Aung Kyaw Htet

Aung Kyaw Htet (Burmese: အောင်ကျော်ထက်; born 1965) is a painter from Myanmar. His paintings of religious life in Myanmar show monks and nuns in a realistic manner, though non-essential objects are omitted from the paintings.[2][3][4]

Aung Kyaw Htet
အောင်ကျော်ထက်
Born (1965-06-12) 12 June 1965
Myaungmya
NationalityBurmese
EducationStudies at the State School of Fine Arts, Rangoon and with Art masters Thukha and Aung Moe[1]
Known forPainter

Biography

Aung Kyaw Htet was born in 1965 in Myaungmya and studied at the State School of Fine Arts in Yangon, after working on a river boat for years in order to save enough money for his art education.[3][5] His paintings of religious life in Myanmar show monks and nuns in a realistic manner, though non-essential objects are omitted from the paintings.[3] He has participated in several exhibitions internationally. His paintings are in the museum collections of the National Museum of Myanmar and the National Art Gallery of Malaysia.[3] His work is now exclusively shown at the Thavibu Gallery in Bangkok.[6]

References
  1. "Myanmar Artists Gallery".
  2. "Myanmar artist featured in NYC gallery". The Myanmar Times. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. "Aung Kyaw Htet". Widewalls. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. "Lot 671 AUNG KYAW HTET". Bonhams. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. Laterza, Maria. "Aung Kyaw Htet, 1965 - Figurative painter". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. "Myanmar artist Aung Kyaw Htet explores rice as a culture in his new show at Thavibu Gallery". The Nation (Thailand). 6 July 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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