Ly Daravuth

Place: Phnom Penh

Born: 1968

Biography:

Ly Daravuth is a Cambodian artist born in 1968 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is the co-founder of the Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture in Phnom Penh, an independent institute dedicated to the preservation of traditional and contemporary art and culture of Cambodia. The institute was founded in 1998 by Ly Daravuth and Ingrid Muan and is located next to the Royal University of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Cambodia. Ly Daravuth is a photographer and has exhibited his work in Cambodia and internationally. He is known for his photographic series 'The Messenger'.