Graffiti Siem Reap

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Siem Reap
gets its first ever graffiti festival

International and Cambodian artists turned a blank wall into an open-air gallery and gave a new generation their first lesson in the craft.

A wall that had sat empty for years is now the largest co-created mural Siem Reap has ever seen. CREATIF CIC delivered a first-of-its-kind graffiti event for the city: two days of live paint jams and open workshops that brought Cambodian and international artists together, put Siem Reap on the map for graffiti art, and gave local young people direct access to a master of the craft.

The paint jam

Sloke One

Leading it was Nate "Sloke One", an Austin-based graffiti artist with over 35 years in the game, respected at the highest level of the craft. He was joined by some of Cambodia's sharpest talents : Phnom 1of1, Candy Skeletons, K7 Fonts who travelled up from Phnom Penh to bring their styles to Siem Reap for the first time. Sloke One's lettering spells out "Siem Reap", paired with a Khmer-script rendering of the same words by K7. Alongside it: Phnom 1of1 drawing on a traditional Vishnu statue, and Théo Vallier reinterpreting Khmer heritage through Rahu (រាហូ) for a new generation.

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The workshop

Sloke One

Alongside the main paint jam, CREATIF CIC ran open workshops for any young person who wanted to learn graffiti directly from Sloke One. Free to join, they drew a wide range of ages — including artists as young as three. Held in partnership with Kampu Hoops, a grassroots, passion-driven project in Siem Reap, the sessions saw a group of young people co-create an original "Cambodia" mural at the court — Sloke One balancing technical teaching with room for the kids' own creativity to lead.

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Meet the Mentor

Sloke One

Sloke One has spent over three decades as a professional graffiti writer, with a long history of exhibitions, international festivals, and mentoring younger artists. He's leading the advanced workshops and collaborative painting sessions here giving participants a direct line to graffiti's first-generation knowledge.

Check out his work

Educational Workshops

How It's Structured

Starting with graffiti's roots — 1970s New York tagging and train writing — through to how the style evolved globally. Covers lettering structure, flow, wildstyle composition, and the role of the black book in an artist's development.

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