In 2002, Cambodian American artist Sopheap Pich has chosen to return and live in his native country, some 16 years after he had left Cambodia with his family, establishing in Massachussets. From 1984 to 2002, he has lived in Amherst, and eventually traveled and studied in Miami, Chicago, France and Boston where he received his Masters of Arts. Now based in Phnom Penh, Pich has settled a space for work, found his voice (abandoning painting for sculpture) and his material, rattan and bamboo, which he uses to create his sculptures, some of them referring to the body and our organs, and the feelings and emotions that our mind and spirit experience through them. One of the most prominent artists in Cambodia today, Pich now also receives international recognition, from New York to Japan, from China to Australia…