Htein Lin
Htein Lin was born in Burma in 1966 and spent four years in student rebel camps on the Chinese and Indian borders following his involvement in the 1988 pro-democracy uprising. After his return to Rangoon, he had started to establish himself as a comic actor in film and on stage, pioneering performance artist, and painter when he was suddenly arrested on -misplaced 0 suspicion of planning opposition activity and sentenced to 7 years in prison. During the 6 1/2 years he spent in Burmese prisons, he secretly produced hundreds of paintings on prison uniforms, and introduced his fellow inmates to performance art. After his release in 2004 he returned to art.... read more