Chuu Wai

Chuu Wai
ခြူးဝေ
Chuu wai in 2022 at the Espace Kugler in Geneva, Switzerland
Born
Chuu Wai

1992 (age 33–34)
Yatsaut, Shan State
EducationStudies under artists U Chit Thaw(Myingyan), U Khin Maung San (Mandalay), U Suu Myint Thein (Alin-Dagar Art School), U Nay San (Amar-Pura), U Win Pe Myint, Justice Art, Nation University of Art and Culture (Mandalay) [1]
Known forPainter
Awards
  • 2012 Indian Consulate painting competition, First Prize
  • 2013 Indian Consulate painting competition, First Prize
  • 2015 Goethe-Institut Scholarship to attend “Curator Lab”
  • Series in Indonesia, Germany, Thailand
  • 2015 Speaker at Workshop at Yangon
  • 2015 Speaker at Global Entrepreneurship week

Chuu Wai Nyein (Burmese: ခြူးဝေငြိမ်း; born 1992 in Yatsaut, Shan State) is a painter, performance artist and activist from Myanmar who has lived in exile in Paris following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

Early life and education

Chuu first graduated with a bachelor's degree in IT Engineering Technological University, Mandalay, she then earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Art, National University of Art and Culture, Mandalay.[2][3] She studied under U Chit Thaw (Myingyan), U Khin Maung San (Mandalay), U Suu Myint Thein (Alin-Dagar Art School), U Nay San (Amar-Pura), U Win Pe Myint, Justice Art, Nation University of Art, Culture (Mandalay) and other.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Chuu Wai Nyein".
  2. ↑ "Fighting sexual harassment with art". Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  3. ↑ "Painting the Practice of Victim-Blaming in a New Light".
  4. ↑ "Synonym of Self Exhibition by Chuu Wai Nyein @ Gallery 65". Yangon Life.
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