Sandar Khine

Sandar Khine is a renowned female artist in Myanmar. She was among the few artists who painted nudes during the military regime, when such artworks were subject to rigorous censorship. She has been featured in the New York Times as an artist who took political risks in creating art. Her work has been shown in more than thirty exhibitions locally and internationally, including Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UK and USA,.

Sandar Khine has painted nudes for twenty years, working with live models. Most of her works portray large-sized female figures -- she believes that fat people are beautiful as they “exhibit more lines”. In her work, such curves are amplified by edgy black lines against neon backgrounds, such as blue, orange, purple, red etc. She cites no particular reasons for choosing such colours, except that bright colours “signify happiness” to her.

Submitted by Connecting Myanmar