"Contemporary Burmese Art: Ideas and Ideals" Exhibition, New York Brochure

8/14/2019 "Contemporary Burmese Art: Ideas and Ideals" Exhibition, New York Brochure

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Win Pe is a native of andalay, Burma(yanmar). t his fathers insistence, he learnedto aint and lay music before beginning school.He continued his formal studies in andalay.Win pe served as the princial of the tate choolof Fine rts, usic, and Dancing until the early1970s. Later, he became a lm director and wrotescreenlays and short stories. In 1994, Win petravelled to the .., where he was a fellow at theniversity of Iowas International Writers programbefore going on to a career as a freelance artistand writer living in ew ork City. ow residing inaryland, he is a full-time ainter and writer whois rearing an audio-visual archive of Burmesescholars, oliticians, and artists for en ocietyInstitutes Burma project.

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Min Aung ni was born in angon, Burma (yanmar). Hestudied under rt aster ya ye, rt aster Lun Gywe,

hein Han and graduated from the Institute of conomics,angon. From 1982 to 2004, in ung i articiated in grouart exhibitions in Burma. In 2005, his works were exhibited atenaissance Center for the rts in Florida, ..

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KO MYOe, a native of oulmein, Burma, is a ne artist anda grahic designer. He studied art from his father Kyawint and was insired by many other artists. He has workedas an artist/designer in Burma, hailand and in the .. Hehas created commercial osters, oil aintings, ortraits, andlandscae aintings. Ko yoe has also designed editorial agesand suervised ublications of Burmese olitical journals. In1996, he graduated from parsons chool of Design in ework. Ko yoe currently works as a Grahic Fashions Designerin the Fashion Industry in ew ork.

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was born in 1961,Burma. His workshave shown atvariety of exhibitionsin Burma at theGangaw VillageGallery (1979-85),Wild rt xhibition(1982-86); and inhailand during theBurma rt xhibition(1989-1991). Whilstin hailand, inKyaw Khine workedas a Illustrator andssistant ditor forthe ew ra Journal,a ublication onBurma. He currentlylives and worksas an artist inWashington, D.C.

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MAung MAung Aung is a Burmese oliticalcartoonist whose work has aeared in weeklyand monthly journals and magazines in Burmasince 1970. In addition, he has held soloexhibitions of his cartoons in 1977 and otherart in 1989. Between 1998 and 2001, aungaung ung worked in Burma as a grahic artist,designing illustrations for book covers, magazines,movie osters and advertisements. He came to the.. in 2001, and lives in Brooklyn, ew ork.

MYO THein HTun is a ne artist and agrahic designer. He studied ne arts for8 years under the master artist heinHan since he was 12 year old. yo heinstudied comuter art from Khin yeinKywe (rtist aw an) and the art ofcartoons with Win un. He is currentlyworking as a grahic designer/artist inthe fashion industry in ew ork.

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MAung KYi MYinT was born in 1967,angon, Burma (yanmar) and came tothe nited tates in 1989. He joined theInternational Freelance photograherrganization (IFp) in 1995 and got hisDiloma in photograhy at the InternationalCorresondence chools (IC) in 1998. In2000, he graduated from the ew orkInstitute of photograhy (Ip). aung Kyiyint currently works as a freelance wedding

hotograher. www.ro9grou.com

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CHAW ei THein has exhibited and lectured extensively throughoutsia. he is an artist of many mediums using painting, performanceand installation for her expressions. In collaboration with artist ichardtreitmatter ran, she presented her installation eptember weetness atthe 2008 ingapore Bienniale. Chaw i hein has performed in arts festivalsin hailand, aiwan, China, Japan and Canada; she was a speaker at thesia House Gallery in London on contemporary art production in Burma. Inaddition to holding a law degree and teaching art to children and mentalhealth patients, she is the founder and curator of the unower rt Gallery,

angoon, Burma. he was recently awarded a 2009-2010 Fellowship bythe sian Cultural Council (CC). chaweithein.blogspot.com

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KYAing lin nAing studied drawing and water colorunder art master ha yint (yan ung), heinHan, Lun gwe, houng Han and ung Kyaw

oe. His works have been shown at various grouexhibitions in Burma, Korea (1987), and in ingaore(1992).

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Min THAnT (Gregory ong) was bornin Burma (yanmar), and grew u inandalay and ew ork. He studiedsociology and hotograhy and received hisBF in hotograhy from parsons choolof Design - ew chool niversity. Hecurrently lives and works in ew ork.

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Aung KYAW MOe wasborn in pyinmana,Burma(yanmar). He started

ainting as a child. Hetaught art at the angoonniversity, Burma. In1991 he came to the.. and articiated ina Washington quareart exhibition in 1992.Following on from thisexhibition, ung Kyawoe articiated in theDuo Burmese art exhibitionat the in 1996, anda Burmese grou showsonsored by enociety Institute in 1997.His aintings were shownat Invitational sian rtistsexhibition sonsored bythe tlantic City rt Centerin 2000; he won the rstrize for how e ourhoes art cometitionsonsored by the tlanticCity rt Center in 2003.ung Kyaw oe nowworks as a full time artist inthe Greater ew ork area.

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PAW THAMe studied modern artfrom 1964 to 1970 with Burmeseold masters including Khinaung (Bank), ung Khin and

Win pe. From 1967 to 1998,he has exhibited his works inmore than 40 grou and soloshows in Burma, the philiines,hailand, China, Hawaii, WestGermany, witzerland andthe .. He has been an artteacher and is the founder of theLanguage of Vision rt Institute,period rt tudio and peacockrt Gallery in Burma. paw hamehas discussed his views on artin merica and Burma with theVoice of merican and BBC. Henow resides in the ..

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THAn HTAY MAung was born inpathein, Irrawaddy Division of Burma.He studied at the tate chool of Finert, angon from 1980 to 1983. hanHtay aung entered into the illustrationand ainting world of literaturemagazines in 1981 creating illustrationsand cover aintings in various magazinesand journals. He has exhibited in 30grou shows as well two solo shows inJuly 2002 and July 2003. In 2005, hebegan erformance art and comleted10 erformance art grou shows inBurma. Between 2006 to 2008, heworked as a Layout Designer at oeJournal. He currently lives in pittsburgh,pennsylvania () with his family andcontinues to roduce installation artsand aintings.

Aung MOe Win is an ne artist anda grahic designer. He worked asthe deskto ublisher of Burmas tonewsaer, the yanmar imes, from2001 to 2004. In 2004, he moved tohailand and worked as a grahic designerfor the Irrawaddy, the leading ublicationon Burma. ung oe has also workedwith a variety of media organizations andGs addressing issues on Burma. Hemoved to the .. in 2006 and lives inew ork. He is studying comuter art atthe chool of Visual rts.

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Tun MYAing was born in angon,Burma (yanmar). He received hisF in 2006 from the ew orkcademy of rt and BF from theFashion Institute of echnology, in2003. He works as an illustrator andassistant artist. un yaings workshave been shown in ew ork City,Long Island City and ew Jersey. Helives and works in Queens, ew ork.

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Win Tun is a olitical cartoonistwho left Burma in 1990 because ofharassment and censorshi by theBurmese military junta. elocatingto hailand, he began ublishinghis cartoons in the Bangkok postunder the en-name r. Burma.nder the same name, he hasublished magazines, journals, andbooks about democracy, humanrights and olitics; all for clandestinedistribution in his homeland. Winun came to ew ork as a refugeein 1995, where he has since workedas a rofessional artist and grahicdesigner. ince 2005, he hasworked as a volunteer art directorand animator for the DemocraticVoice of Burma (DVB) V, based inorway. Win un now distributeshis olitical cartoons in Burma via hisweb age, www.faxtoon.com.

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