Artist Win Pe Myint
A prolific and dedicated artist, Win Pe Myint’s works are done with details that are photograph-like, with themes that exude a mood of loneliness.
Win Pe Myint, or WPM as he signs his works, was born in 1948 in Minbu, a small town in Central Myanmar. Starting in 1968, he studied basic drawings under U Lun Gywe at the prestigious Yangon University Art Association. But he graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring Botany. He continued his art study under outstanding Myanmar artists U Thein Han, U Lun Gywe, U Shwe Oung Thame and U Paw Oo Thett after he finished his university life.
1973 – Started to show his paintings in group exhibitions
1980 – Member of Lokanat Gallery, Yangon. Exhibited in Japan, Korea, United States of America, England, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Solo show
1977 Oil Paintings, Lokanat Galleries, Yangon
1997 Sketches, Lokanat Galleries, Yangon
1998 Still-Life, IVY Art Gallery, Yangon
2000 100 Clouds, Lokanat Galleries, Yangon
2000 Color Hunger, New Treasure Art Gallery, Yangon
2002 Color and Paint, New Treasure Art Gallery, Yangon
2004 Trees, New Treasure Art Gallery, Yangon
2006 Palette-knife Paintings, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 Asia Fine Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Landscape, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Selected Landscapes, Myanmar Art Centre, Yangon
Group Show
2002 – “6 Myanmar Artists” show, London, UK
2005 – “Burmese Masters”, Singapore
2007 – “Myanmar Masters”, Hong Kong
2007 – Myanmar Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Culture University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Auction Show
2006 – Larasati Asia Fine Art Auction Show, October 2006, Singapore
2007 – Larasati Asia Fine Art Auction Show, October 2007, Singapore
2008 – Larasati Asia Fine Art Auction Show, May 2008, Singapore
Collections
Yangon University Library
National Museum, Yangon
