Aye Ko Biography

Aye Ko was born in 1963 in Pathein. Though trained in classic and traditional painting under the master artist, U Min Soe – it is Aye Ko’s contemporary expressions that have become his hallmark and established his position as one of Burma’s most profiled contemporary artists internationally. Aye Ko has exhibited extensively and amongst his notable shows has been a solo exhibition in New York in 2002 and his participation in the exhibition Thermocline of Art - New Asian Waves at the ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2007. A renowned performance artist, Aye Ko has participated almost annually in Performance Art Festivals in Southeast Asia, Japan, China and in the USA. His art is included in numerous private collections internationally as well as in the private ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art in Karlsruhe, Germany.