Phyu Mon is a Burmese writer, photographer, performance artist, and painter who is a renowned artist and one of the very few women in the profession. She is also known for being very much gender-aware.
She is best known as a leading digital artist. She has done a lot of art work and has participated in art exhibitions in many countries such as
Italy,
Japan
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,
Philippines,
Indonesia,
Korea,
Hong Kong,
Singapore and
France.
Biography
Phyu Mon was born in 1960 in
Mandalay
Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).
Mandalay was fo ...
,
Myanmar
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. She graduated from
Mandalay University
Mandalay University (also translated as University of Mandalay; my, မန္တလေးတက္ကသိုလ် ) is a public liberal arts and science university located in Mandalay, Myanmar and one of the sixteen autonomous universities un ...
with B.A. in Literature. From 1978 to 1979, she studied painting under the Master artist U
Ba Thaw
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Businesses and organizations
* Bangladesh Army
* Bibliotheca Alexandrina, an Egyptian library and cultural center
* Boeing (NYSE stock symbol BA)
* Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland
* Boston Acoustics, ...
.
In 1997, she started performance art in
Mandalay
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Mandalay was fo ...
. In 2000, she collaborated with Japanese artist
Seiji Shimoda.
Under Mr.
Pekka Niskanen, she studied film art from the High tech training school of
Finland in 2005. She screened "Blend the world" film in 2007 in
Denmark.
In 2013, she studied video and film production through a program from the High Tech Training School of
Finland. In 2014, she received her diploma from the National University of Culture and Art.
In 2017, she showed "Blooming Sound" at the ''Wathann Film Festival''. Her films were also screened abroad, in
Japan
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,
Indonesia,
Philippines and
Thailand.
Selected exhibitions
*Hope – T.H.E.O. Arts Professionals,
Singapore, 2013
*Dream Lands – Asia Fine Art Limited,
Hong Kong, SAR, 2012
Group exhibitions
*Beyond Burma,
Bangkok, 2012
*One Hundred Years International Days,
Hong Kong, 2011
*Magnetic Power,
Seoul, 2009
*
Aye Ko,
Aung Myint,
Nyein Chan Su
Nyein Chan Su, known as NCS ( my, ငြိမ်းချမ်းဆု; born 1973) is a Burmese painter. He showcases works inspired by nats, the spirits worshipped in central Burma alongside Buddhism. His paintings are eclectic and versatile. ...
, Burma – Speaking Alone, Bangkok, 2009
*Myanmar Contemporary Art Festival, Landon, 2010
*Multimedia Art festival, Yangon, 2010
*Blend the World, Copenhagen, 2010
*Blue Wind Contemporary art Exhibition, Yangon, 2009
*We are Burma, Berkeley, USA, 2009
Personal life
Phyu Mon married the famous artist
Chan Aye in 1985.
References
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Living people
1960 births
Burmese painters
Burmese performance artists
Burmese writers
Mandalay University alumni
Burmese women artists