Aye Ko ( my, အေးကို; born 7 August 1963) is a

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and former political prisoner from

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. He is one of Myanmar's most profiled contemporary artists internationally. On 10 January 2017, he received the 2017 Joseph Balestier Award for the Freedom of Art. He is one of the founders of ''New Zero Art Space''.

Biography

Aye Ko was born on 7 August 1963 in

Pathein Pathein (, ; mnw, ဖာသီ, ), formerly called Bassein, is the largest city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma). It is located 190 km (120 mi) west of Yangon within Pathein Township on the bank of the Pathei ...

. Under the master artist, U Min Soe, he trained in classic and traditional painting . In 1990, he was arrested and sentenced to three-year prison about student revolution and the underground movement for democracy. In 2008, He founded New Zero Art Space with his colleagues.

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