Wah Nu is a

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from

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Early life and education

Wah Nu was born in 1977 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 ...

. In 1998, she graduated from the University of Culture, Yangon where she majored in music.

Career

After graduating, she launched herself on an artistic career. Since then, she has developed a personal expression by mainly adopting painting and video as media. In 2004, she was held her first solo exhibition “Cloud Department” in

and showed in group exhibitions including Bangladesh Biennale. She was also showed her second solo exhibition “Self-Identity” in the Art-U room gallery, Tokyo, Japan and participated at group exhibitions, Fukuoka Triennale in 2005. At 2008, she participated group exhibition in Another Seven Artists in

. In 2009, she participate with her husband, artist, Tun Win Aung in The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane .3rd Fukuoka Triennale 2005

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, 2005.

Selected exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

*2020 Wah Nu: Clouds, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore *2008 Wah Nu: The Rising Sun, Art-U room, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan *2005 Wah Nu: Self-Identity, Art-U room, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan *2004 Wah Nu: Cloud Department, Lokanat Galleries, Yangon, Myanmar

Selected group exhibitions

*2019 Montage of the Time - Expansion of Video Art in Asia, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan *2018 Hakarie Contemporary Art Eye Vol. 10 - Eight Contemporary Artists from Southeast Asia, Cube 1 2 3, Tokyo, Japan *2017 Beyond Narrative, Wizaya Cinema, Yangon, Myanmar *2011 Inner Voices, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan

Selected collective solo exhibitions

*2018 Sound Weaving, National Museum, Yangon, Myanmar *2016 Blurring the Boundaries (2007-2012), Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore, Singapore *2011 Tun Win Aung and Wah Nu, Meulensteen Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA *2011 Tun Win Aung and Wah Nu: Some Pieces (of White), Art-U room, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Selected collective group exhibitions

*2016 An Atlas of Mirrors, Singapore Biennale 2016, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore *2015 Convergence, The National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand *2013 No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States *2011 Back to the Museum Per Se, The 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Modern Art, Guangzhou, China

Public collections

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Fukuoka, Japan
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York, United States
Kadist
San Francisco, United States
Centre Pompidou
Paris, France
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art
Brisbane, Australia
Singapore Art Museum
Singapore

Personal life

Wah Nu married to artist Tun Win Aung, who works in multimedia installations and performance arts.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wah Nu Living people 1977 births Burmese painters Burmese performance artists Burmese writers National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon, alumni