Ngwe Kyi | |
Native Name: | Burmese: ငွေကြည် |
Birth Date: | 1948 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Yangon |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Training: | studied at the painting and sculpture school and Cartoon Aung Shein |
Ngwe Kyi (Burmese: ငွေကြည်; born 26 March 1948) is a cartoonist and painter from Myanmar.
His Lawka Hma Bya (Burmese: လောကကြီးမှာဗျာ) and Myanma Yoya Hatha (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာဟာသ,) comics are particularly successful.[1] [2] [3] [4]
He 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.
During 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.