Htein lin

　　Htein Lin pioneered performance art in Burma in 1996 with "The Plastic Age" and "Guitarist，" street performances in downtown Yangon and "The Little Worm in the Ear" (Lawkanat Gallery, Yangon), followed by "The Present for the World" (Lawkanat, 1997). Other performances in jail include "0 + 0 + 0 = 0" (Mandalay, 1999), "The Fly" (Myaung-Mya, 2001, Alliance Francaise, Yangon, August 2005 and NIPAF, Japan, 2006) "Cleaner" (Myaung－Mya 2002), and "Life"(Myaung-Mya 2003).

　　Following his release from jail in November， 2004, Htein Lin partnered with Chaw Ei Thein on several performances in 2005 including "Mobile Art Gallery/Mobile Market" (Street Performance at downtown Yangon). This performance was followed by five days detention and interrogation; it was adapted and repeated at Inya Gallery, Yangon after their release.

Other recent performances include: "On the Table" with Chaw Ei Thein (Saysaryar Gallery, Hlaingthaya, Yangon, September, 2005), "We have arrived in the world," group performance at Hnin-ka-gyo combined performance event, Saysaryar Gallery, Hlaingthaya, Yangon, November 2005 "Artist's Life" with Chaw Ei Thein at Hnin-ka-gyo combined performance event, Saysaryar Gallery, Hlaingthaya, Yangon, November, 2005, and Mandalay, May, 2006 "Standstill", a daily performance to accompany his Recycled Solo Show, Lawkanat Gallery, Yangon, December, 2005 comprising four hours of standing meditation; "Escape,",in collaboration with Finnish sound/installation/video artists Jari Haapera and Mirka Flander, Gitameit, Yangon, January, 2006

International Experience

　　Nippon Performing Arts Festival, Japan, July, 2006

　　http://www.aaa.org.hk/newsletter_wynipaf06.html

　　Artist in Residence, Rimbun Dahan www.rimbundahan.org near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 2006/Jan 2007, in cooperation with Network Initiative for Culture and Arts (NICA), Yangon, and Heinrich Boll Foundation.