Htein lin biography of alberta

Together with other students, he was expelled in for protesting about the lack of investigation into the death of another student. Following involvement with protests, Htein Lin, together with other activists, withdrew to camps on the border with India. During this period, he studied with the artist Sitt Nyein Aye from Mandalay, learning about western artists such as Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.

In , Htein Lin continued his law degree, which he completed in Instead of working in the legal profession, Htein Lin became an artist and also an actor in comic films as "Htein Htein" in the mid s. He led the way with modern Burmese performance art. He continued to perform for fellow inmates in prison.

Htein Lin Aung. Cece Ceccarini Come

Officially, he was not permitted to paint while imprisoned. However, he managed to produce several hundred paintings secretly, using white cotton prison uniforms, as well as about a thousand drawings. He bribed the prison guards to smuggle paint to him, but it was too dangerous to have a paintbrush in his cell. Instead, he used various objects that were available to him, including cigarette lighters, pieces of glass, plates, nets, razor blades, syringes, or simply his fingers and hands.

He used a monoprint technique. After his release from prison in , he returned to art and performance. He was introduced in to the British Ambassador in Yangon, Vicky Bowman, who took receipt of his prison paintings and ensured their preservation by loaning them to the Burma Archives Project at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

He later married Bowman and they moved to live in London for seven years. In addition, he has performed at the Venice Biennale and at festivals in Finland, Japan, Malaysia, and the Philippines. His performances draw on his artistic life as well as aiming to raise awareness of the Burmese political situation.