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Just a reminder: tomorrow is the final day to visit our exhibition. We’d love to see you.

Artist statement from Thynn Lei Nwe: Awfully Faded

I have been fascinated by the idea of how our memories, either goods or bad, bring a great impact on our lives. How the memories we cherish encourage us or how the traumatic events put extra weight in our gro-wth, it plays an important part in each's life.
Whether our childhood memo-ries, bedtime stories, dreams, the places we had to leave behind or a glimpse of our loved and lost ones, I believe some of those memories stay with us as we grow and they become a part of us. But for some, they gradually faded.
With the time passing by fast as we grow older and with the chaos around us, our recollections of joy and sadness are just harder to grab.
I think this series of works is my lingering feelings for the memories I let go unknowingly.

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As the exhibition approaches its conclusion in two days, we warmly invite you to experience it at your earliest convenience.

Artist statement from Kyaw Htoo Bala: My Head always feels Heavy

The figures' vibrant, luminous color clashes with its solitary, silent posture. This tension speaks to the unseen weight carried within the mind. The work embodies a complex internal landscape-aggression, defiance, sadness, boredom, and swallowed frustration converge with moments of quiet contemplation.

It is a confrontation with the fundamental human condition: the meaninglessness of the burden and the resigned acceptance that existence unfolds beyond individual control.

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We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who attended our exhibition My Head Always Feels Heavy & Awfully Faded. Your presence and engagement with the works are deeply appreciated. The exhibition remains open to the public through 14 December.

Thynn Lei Nwe (b. 1991) based in Yangon and studied Fine Arts, specialized in Painting at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore from 2012 to 2014.

Since 2009 to present, Nwe has participated in exhibitions in Yangon, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and solo exhibitions in 2018 and 2024 in Yangon.

Nwe's series of works are also collected by the British Museum which was exhibited as a part of BURMA TO MYANMAR exhibition in 2024. She was the former resident artist at Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2010; Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia in 2016; and Walden Art, Ménerbes, France in 2024.

Selected Exhibitions

2009
Relay
Lokanat Galleries
Yangon, Myanmar

2010
Blue Wind
National Museum
Yangon, Myanmar

2010
+Road Project
Cemeti Art House
Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2015
Gasarmalar Narmalar
Gallery 65
Yangon, Myanmar

2017
Myanmar Art Now
Karin Weber Gallery
Hong Kong

2018
Part Illusion
Solo Exhibition
Myanm/art
Yangon, Myanmar

2020 Singapore Festival
Lim Chin Tsong Palace
Yangon, Myanmar

2021
Myanmar Voices
Karin Weber Gallery
Hong Kong

2022
All Too Human
Myanm/art
Yangon, Myanmar

2024
Burma to Myanmar The British Museum
London, United Kingdom

2024
Against the Tide
Karin Weber Gallery
London, United Kingdom

2025
Defying Boundaries:
Female Vision
Karin Weber Gallery
Hong Kong

Kyaw Htoo Bala (b. 1992, Myanmar) brings introspection and contemporary resonance to the forefront of his artistic journey. A Fine Arts graduate of LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore (2014-2017), Bala navigates a range of mediums: painting, photography, print-making, sculpture, collage, and digital art to explore themes of identity, society, and self-reflection.

His debut solo exhibition took place in Yangon in 2017, marking the beginning of a career rooted in both local narratives and global dialogue.
In 2021, Bala established Monologue Art Space in Yangon to foster artistic collaboration in a rapidly evolving land-scape. MAS was moved to Chiang Mai in 2022. His work was selected for THE 2022 SOVEREIGN ASIAN ART PRIZE exhibition and was successfully auctioned at the event.

Selected Exhibitions

2013
Group Exhibition
Lokanat Galleries Yangon, Myanmar

2017
The Enigmatic Breakfast
Solo Exhibition
Myanm/art Gallery Yangon, Myanmar

2022
The Sovereign Asian Art Exhibition
Art Central
Hong Kong

2023
S.E.A Focus
Intersections Gallery
Singapore

2024
The Scream of the Gecko
Solo Exhibition
Intersections x Monologue
Art Gallery
Chiang Mai, Thailand

2024
People, Flower and Fish Bone Solo Exhibition
Suvannabhumi Art Gallery
Chiang Mai, Thailand

2025
An Interior Monologue
Solo Exhibition
Brick Studio
Yangon, Myanmar

2025
Art Central Hong Kong
Tenth Edition
Intersections Gallery
Hong Kong

Gallery Doves is proud to present our upcoming exhibition:
My Head always feels Heavy & Awfully Faded - A Duo Exhibition by Kyaw Htoo Bala and Thynn Lei Nwe
6 December - 14 December 2025

This exhibition delves into the complexities of the interior life by exploring the two main pressures of the human experience: the archive of memory and the continuous weight of consciousness. Through works, the exhibition reflects how we carry our burdens. One series looks into the beautiful yet melancholy fading of the past, capturing the traces that inevitably slip away. The other confronts the immediate, heavy presence of complex emotions, affirming the intense, contradictory nature of being. Together, the artists offer a profound and intimate meditation on the internal forces that shape and define the self. - Curatorial Statement by Kyaw Htoo Bala

We invite you to explore this contemplative dialogue and join us for a quiet immersion into the worlds they unfold.

Further details will be shared in due course.

Gallery Doves, Kamayut Township, Yangon
[email protected] | +959-985-484-999

Our deepest thanks to all who joined us for From Gesture to Geometry. Your presence marked a memorable start for Gallery Doves and we look forward to welcoming you again soon.

Gallery Doves is proud to present our inaugural exhibition:
From Gesture to Geometry: A Monographic Showcase of Kyee Myintt Saw
25 July - 3 August 2025

Born in Yangon in 1939, Kyee Myintt Saw is a central figure in the evolution of Burmese modernism. With a background in mathematics, his work moves between intuition and structure - balancing lyrical abstraction with formal clarity.

This exhibition traces his visual journey from 1998 to the present, featuring key series such as Shwe Dagon Night, Yangon Night, and his recent abstract works. Together, they offer a meditation on light, form, and emotional resonance.

We invite you to explore this retrospective of a singular artistic voice - one that has shaped, and continues to shape, the language of contemporary painting in Myanmar.

Further details will be shared in due course.

Gallery Doves, Kamayut Township, Yangon
[email protected] | +959-985-484-999