Zay Zay Htut (; born 1983) is a
painter
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from
Myanmar
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. He is well known for his political and social statements in his ‘To Day Light’ series, where he paints images of closed doors with open padlocks.
Zay was born in 1983 in
Yangon
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,
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. He studied under artists U Tun Tun Zaw, U Tin Tun Hlaing, and U Aung Naing.
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Zay Zay Htut
Living people
1983 births
Burmese painters
Burmese performance artists
Date of birth missing (living people)
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