Win Pe Myint Explained

Win Pe Myint (WPM)
Birth Place:Minbu, Magwe Division, Burma
Nationality:Burmese
Known For:Painting

Win Pe Myint,WPM (Burmese: ဝင်းဖေမြင့်, in Burmese pronounced as /wɪ́ɰ̃ pʰè mjɪ̰ɰ̃/; born 1948) is a noted Burmese painter. In 1970, he graduated from Rangoon Arts and Sciences University with a Botany major. He was extremely interested in painting since childhood. He studied under 4 outstanding art masters: Lun Gywe, Shwe Oung Thame, Paw Oo Thet and Thein Han (painter). He worked as an art teacher in Regional College - 3 from 1984 to 1986. He should not be confused with the earlier Burmese painter Win Pe of Mandalay, born in 1936, who was a contemporary of Paw Oo Thet, and one of the early founders of modernist painting in Burma.

Win Pe Myint is particularly well known for his excellent still life works, although in recent years he has been painting landscapes and portraits. In February 2005 he opened his new studio (True Colour) in Hlaingthaya Township, designed by architect Aung Soe Myint. The studio features over a hundred of his paintings.

Solo Shows

1977 - Oil Painting,Lokanat Galleries.

1997 - Sketches,Lokanat Galleries.

1998 - Still Life,Ivy Gallery.

2000 - 100 Clouds,Lokanat Galleries.

2000 - Colour Hunger,New Treasurer Gallery.

2002 - Colour and Paint,New Treasurer Gallery.

2002 - Portrait and Still Life,Art-2 Gallery,Singapore.

2004 - Trees,New Treasurer Gallery.

2006 - Palette Knife Painting,Karin Weber Gallery,Hong Kong.

2009 - Still Life,Asia Fine Art.

2010 - Homage to Nature,Karin Weber Gallery,Hong Kong.

2011 - 100 Portriats,Lokanat Galleries.

2012 - Enjoy Black & White,Lokanat Galleries.

2013 - 100 Sketches,Lokanat Galleries.

2013 - True Inspiration,Suvannabhumi Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2014 - Pastel and Me,Lokanat Galleries.

2015 - Oil Painting Demonstration,Lokanat Galleries.

2016 - Naunces of Nature,Lokanat Galleries.

2017 - Dialogue with Nature,Lokanat Galleries.

2018 - Under the Sunlight,Lokanat Galleries.

2019 - My Sketch Book,43 Art Gallery.

2022 - Perfect with Simplicity,The Sea Art Gallery.

2022 - The Sky is,Lokanat Galleries.

2023 - Master of Still Life,Myanmar Ahla Gallery.

Museum and Library Collections

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