Htein Lin

(Palette Dreamer)

Born in 1966

Specialized in Portrait

Htein Lin is a Burmese painter, performance artist, and activist. Htein Lin was born in Mezaligon, Ayeyarwady Region in Burma. He is modernist painter. Known for politically-charged works which depict his experience in prison in Burma. From 1985, he studied for a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree at Yangon University. Together with other students, he was expelled in 1988 for protesting about the lack of investigation into the death of another student.