Phok Sopheap (b. 1984) is a self-taught painter who grew up in Battambang province. Since 2011, Phok has used painting as a means to express and reconcile his feelings of loss and longing for his family: the artist’s paintings usually consider memories of domestic hardship and intimacy. Phok’s solo exhibitions include My Parents’ Love, 2012, and The Way of Love, 2011, both at Sammaki Gallery, Battambang. Group exhibitions include I Need My Family, 2013 at 1961; Off The Wall, 2013 at Teo+Namfah Gallery; and My Father Favorite, 2010 at Sammaki Gallery, Bambambang. Pisaot is Phok’s first residency.