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.

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

1992 (1992)
NationalityBurmese
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

Early life and education

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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

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  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.[permanent dead link]
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