Min Wae Aung ( my, မင်းဝေအောင်; born 1960) is an international contemporary artist 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 ...

whose realistic work is characterized by its strong relationship to Burmese culture and Buddhist philosophy. He is the owner of New Treasure Art Gallery in Yangon's Golden Valley.

Biography

Min Wae Aung was born in 1960 in

Danubyu Danubyu ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar, located on the west bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta. It is the seat of the Danubyu Township in the Maubin District ...

Ayeyarwady Region Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

. He lives with his wife, Than Than, and their two teenage sons in

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

. He studied at the State School of Fine Arts in

References

Living people 1960 births Burmese painters Burmese performance artists People from Ayeyarwady Region {{Burma-painter-stub