Wah Nu is a contemporary artist from Myanmar.[1][2]
Wah Nu | |
|---|---|
ဝါနု | |
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Occupation | Artist |
Early life and education
editWah Nu was born in 1977 in Yangon, Myanmar. In 1998, she graduated from the University of Culture, Yangon where she majored in music.
Career
editAfter graduating, she launched herself on an artistic career. Since then, she has developed a personal expression by mainly adopting painting and video as media.
In 2004, she was held her first solo exhibition “Cloud Department” in Yangon and showed in group exhibitions including Bangladesh Biennale. She was also showed her second solo exhibition “Self-Identity” in the Art-U room gallery, Tokyo, Japan and participated at group exhibitions, Fukuoka Triennale in 2005.
At 2008, she participated group exhibition in Another Seven Artists in Yangon. In 2009, she participate with her husband, artist, Tun Win Aung in The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane .[3][4]
Selected exhibitions
editSelected solo exhibitions
edit- 2020 Wah Nu: Clouds, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- 2008 Wah Nu: The Rising Sun, Art-U room, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 2005 Wah Nu: Self-Identity, Art-U room, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- 2004 Wah Nu: Cloud Department, Lokanat Galleries, Yangon, Myanmar
Selected group exhibitions
edit- 2019 Montage of the Time - Expansion of Video Art in Asia, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
- 2018 Hakarie Contemporary Art Eye Vol. 10 - Eight Contemporary Artists from Southeast Asia, Cube 1 2 3, Tokyo, Japan
- 2017 Beyond Narrative, Wizaya Cinema, Yangon, Myanmar
- 2011 Inner Voices, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Selected collective solo exhibitions
edit- 2018 Sound Weaving, National Museum, Yangon, Myanmar
- 2016 Blurring the Boundaries (2007-2012), Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore, Singapore
- 2011 Tun Win Aung and Wah Nu, Meulensteen Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
- 2011 Tun Win Aung and Wah Nu: Some Pieces (of White), Art-U room, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Selected collective group exhibitions
edit- 2016 An Atlas of Mirrors, Singapore Biennale 2016, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
- 2015 Convergence, The National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2013 No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
- 2011 Back to the Museum Per Se, The 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Modern Art, Guangzhou, China
Public collections
edit- Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
- Kadist, San Francisco, United States
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
- Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Personal life
editWah Nu married to artist Tun Win Aung, who works in multimedia installations and performance arts.
References
edit- ^ "Myanmar art gaining purchase".
- ^ "Myanmar's artistic palette".
- ^ Wah Nu Archived 2010-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Art-U room.
- ^ 3rd Fukuoka Triennale 2005, Fukuoka, Japan, 2005.