koh Fine Art,
229, Jalan Maarof,
Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar,
59000 Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 7pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & Public Holidays
Art Solo 2023
5 - 7 May 2023
Booth F03
EXPO Dome, Taipei Expo Park,
No.1, Yumen Street, Zhongshan District,
Taipei City, Taiwan 10491
Preview Hours
4 May 2023, Thursday, 12 pm - 9 pm
Public Hours
5 May 2023, Friday, 11 am - 7 pm
6 May 2023, Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm
7 May 2023, Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm
S.E.A. FOCUS
16 - 19 January 2020
S.E.A. Focus
Tent A - Galleries,
Gillman Barracks,
7 Lock Road, Singapore 108935
Thursday: 16 Jan, 1 - 7 pm
Friday: 17 Jan, 1 - 10 pm
Saturday: 18 Jan, 12 - 7 pm
Sunday: 19 Jan, 12 - 6 pm
Art Expo Malaysia 2019
10 - 13 October 2019
Art Expo Malaysia 2019
MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Centre,
Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah,
Kompleks Kerajaan,
50480 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
11.30am - 9.00pm
