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Aung Myat Htay Originally from Mandalay, upper Myanmar. In 1993 he certificated from the State Fine Art school in Mandalay and in 1998 graduated in BFA at the University of Art & Culture,Yangon. He is deeply involved in the artistic community of Myanmar since 1997 his first solo exhibition. He share the role of artist, curator and writer. He has presented work in several regions of Asia including Japan, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Hong kong and in US. He has participated in various residencies and exhibitions among which the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Fukuoka, Japan) 2010, Live Art Festival (Banglore, India)2011, Koganecho Bazaar International Art Festival (Yokohama, Japan)2012. In 2013 he received sixmonth grant from Asian Cultural Council (ACC) for New York Residency and research contemporary art in the US. In 2015 he co-founded SOCA (School of Contemporary Art), an alternative art learning community to support the new generation of art. Recently he co-curated the public art project for the Yangon Art & Heritage Festival “My Yangon My Home� was hold in Yangon. Now based in Yangon and currently working as a freelance artist & curator.
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