HTEIN LIN (b.1966, Myanmar) is a Burmese artist (painting, installation, performance), and curator and writer. He has also worked as a comedian and actor. Work in museums and private collections: M+ Contemporary Art Museum, Hong Kong; ICRC Museum, Geneva; Singapore Art Museum; Staatliche Museum Funf Kontinente, Munich. Two of Htein Lin’s paintings on cloth were purchased for the US Embassy in Yangon. Other works are in private collections in Belgium, France, Netherlands, India (including a specially commissioned piece, Night Shift, for Lekha Poddar, 2014), Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the US and UK. Other commissioned pieces are in Rosewood Hotels in Yangon and Phnom Penh. His works are included in the Artists’ Pension Trust – Beijing collection. Htein Lin practices vipassana meditation daily, and a major inspiration for his work is Buddhism whose themes, stories, and philosophy he incorporates in his art. Still based in Myanmar, he is a Founding Member of the Association for Myanmar Contemporary Art (AMCA), founded in 2021, and remains determined to share his art and experience with a new generation of artists and the wider public.