Nge Lay is a Burmese multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited in numerous biennales across Southeast Asia. Her practice delves into themes of gender, time, and memory amidst the turbulent sociopolitical backdrop of Myanmar, often actively involving the communities she depicts in her process.

contemporary artists Aung Ko and Nge Lay fled the country in August 2021 with their daughter, giving up on everything behind. After being gagged and sequestered under the yoke of the military junta like thousands of others, the couple went out on the streets on 6th February 2021 facing military power, the wind of freedom blowing.

Artist Nge Lay has seen Myanmar (formerly Burma) go through rapid, often tumultuous, changes. Born in 1979, Nge Lay was just a child when a 1988 pro-democracy uprising was violently repressed by the military regime.

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Nge Lay (b. 1979) was born in Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar (ex-Burma), and graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Culture in Yangon. In August 2021, as a result of the repressions that followed the revolution in her country, she fled to Paris.

Nge Lay’s work is in the collections of major public institutions, such as the National Bank of Malaysia, the Singapore Art Museum, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and QAGOMA, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of modern Art. Read Nge Lay’s latest interview on her reflections of an artist in exile.

Forced to relocate to Paris following the political upheaval in Myanmar in 2021, Nge Lay is part of a group of artists who have long advocated for democracy in her home country, standing up against the military coup and demanding the restoration of civil life.

Born 1979 in Pyin Oo Lwin (Myanmar), lives and works in Paris. With a spiritual approach, Nge Lay works in painting, sculpture, photography and performance. She has a long-term interest in history, memory, the environment and gender equality in Myanmar.

Nge Lay is a Myanmarese artist who was born in 1979. Their work is currently being shown at A2Z Art Gallery in Paris. Numerous key galleries and museums such as A2Z Art Gallery have featured Nge Lay's work in the past.

Nge Lay studied Fine Art Painting at University of Culture, Yangon (1999 – 2003) and received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art Painting (2003). She also graduated from the Yangon East University with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (2004), and …