Aye Ko (artist)
date of birth : 7 august 1963
place of birth : Pathein, Myanmar.
nationality : Myanmar.
address : No.227,29th street, Pabedan
township, Yangon, Myanmar.
phone number : 95-1-705736,95-1-376249,95-1-
375250, 959-5000802.
e-mail : ayekoart@myanmar.com.mm :
ayekoart@gmail.com
Education
1986 - basic studied under u min soe. modern
art, contemporary art, and new art, (selftaught)
Aye Ko is internationally
renowned artists whose multimedia practices
include performance. In capitalising on the
frustration of his
social environment, he often uses graphic
and cosmetic representations to illustrate
his statements.
As a self-taught artist, Aye Ko made his
international debut in performance in 1999
at the Asiatopia II
performance art festival in Bangkok. With
subsequent performances in Hong Kong, Macau,
Cambodia, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, and New
York, Aye Ko often used elements such as
fire and water to support his ritualised
movements. Prominent in Aye Ko’s performance
works is the use of the written word, which
can at once be quietly revealing and
secretive, a source of bonding as well as of
separationthat often portrays people under
impossible conditions.It is also a dramatic
testament to the power of wordsand the way
words are linked to the direct and indirect
experiences that constitute the apprehension
of his world.Working with multiple artistic
disciplines, Aye Ko produces
results that are striking at many levels.
What is often remarkable is his association
with nature.While nature is often
reduced to an abstract form,he incorporates
sources from philosophy and his ownpersonal
history in his work, sources that he
explores simultaneously. For Aye Ko, the
challenge remains aconstant discovery of
trying to weave concepts of the individual,
the spiritual and nature together into
seamless continuum of reconciliation amidst
the uncertainty
and harshness of his social environment.
Shireen Naziree
Collection
USA, Germany, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia,
Beljium, Korea, Thailand, Taiwai, and
Myanmar ZKM museum of contemporary art,
Karisruhe, Germany. |
