# Chaw Ei Thein > This is My Profile ## Posts - [29-9-08 September Sweetness (after 21 days)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/29-9-08-september-sweetness-after-21-days/) - [26-8-08 Very beginning](https://chaweithein.com/blog/26-8-08-very-beginning/) - [Making fiber glass mold](https://chaweithein.com/blog/making-fiber-glass-mold/) - [Positive mold](https://chaweithein.com/blog/positive-mold/): I used Styrofoam and Plaster for positive mold. - [Experiment for Sugar combination](https://chaweithein.com/blog/experiment-for-sugar-combination/) - [No Title](https://chaweithein.com/blog/no-title/) - [Clay Model](https://chaweithein.com/blog/clay-model/) - [First drawing sketch for September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/first-drawing-sketch-for-september-sweetness/) - [September](https://chaweithein.com/blog/september/) - [29-8-08 How we start this!!!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/29-8-08-how-we-start-this/) - [7-9-08 September Sweetness is almost ready](https://chaweithein.com/blog/7-9-08-september-sweetness-is-almost-ready/) - [4-9-08 Mote and its mold](https://chaweithein.com/blog/4-9-08-mote-and-its-mold/) - [1-9-08 Only one bee first!!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/1-9-08-only-one-bee-first/) - [30-8-08 Second one but most important part-](https://chaweithein.com/blog/30-8-08-second-one-but-most-important-part/): We were very exciting to take out the mold. And worried a lot!! Those top parts are very hard to take out!! With my beloved volunteers!!! (They are amazing!!!) If they don’t help me…… - [During the Night](https://chaweithein.com/blog/during-the-night/) - [13-9-08 September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/13-9-08-september-sweetness/) - [12-9-08 September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/12-9-08-september-sweetness/) - [11-9-08 September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/11-9-08-september-sweetness/) - [9-9-08 September Sweetness - Ready for opening show](https://chaweithein.com/blog/9-9-08-september-sweetness-ready-for-opening-show/) - [8-9-09 September Sweetness - Almost ready for opening day](https://chaweithein.com/blog/8-9-09-september-sweetness-almost-ready-for-opening-day-2/) - [8-9-09 September Sweetness - Almost ready for opening day](https://chaweithein.com/blog/8-9-09-september-sweetness-almost-ready-for-opening-day/) - [September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/september-sweetness-3/): September Sweetness Rich Streitmatter-Tran: Lives and works in VietnamChaw Ei Thein: Lives and works in Burma InstallationSugar, 5.5 tons2008 A life-size of Burmese pagoda constructed from sugar shimmers like a mirage under the Singapore sun. Pagodas are ubiquitous in Buddhist Burma and speak of the long history and deep roots Buddhism has among its people. The metaphorical resonance of the pagoda plays on all aspects of Burmese life, but the use of sugar deepens this fact in relation to more contemporary events. The two artists worked closely with structural engineers and cooks to come up with a solid sugar composition that could […] - [September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/september-sweetness-2/): http://bensington.blogspot.com/2008/09/september-sweetness-thein-chaw-ei.html http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_272349.html http://www.singaporebiennale.org/blog/?p=328 - [My home](https://chaweithein.com/blog/my-home/) - [August](https://chaweithein.com/blog/august/) - [Dreamweaver](https://chaweithein.com/blog/dreamweaver/): Dreamweaver represents my questions and answers about my own place in the world.I am interested mostly in women, including my mom and myself. Dreamweaver was created for my second solo exhibition in Bangkok, 2005.Acrylic on Canvas.The gallery gave me the small room. My canvas was lager than my room space.I roll half of the canvas and lie down on the canvas and trace my whole body myself. One after another. Chaw Ei One, Chaw Ei Two, Chaw Ei Three, Chaw Ei Four, Chaw Ei Five, , then Chaw Ei Six. Which one is real me?Most of my works consist largely of Acrylic paintings and abstract […] - [Patients](https://chaweithein.com/blog/patients/) - [self portrait](https://chaweithein.com/blog/self-portrait/) - [a Monster, a Bird & Myself](https://chaweithein.com/blog/a-monster-a-bird-myself/) - [Happy Birthday Aunty!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/happy-birthday-aunty/): From Frida To Su - [Where There's Struggle, There's Hope](https://chaweithein.com/blog/where-theres-struggle-theres-hope/): where there’s struggle, there’s h o p e - [May 30 (Arm Bush)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/may-30-arm-bush/): maY 30 (a r m bush)Acrylic on Canvas, 5′ x 3.5′, 2008 - ["Small East Asia Co-Prosperity Restaurant 08" Performance Event](https://chaweithein.com/blog/small-east-asia-co-prosperity-restaurant-08-performance-event/): Venue: Gallery MestallaSchedule: From 2008-04-26 To 2008-04-29Address: 1F Sen-ei Bldg, 2-3-5 Nishi-kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0065Phone: 03-6666-5500 Fax: 03-6666-5856 - [Beyond the Nargis 2](https://chaweithein.com/blog/beyond-the-nargis-2/): Beyond the Nargis 2 - [Beyond the Nargis 1](https://chaweithein.com/blog/beyond-the-nargis-1/): Beyon the Nargis 1Self-portrait, Mixed Media, 2007 - [Where there's struggle, there's hope](https://chaweithein.com/blog/where-theres-struggle-theres-hope-2/): Where there’s struggle, there’s hope!!!!? - [I live in Burma](https://chaweithein.com/blog/i-live-in-burma/): I live in Burma.(self-portrait)2005 - [OPEN THE DOOR!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/open-the-door/): Acrylic on Canvas, 2007Words by CET Open the door! Open the door! Open the door, please! Please! Please! Please open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open please! Open please! Open! Please open! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door, please! Please open, please! Please open, Please! Please! Pleas… Plea…. Ple…..       Pl…………..         ………………. - [LISTEN PLEASE!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/listen-please/): Title: Listen Please!!!! ( self-portrait by chaw ei thein) Acrylic on Paper, 2008  listen please!listen please!listen please!listen please!listen please!listen please!listen please!listen please! listen please!listen please!listen please! listen please! listen please! listen please! listen please! listen please! - [Tittle: NO!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/tittle-no/):  8 Open International Performance Art Festival Beijing, China 2008 15 minutes - [Quiet River](https://chaweithein.com/blog/quiet-river/) - [L....A....Z....Y !! ?? !! ??](https://chaweithein.com/blog/l-a-z-y/): Lazy???? ……………..lazy?L……………..azy?La……………..zy?Lazy……………..?………………..y?……………….zy?………………azy?……………..lazy?…………………? Lazy!!!!!……………..lazy!L……………..azy!La……………..zy!Laz……………..y!Lazy……………..! ………………..y! ……………….zy!………………azy! ……………..lazy! …………………!Acrylic on Canvas, 2007Words by Chaw Ei Thein - [The Voice of Authority](https://chaweithein.com/blog/the-voice-of-authority/): Commands hereCommands thereI hear commands everywhere. This and thatmakes me sadNow I thinkI’ll become bad. Don’t wear thisDon’t wear thatDon’t wear your jeansor your hat. Make me coffeeMake me teaMake me sandwichesmade of cheese. Do your homeworkDo your workor we’ll make youdo the bed The voice of authoritymakes me sadNow I thinkI’ll become bad. By Sulagna Ghosh(12) IndiaSilver MedalShankar Art Competition - [Performance: ACC/ Art Omi/ NYFA/ iscp Alumni](https://chaweithein.com/blog/performance-acc-art-omi-nyfa-iscp-alumni/): Internationally acclaimed Burmese multimedia artist Chaw Ei Thein will perform in tandem with a video installation by Emily Hong, Miasarah Lai, and Mariangela Mihai featuring the dynamic gestures of six women Yangon-based performance artists. A discussion and reception will follow. Cosponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Southeast Asia Program, Society for the Humanities, and […] - [Savannah](https://chaweithein.com/blog/savannah/): Title: Savannah Acrylic on Acrylic paper 2012 - [Chaw Ei Thein's installation will be shown Staten Island](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-installation-will-be-shown-staten-island/) - [Choice](https://chaweithein.com/blog/choice/): Title: Choice Medium: Acrylic on canvas Year: 2013 - [Chaw Ei Thein's up coming collaboration with Alliance for New Music-Theatre](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-up-coming-collaboration-with-alliance-for-new-music-theatre/): This collaborative performance explores the culturally rich artistry and complexity of the long troubled and still struggling Myanmar. What is it like to live in a society where you are muzzled, where everything you say is overheard and reported on?Told from the perspective of artists, musicians and other performers who are trying to pursue their art, “Sandaya: Burmese […] - [Our art@apt.](https://chaweithein.com/blog/our-artapt/) - [Forced to Flee: Exiled Voices and Visions for Justice](https://chaweithein.com/blog/forced-to-flee-exiled-voices-and-visions-for-justice/): Coming Soon: Tuesday, June 11th at 12 PM PST, 3PM EST We are pleased to announce our upcoming conference call Forced to Flee: Exiled Voices and Visions for Justice, which we are presenting in collaboration with freeDimensional.Emotions conveyed and evoked by art and culture can open hearts and minds, heal and transform, build community across difference, and […] - [Chaw Ei Thein's exhibition at CATM Chelsea, September 2011](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-exhibition-at-catm-chelsea-september-2011/) - [Chaw Ei Thein upcoming exhibition in September](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-thein-upcoming-exhibition-in-september/) - [Salad](https://chaweithein.com/blog/salad/): Title: SaladMedium: Installation (mixed media)Year: 2011Location: Art Omi Studio - [THE REVOLUTIONARIES](https://chaweithein.com/blog/the-revolutionaries/) - [ecaeP in Kachin](https://chaweithein.com/blog/ecaep-in-kachin/): Title: ecaeP in KachinYear: 2011Medium: fabric + acrylic on canvasLocation: Art Omi Studio - [WEs = 2073](https://chaweithein.com/blog/wes-2073/): Title: WEs = 2073 Year: 2011 Location: Grace Exhibition Art Space, New YorkPerformance notes from Chaw Ei Thein: Many of my friends are in prison, far away and inaccessible. There are over 2000 political prisoners in Burma. Some have been sentenced to 56 years of imprisonment, some 65, some 102. All are committed to their fight for […] - [CET's artist talk for Asian Contemporary Art Week, 2011](https://chaweithein.com/blog/cets-artist-talk-for-asian-contemporary-art-week-2011/): The Role of Artists in Local Spaces and Global Society Wednesday, March 30 Asian Cultural Council at Location One 6:30 pm: Dialogue with Artists + Reception Join us for a special discussion presented by Asian Cultural Council 2011 grantees/ contemporary artists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, and Hong Kong. Artists Rahraw and Manizhah Omarzad (Afghanistan), Firoz Mahmud (Bangladesh), Chaw […] - [Chaw Ei Thein performance at Fountain Art Fair](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-thein-performance-at-fountain-art-fair/): GRACE EXHIBITION SPACEFOUNTAIN ART FAIRwww.Grace-Exhibition-Space.comhttp://www.grace-exhibition-space.com/performance.php?event_id=106 INFILTRATE! 4 DAYS OF LIVE ACTION PERFORMANCE ART ABOARD THE FRYING PAN!WITH SPECIAL SPOTLIGHT HONORING MOBIUS COLLECTIVE AND ITS FOUNDER, MARILYN ARSEMGrace Exhibition Space also hosts an exhibition of Performance Art photographer Bob Raymondat the Fountain Art Fair, Pier 66 Maritime barge Thursday 12 noon- 5:00 pm – VIP and […] - [We R NEW YORKers 2 #b](https://chaweithein.com/blog/we-r-new-yorkers-2-b/): “We R NEW YORKers 2 #b”18 x 24 inchesAcrylic on canvas2010the way i see New York!!!!! - [We R NEW YORKers 2](https://chaweithein.com/blog/we-r-new-yorkers-2/): “We R NEW YORKers 2”18 x 24 inchesAcrylic on Canvas2010How I feel and see NY!!!!😉 - [WET PAINT #2](https://chaweithein.com/blog/wet-paint-2/): Wet Paint #2Acrylic on paper, canvas, wooden frame8 x 12 inches2010 - [WET PAINT #3](https://chaweithein.com/blog/wet-paint-3/): Title: WET PAINT #3Medium: Water Color, Color Paper (Mix Media)Year: 2010 - [Being (T)here: A Creative Panel Performance](https://chaweithein.com/blog/being-there-a-creative-panel-performance/): Time: December 6 (Monday) , 9:30pm-11pmLocation:Nuyorican Poets Cafe Inc236 E 3rd StNew York, NYCreated ByAmy BonnaffonsBeing (T)here: Creating in the BorderlandsA “Creative Panel Performance”Sponsored by Washington Square ReviewFar removed from a traditional panel, the evening will explore the concept of Art in Exile via text, conversation, and live performances from writer/painter Breyten Breytenbach (South Africa), poet/painter […] - [ChawEiThein's up coming show @ Ga Gallery](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaweitheins-up-coming-show-ga-gallery/): GIGGLING BUBBLING December 9, 2010 – January 7, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, December 10, 6-8 pm Jonghyun Kwon, Dreaming Village, 2005, Mixed media, 15.8” x 15.8” Da Gallery is excited to present Giggling Bubbling, a group exhibition featuring thirty-seven artists from around the world. The art works, which hail from London, New York, Paris, Seoul, and Tokyo are the […] - [Artscenetv.net | Stories out of Burma
@ Thavibu Gallery](https://chaweithein.com/blog/artscenetv-net-stories-out-of-burma-thavibu-gallery/) - [Chaw Ei Thein, Far Away in New York, 2010](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-thein-far-away-in-new-york-2010/): Chaw Ei Thein relates her personal physicaland emotional strugglesas a Burmese womanand as an artist living in New York. - [CET's stories out of Burma](https://chaweithein.com/blog/cets-stories-out-of-burma/): STORIES OUTOF BURMA 13 Nov – 4 Decby Chaw Ei Thein (New York)and Htein Lin (London) Curator: Shireen Naziree You are kindly invited for the opening of the exhibition on Saturday 13th Nov 2010 at 17:00 (5 pm) at: THAVIBU GALLERYThe Silom Galleria Building,Suite 308, 919/1 Silom Rd.Bangkok 10500Tel +66 (0) 266 5454For direction kindly see the map Both Chaw […] - [ChawEiThein's up coming show in ISCP](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaweitheins-up-coming-show-in-iscp/): Opening ReceptionFriday, November 5th, 7 – 9pm (shuttle from Grand St. subway station)Opening HoursSaturday – Monday, November 6th – 8th, 2 – 8pmInternational Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) | 1040 Metropolitan Avenue | Brooklyn | NY | 11211 ISCP is pleased to announce its Fall Open Studios, a four-day exhibition of international contemporary art. This event […] - [4 DIRECTIONS FROM ASIA](https://chaweithein.com/blog/4-directions-from-asia/): Lee Wen Arai Mongkol Chaw Ei Thein 4 DIRECTIONS FROM ASIA: Lee WenArai Shin-IchiMongkol PlienbangchangChaw Ei Thein [Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Burma] Friday, October 89:00-11:00 pm$5.00 Donation Grace Space is pleased to announce the Performance Artists:Lee Wen [Singapore]Arai Shin-Ichi [Japan]Mongkol Plienbangchang [Thailand]Chaw Ei Thein [Burma] LEE WEN LEE WEN: “Anyhow Blues # 5” Do folk songs […] - [ChawEiThein's up coming show in November, 2010, Bangkok](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaweitheins-up-coming-show-in-november-2010-bangkok/): Stories Out of Burma Categories: Burmese, haw Ei Thein, Htein Lin, Thavibu Gallery Art Exhibition: Stories Out of BurmaArtist: Htein Lin (London) and Chaw Ei Thein (New York), BurmeseCurator: Shireen NazireeDates: 13 November – 4 December, 2010Venue: Thavibu GalleryOpen: Monday – Saturday: 11:00 – 19:00 Both Chaw Ei Thein and Htein Lin are recognised as Burma’s most profiled international […] - [Reciting Poem by CET for The Lady Of Burma](https://chaweithein.com/blog/reciting-poem-by-cet-for-the-lady-of-burma/) - [ChawEiThein's up coming show in October, 2010](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaweitheins-up-coming-show-in-october-2010/) - [CET's stories out of Burma #02- Jackson Heights, Queens](https://chaweithein.com/blog/cets-stories-out-of-burma-02-jackson-heights-queens/) - [Drop Box](https://chaweithein.com/blog/drop-box/) - [CET's stories out of Burma #02](https://chaweithein.com/blog/cets-stories-out-of-burma-02/): Title: CET’s stories out of Burma #02Medium: PrintSize: 40 x 50 cmYear: 16 August 2010Place: NY - [WE](https://chaweithein.com/blog/we/): Title: WEMedium: Acrylic on PaperSize: 8.5 x 11 inches - [A Call for Help, A Plead for Freedom: Art and Expressionin Burma](https://chaweithein.com/blog/a-call-for-help-a-plead-for-freedom-art-and-expressionin-burma/): A Call for Help, A Plead for Freedom: Art and Expression in BurmaBy Maris Gelman In a land where freedom is a concept and civil rights are non-existent, Myanmar, also known by its previous name of Burma, is one of the last places expected to harbor out-spoken citizens, let alone artists. Set in the middle […] - [CET's stories out of Burma #01](https://chaweithein.com/blog/cets-stories-out-of-burma-01/): Title: CET’s stories out of Burma #01Medium: AcrylicSize: 100 x 80 cmYear: July 2010 - [Happy Birthday Aunty Su!!!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/happy-birthday-aunty-su/): Title: Happy Birthday!Medium: Acrylic on paperSize: 8″ x 12″Date: 18 June, 2010Artist: Chaw Ei Thein - [Up to you......Up to me......!!!!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/up-to-you-up-to-me/): Title: Up to you …..Up to me…!!!!!!Artist: Chaw Ei TheinMedium: PhotoSize: 24″ x 18″ - [Opening night at Puffin](https://chaweithein.com/blog/opening-night-at-puffin/) - [seller](https://chaweithein.com/blog/seller/): Posted by Chaw Ei Thein at 3:13 AM   Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: acrylic painting - [Chaw Ei Thein's up coming exhibition in Soho, New York](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-up-coming-exhibition-in-soho-new-york/): PUBLIC CONSUMPTIONFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 27th through June 13th, 2010OPENING RECEPTION:Thursday May 27thGeneral Public: 6-10PMCurated by Tanya Arakawa Rosenstein, Jillian Leigh Federman, and Kevin BourgeoisFEATURING:Adam Wallacavage, Alex Rickard, Alliah Sophia Mourad, Andreas Laszlo Konrath, Bob Geile, Brandee Brown, Brian Ermanski, Buddy Nestor, Curtis Kulig,Chaw Ei Thein (ACC grantee, 2009-10), David Komurek, DAZE, Edda Hansen, Edouard Nardon, Elisa […] - [Chaw Ei Thein's Performance in NARS, 15 May](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-performance-in-nars-15-may/): performance by chaw ei thein, 2010 The 3rd Annual NARS Foundation Open Studio EventMay 15, Sat and May 16, Sun 2010 | Time : 11am – 6pmSixty Artists Open Their Studios in Sunset Park, Brooklyn Event Press Release Opening Party and Event : May 15, 6pm – 9pm, Sat Exhibition Space : “Round the Mulberry Bush” curated by Alyssa Fridgen.The exhibition […] - [MEs](https://chaweithein.com/blog/mes/): Artist: chaw ei theinTitle: MEsMedium: Performance ArtDate: 2003 Posted by Chaw Ei Thein at 12:20 AM   Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: 2003, Performance by chaw ei thein - [Review: Transformed Conversation with Chaw ei Thein and Brad Darcy](https://chaweithein.com/blog/review-transformed-conversation-with-chaw-ei-thein-and-brad-darcy/): Review: Transformed Conversation with Chaw ei Thein and Brad Darcy Monday, February 22, 2010Brooklyn’s Soapbox Gallery was hopping February 19 for the opening reception for works presented by artists Chaw Ei Thein and Brad Darcy. The DJ spun some smooth tunes, curator Nunu Hung held court, and a packed house took in the striking works of the two artists coming together under […] - [Chaw Ei Thein's up coming show in April](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-up-coming-show-in-april/): Fardom Gallery presents Bedtime Stories, Monotone Dreams Curated by Helen Homan Wu Exhibition Dates: APRIL 9 to MAY 2, 2010 Reception: Friday, APRIL 9, 7 – 9 PM Press Preview: Friday, APRIL 9, 6 – 7PM Artists ALIONA YURTSEVICH,CARISSA PELLETERI,CHAW EI THIEN,KATJA LOHER,KELLY STURHAHN,SOL KJØK Long Island City, NY – The Space(Fardom Gallery) is pleased to present a female group […] - [Mind Your Own Business!!!!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/mind-your-own-business/): Title: Mind Your Own Business!!!!Medium: InstallationMaterials: Clay, Tooth Brushes, TeethYear: 2010 - [Transformed Conversation Chaw Ei Thein & Brad Darcy](https://chaweithein.com/blog/transformed-conversation-chaw-ei-thein-brad-darcy/): Soapbox Gallery is pleased to present the two person exhibition “Transformed Conversation” with New York based artist Brad Darcy and Burma based artist Chaw Ei Thein. In “Transformed Conversation”, Mr. Darcy and Ms Chaw Ei Thein explore the artist’s self conscious role in the engagement of social and political issues, and the responsibility to communicate […] - [Chaw Ei Thein's Performance in Grace Exhibition Space](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-performance-in-grace-exhibition-space/): 2010 begins with performance art from ChAw Ei [Burma] and 3 artists from Boston[Boston, Mass + Burma] chaweithein.blogspot.com/ “2010 at Grace Exhibition Space Begins” Friday, February 128:30 – 11:30 pmFree with donations accepted Free beer & wine+ live sound art by Jeremy Slaterhttp://www.jeremyslater.net/cv.html Faith Johnson [Boston,Mass]sandrineschaefer.com/artwork/303372_Faith_Johnson_Boston_Nothing.html Bryce Kauffman [Boston,Mass]www.spock.com/Bryce-Kauffman-XUr071mx Dirk Adams [Boston,Mass]www.breathmarks.comalso co-founder of MEME […] - [Contemporary Burmese art: Idea & Ideal](https://chaweithein.com/blog/contemporary-burmese-art-idea-ideal/) - [Contemporary Burmese Art: Ideas and Ideals](https://chaweithein.com/blog/contemporary-burmese-art-ideas-and-ideals/): by win pe by paw thame Contemporary Burmese Art: Ideas and Ideals 16 Burmese Artists Co-sponsored with the New York Open Center , Interfaith Center of New York, & ACC (Asian Cultural Council) This event provides a unique opportunity for the Burmese artistic community to show the full range of their work. Emphasis is upon contemporary Burmese art as it […] - [Once upon the time in 35th Street, 1999](https://chaweithein.com/blog/once-upon-the-time-in-35th-street-1999/): Title: Once upon the time, 35th street, 1999Medium: Acrylic on CanvasYear: 2005 - [Happy Merry X'mas To You All ,my Visitors!!!!!](https://chaweithein.com/blog/happy-merry-xmas-to-you-all-my-visitors/): I Wish More Peace & Love into My, Your & Our Lives!!!!!! - [Beds: Process](https://chaweithein.com/blog/beds-process/) - [Visitor for Beds (6-9 Nov' 09)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/visitor-for-beds-6-9-nov-09/): Artist : Chaw Ei TheinTitle : BedsMedium: Installation (Red Bell Pepper, Mosquito Net, PilloPlace : CET’s studio 206, ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program)Year : November, 2009 - [Bed (cont:)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/bed-cont/): Title: BedMedium: Performance Installation by CETPlace: ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), NYYear: November 06, 2009Photo: Thein Min - [Bed](https://chaweithein.com/blog/bed/): BedInstallation by Chaw Ei Thein(made out of Bell Pepper)Photo by Miho AikawaNovember, 2009@ISCP (International Studios & Curatorial Program) New York - [Bed](https://chaweithein.com/blog/bed-2/): Title: BedWork: InstallationMaterial: Bell Pepper 100lb + mosquito net + mattress + pillowYear: November 2009Exhibition: Open Studio, ISCP (International Studios & Curitorial Program), New York - [Chaw Ei Thein's Art Exhibition](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-art-exhibition/): SHEsinstallation2009 time after timesculpture/installation2009 Dear All, I will be exhibiting my latest art installation time after time, SHEs and paintings S–volution at ISCP, New York.I would love to see you at the opening of ISCP Open Studios.I really hope you all can make it. Thank you in advance! All the best, chaw ei thein Opening Reception: Friday, November 6 […] - [HeShe II](https://chaweithein.com/blog/heshe-ii/): Title: HeShe IIMedium: Pastels on paperYear: 2007 - [HeShe I](https://chaweithein.com/blog/heshe-i/): Title: HeShe IMedium: Acrylic on paperYear: 2007 - [HeShe III](https://chaweithein.com/blog/heshe-iii/): Title: HeShe IIIMedium: Pastels on paperYear: 2007 - [MuMO](https://chaweithein.com/blog/mumo/): Dear all Please join us if you are in NY!!!!Lots of food and drinks too!!!! Different artists from across Asia join forces in a first-time collaborative video showcase at PointB (71 North 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York). MUST MORE, Visual Voice from Five Asian Countries, presents contemporary and innovative video works created by artists from Burma, China, […] - [Time](https://chaweithein.com/blog/time/): Title : Time ( Installation)Medium: ClaySize: 14″ x 7″Year:2008-nowArtist: Chaw Ei Thein - [Manuha Pagoda](https://chaweithein.com/blog/manuha-pagoda/): Title: Manuha PagodaYear: 1998Medium: Water Color on Paper - [HERO](https://chaweithein.com/blog/hero/): 3:30pm, 6 August - [HERO](https://chaweithein.com/blog/hero-3/): 5:49 pm, 31 July 2009 - [HERO](https://chaweithein.com/blog/hero-2/): 5:49 pm, 31 July 2009 - [HERO](https://chaweithein.com/blog/hero-4/): Title: HEROSize: 18″x24″Medium: Acrylic on CanvasDate: 2009 6:20 pm 30 July, 2009 - [Self-portrait in 2008](https://chaweithein.com/blog/self-portrait-in-2008/) - [Immortality](https://chaweithein.com/blog/immortality/): Title: ImmortalityMedium: Acrylic on PaperYear: 2006Size: 24″ x 18″ - [When I was 5 years old](https://chaweithein.com/uncategorized/when-i-was-5-years-old/) - [WE ARE IN BURMA](https://chaweithein.com/blog/we-are-in-burma/): Title: We are in Burma.What: Nippon International Performance Art Festival (NIPAF)Where: Kyoto, JapanWhen: 2004 - [Our Mother](https://chaweithein.com/blog/our-mother/): Title: SHE IS OUR MOTHERMedium: Acrylic on color paperYear: 2005Size: 18″x 24″ - [Deeply..................](https://chaweithein.com/blog/deeply/) - [Chaw Ei Thein's art works showing in ISCP, New York](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-art-works-showing-in-iscp-new-york/): Dear all friends, I will be exhibiting my latest artwork at ISCP, New York.I would love to see you at the opening of ISCP Open Studios which follows my collaborative installation “September Sweetness” with artist Richard Streitmatter -Tran at the Singapore Biennale 2008. Attached is the invitation card for the event. I hope to see […] - [SHE](https://chaweithein.com/blog/she/): Title: SheMedium: Acrylic on canvasyear: 2006Size: 140 x 100 cm (1.4 x 1 m)Description: Portrait of woman reflecting her interest in women’s lives as well as representing her questions and answers about her own place in the world. - [NUDE (2)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/nude-2/): Title : Nude (2)Size: 106 x 160 cmMedium: acrylic on canvasYear: 2008 The Semigwa Dance is a traditional Burmese dance in which a dancer performs intricate movements while holding candles or other materials in the palms of their hands. this dance has been perverted to become a form of torture. One man explains: “At this […] - [Setting up my Studio at ISCP, Brooklyn](https://chaweithein.com/uncategorized/setting-up-my-studio-at-iscp-brooklyn/): Setting up my studio at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, made possible by the Asian Cultural Council (ACC). - [NUDE (1)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/nude-1/): Title : Nude (1) Size: 106 x 160 cm Medium: acrylic on canvas Year: 2008 - [Nostalgic](https://chaweithein.com/blog/nostalgic/): Title: Nostalgic (U Pain bridge)Medium: Acrylic on CanvasSize: 20″ x 18″Year: 2001 - [Chaw Ei Thein's Artist Life](https://chaweithein.com/blog/chaw-ei-theins-artist-life/): mizzimanewsTVJanuary 23, 2009 - [In This Dark and Closed Space - 11](https://chaweithein.com/blog/in-this-dark-and-closed-space-11/) - [In This Dark and Closed Space - 7](https://chaweithein.com/blog/in-this-dark-and-closed-space-7/) - [In This Dark and Closed Space - 8](https://chaweithein.com/blog/in-this-dark-and-closed-space-8/) - [In This Dark and Closed Space - 4](https://chaweithein.com/blog/in-this-dark-and-closed-space-4/) - [September Sweetness | Artforum](https://chaweithein.com/blog/september-sweetness-artforum/): Dear all friends and readers!! Our installation in the Singapore Biennale, September Sweetness, gets a mention.See here:http://www.artforum.com/inprint/issue=200901&id=21721 THIS PAST FALL, with the consecutive openings of six “Asian biennials,” the deliquescent 1990s and early-2000s trend toward establishing new large-scale exhibitions in increasingly far-flung locales bore fruit, such as it is. And as might have been anticipated, these […] - [Grand Opening Night of Balance Art Gallery](https://chaweithein.com/blog/grand-opening-night-of-balance-art-gallery/): Photo series of September Sweetness Installation on the outside wall Dear All Friends, Thanks a lot!!!! Best wishes,cet - [My solo art exhibition Invitation](https://chaweithein.com/blog/my-solo-art-exhibition-invitation/): Dear Friends, At last, I could settle down my exhibiting date today.This is my latest artwork from this week in Chiang Mai, Thailand.I would love to see you if you can make the opening.Attached is the invitation for my third solo exhibiton.I’ll be sharing the information online later! Best, - [In this dark and closed space](https://chaweithein.com/blog/in-this-dark-and-closed-space/): Title : In this dark and closed spaceEvent: 10th Asiatopia International Performance Art FestivalLocation: National Stadium BTS station (MBK)Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre, BangkokDate: 9 November, 2008 - [CHILD ART](https://chaweithein.com/blog/child-art/) - [At Last............](https://chaweithein.com/blog/at-last/): I have got those photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/uchu75/3031457917/in/photostream/.(Thanks a lot Nisa!) - [Last minute ‘shopping’](https://chaweithein.com/blog/last-minute-shopping/): Mayo Martin takes one final look at the more ‘everyday’ works at this year’s edition as we go …Mayo Martinmayo@mediacorp.com.sgWHILE we’re of the belief that the best works of art should be savoured slowly and repeatedly, there’s no reason to be ashamed of doing things at the last minute.You can put this to practise by […] - [It's the end of the world as we know it.......](https://chaweithein.com/blog/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/): 9 September, 2008 At last………..16 November 2008 - [1-11-08 September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/1-11-08-september-sweetness/) - [Sticky end to sweet tribute](https://chaweithein.com/blog/sticky-end-to-sweet-tribute/): Sticky end to sweet tribute by anjana krishna kumar Visitors to the sugar sculptureat the Biennale are struck more by the antsthan by the work’s political meaning An installation at the Singapore Biennale is attracting not only art lovers but also an army of ants and bees. The 2m-tall sculpture, modelled after a Myanmarese pagoda, is made entirely of […] - [7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art](https://chaweithein.com/blog/7a11d-international-festival-of-performance-art/): http://sheridanperformance.blogspot.com/2008/10/performance-festival.html - [The sweet taste of art](https://chaweithein.com/blog/the-sweet-taste-of-art/): The sweet taste of art Here is a temple with a difference: It is made of sugar -all 5.5 tonnes of it. Created by artists Richard Streitmatter-Tran and Chaw Ei Thein for the Singapore Biennale 2008, it is titled September Sweetness, an ironic tribute to those who lost their lives in the unrest in Myanmar last […] - [10-10-08 September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/10-10-08-september-sweetness/): Before opening day (9-9-08) Eroding after a month Photo from: http://pics.livejournal.com/randomlim/pic/0009dxqb/ Photo from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clickcluck/2914684958/in/photostream/ - [5-10-08 September Sweetness (after 27 days)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/5-10-08-september-sweetness-after-27-days/): Above: The installation on September 8, one day before the Biennale vernissage.Below: The installation after 27 days of natural erosion. - [28-9-08 Rain and insect have eroded the structure day by day (after 20 days)](https://chaweithein.com/blog/28-9-08-rain-and-insect-have-eroded-the-structure-day-by-day-after-20-days/): The structure will erode over the duration of the exhibition, signifying the same erosion of optimism for an improved life for the people of Myanmar. - [September Sweetness](https://chaweithein.com/blog/september-sweetness/): http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/magazine/articles/2008/chaw_ei_thein_rich_streitmatter_tran ## Pages - [Gallery](https://chaweithein.com/home-2/) - [Blog](https://chaweithein.com/blog/) - [Contact Me](https://chaweithein.com/contact/) - [Profile](https://chaweithein.com/profile/): Chaw Ei Thein’s Profile I was born in 1969 in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). I graduated with LL.B (Law) in 1994. I has started art at an early age through I had received numerous national and international art prizes and awards. My father is an artist and art teacher Pathein Maung Maung Thein. He is my […] - [Home](https://chaweithein.com/): Press: What Not to Miss at the 13th Berlin Biennale by Elisa Carollo, in OBSERVER These figures affirm the power of collective performance to resist oppression and authoritarian rule, underscoring the importance of shared action and community in shaping reality and pushing for change. About Me ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/chaweithein.com/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)