About
Bio
Tun Myaing was born in Rangoon, Burma and moved to the United States in 1994. He received a MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a BFA from Fashion Institute of Technology. His work has been shown throughout New York and exists in many private collections. He has curated many successful group shows and is currently the producer and host of Art Grind Podcast. His other projects include creating videos about working artists today and their creative journeys and process. Tun Myaing lives and works in Queens, New York City.
PROJECTS
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EDUCATION
2006 New York Academy of Art, NYC, Master of Fine Art
2003 Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC Bachelor of Fine Arts
RESIDENCY
2016 ESKFF Residency Program, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey
AWARDS
2004-06 Academic Scholarship Award, New York Academy of Art
2002-03 Fashion Institute of Technology Art Scholarship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Journey to the end of the night, Anagnorisis, White rabbit gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Transference & Perception, MUMO Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020 Terra Incognita, The QNS Collective, Online Exhibition
2018 NYAA Summer Exhibition 2018, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
2017 The Outer Boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens & The Bronx, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Jason Patrick Voegele
Art For Tibet 7, Tibet House, New York, NY
Palette, Abend Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Exhibition curated by Dina Brodsky and Trek Lexington
2016 Point of Origin, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Dina Brodsky and Trek Lexington
2015 Realm of the Unreal, Gristle Art Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Samantha Levin
2014 Tell them stories, Art Foundry US, New York, NY
Behind the curtain, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the threshold, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Voyeur, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Compulsion, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2012 2 x 2, ESKFF at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Living Things, Art Foundry US, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Heidi Elbers and Tun Myaing
2011 Salvaged, Island weiss gallery, New York, NY
Art For Tibet 3, Joshua liner gallery, New York, NY
NYAA 5th Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers gallery, New York, NY
Peripeteia, anagnorisis, white gallery, New York, NY
2010 Intimate immensity, dean project, New York, NY
Art for tibet, Union gallery, New York, NY
Highlights from the New York academy of art, Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Remnants, fuse gallery, New York, NY
Poetry of space, Artana gallery, Boston, MA
Contemporary Burmese art: ideas & ideals, New York Open Center
2009 summer Exhibition, NYAA, NYC, Exhibition curated by David Salle, Will Cotton, Nicola Hicks and Matthew Flowers
CURATORIAL
2017 Straight Outta Burma, Long Island City, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Tun Myaing
2017 Transmogrification, Long Island City, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Tun Myaing and Panos Papamichael
2015 Tell Them Stories: Origins, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Marshall Jones and Tun Myaing
2014 Lucid Visions, Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ, Exhibition curated by Diana Corvelle, Cara DeAngelis and Tun Myaing
Tell them stories, Art Foundry U.S, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Marshall Jones and Tun Myaing
2012 Living Things, Art Foundry U.S, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Heidi Elbers and Tun Myaing
The Drawing Room, Milavec Hakimi Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Dina Brodsky Karl Koett and Tun Myaing
LINE, the cell a twenty first century salon , New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Dina Brodsky Karl Koett and Tun Myaing
2011 Salvaged, Island Weiss gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition curated by Dina Brodsky and Tun Myaing