Burmese Artists | Phyu Mon
Born 1960 in Mandalay, Phyu Mon graduated
from Mandalay University with a Bachelor of Arts and studied
painting under the master artist U Ba Thaw between 1978 and
1979. She was introduced to video and film production
through a programme from the University of Finland. Phyu Mon
is one of the very few women artists in
Burma
who currently works with digital photography –a medium that
has propelled her to address the angst that many
Burmese women experience. She has been a regular participant
in exhibitions since 1985 and as an emerging artist; she
represents a new breed of
Burmese artists who openly express their restrictive
state with broad meanings. Phyu Mon is also a performance
artist and is a renowned poet in her native Burmese
language.
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