14 – 28 September 2024
Kyaw Htoo Bala (b. 1992, Myanmar)
Bala is an artist with a multidisciplinary approach, delving into contemporary matters through his creative
expression. He graduated in Fine Arts from Lasalle College of The Arts, Singapore in 2017. Bala’s artistic range
encompasses painting, photography, printmaking, sculpting, videography, and digital art. In 2021, Bala founded
Monologue Art Space in Yangon, Myanmar, providing a platform for artistic exploration and collaboration. His first
solo exhibition took place in Yangon in 2017, and he was honored as a finalist for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize
in Hong Kong in 2022. In 2023, his work was showcased in a group exhibition presented by Intersections at
S.E.A Focus in Singapore. Currently, Bala works at his studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
SELECTED EXHIBITION 2013, GROUP EXHIBITION (LAWKANAT GALLERY) YANGON, MYANMAR 2017,
THE ENIGMATIC BREAKFAST, SOLO EXHIBITION (MYANART GALLERY), YANGON, MYANMAR 2022, THE
SOVEREIGN ASIAN ART, NOMINATED GROUP EXHIBITION (ART CENTRAL), HONG KONG 2023, S.E.A.
FOCUS, GROUP EXHIBITION (SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM/INTERSECTIONS GALLERY), SINGAPORE
2024, THE SCREAM OF THE GECKO, SOLO EXHIBITION (MONOLOGUE ART GALLERY), CHIANG MAI,
THAILAND
About the Series ‘People, Flower, and Fish Bone’ is a recent series by Bala, inspired by his earlier work, ‘The
Tales.’ In this mini-series, he contemplates the daily realities and events unfolding in his country. Bala uses
flowers and fish bones as simple yet powerful metaphors to represent hope, the future, the past, and death.
