Ngwe Kyi (ငွေကြည်; born 26 March 1948) is a cartoonist and painter from Myanmar.
Ngwe Kyi ငွေကြည် | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 March 1948 |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Education | studied at the painting and sculpture school and Cartoon Aung Shein |
| Known for | |
His Lawka Hma Bya (လောကကြီးမှာဗျာ) and Myanma Yoya Hatha (မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာဟာသ, lit. 'Traditional Burmese Humor') comics are particularly successful.[1][2][3][4]
Biography and career
editHe was born on 26 May 1948 in Yangon. He graduated from the Royal Government of the Arts (SSFH) in 1969.[5]
He studied cartoon and painting art at the painting and sculpture school, Yangon and Cartoonist Aung Shein.[6] Since 1969, he has been drawing cartoons under the penname Ngwe Kyi and is a well-known cartoonist in Myanmar.
Painting career
editDuring the year 1969 to 2007, he was involved in a series of local group exhibitions. In August 2007, his first solo exhibition was exhibited at the New Treasure Art Gallery.
References
edit- ^ "ဝါရင့် ကာတွန်းဆရာကြီး ဦးငွေကြည်" (in Burmese).
- ^ "ကြေးမုံ -ကာတွန်း (ငွေကြည်)".
- ^ "ငွေကြည်" (in Burmese).
- ^ "၂၁)ရာစုပင်လုံညီလာခံကို ကာတွန်းဆရာ ၁၀၀ကျော်ထောက်ခံ".
- ^ Biography of cartoonist Ngwe Kyi posted at ForEverSpace.com.mm
- ^ "ကာတွန်းဆရာကြီး ဦးအောင်ရှိန် ကွယ်လွန်" (in Burmese).
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