Myanmar

Kamizu is an artist and art therapist who has pursued a career in visual art for over two decades. Actively involved in numerous domestic and overseas art projects and workshops over that time, she strongly believes that art can bring peace and mindfulness to anyone. Her philosophy is that every human being is an artist from a different perspective; it is just that some do not notice this themselves. She hopes art can be a platform to interact with people and connect them to themselves, to each other, and to nature as part of an emotional journey. Her works are research-based, and extend beyond painting and drawing. Kamizu has presented four solo exhibitions to date in Myanmar, Japan, and Malaysia. In addition, she has participated in numerous international art festivals, art fairs, and artist residencies. She was a founding member of SEA*5, a collaborative art and cultural project between five countries (Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines). Her works have been featured in more than twenty group exhibitions at venues in Myanmar, Austria, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. She is also one of the founders of Expressive Therapy Space, where she facilitates and runs art and healing workshops and programs.

Born and raised in Myanmar, Khin Thethtar Latt, a.k.a. Nora, is a multimedia artist who started her art career in 2009. She is currently based in Yangon, Myanmar.

Nora’s creative approach is constantly changing. Early in her career, she started with painting and performing using a narrative storytelling style, focusing on self-discovery and reflection within the society in which she was born and grew up.

She is also a filmmaker, and has continually evolved as a multimedia artist while experimenting with different techniques and mediums.

Ngu Nway is a contemporary art and performance artist born in 1991. Born in the town of Pyinmanar, she is currently based in Mandalay. Daughter of the artist U Tin Maung Oo and Daw Khin Aye lwin, she studied under Daw Cho Cho Aung (Panthu Sandar Art Schol) and U Suu Myint Thein (Alin Dagar Art School). Since 2010, she has participated extensively in children's art shows, group exhibitions, and performance art shows. Among the most notable of those was Made by Heart, a family art exhibition exploring memories of her deceased parents, featuring more than 80 paintings.
Ngu Nway’s artistic works primarily address her emotional world and her environment, including the experiences of people currently living in her country. She also started her brand, Canvas, through which she has designed and produced limited-edition T-shirts and bags since 2017.

Radanar was born in Yangon, Myanmar in 2001. Spending two years at a community school run by a Western charity organization in Mae-Sot, Thailand, she came in contact with open culture and performances having both Western and Asian influences. This experience sparked her fascination with the human body and movement. Radanar cultivated this interest during her teenage years, developing it yet further in 2018, when she participated in a theatre workshop organized by the New Yangon Theatre Institute (NYTI). Since 2018, she has been studying dance with a contemporary dance teacher. Due to Myanmar’s lack of educational programs for performing arts, she developed her sense of self as a performer and artist through theatre and contemporary dance workshops organized by foreign cultural organizations.
Radanar cherishes the connection between nature, mind and body. She believes the body is a vessel and art itself, and that artistic exchanges between the body and mind open many opportunities. In 2019, Radanar performed as one of the NYTI ensemble performers in the play The Grand Balcony directed by Ruth Pongstapone with May Thet Zaw in Yangon, also being invited to perform the play at the Bangkok International Performing Art Meeting (BIPAM) in the same year. In 2020, she performed in The Knots directed by Anne-Kathrin Klatt.