Yu Yu Myint Than

Curriculum Vitae


Scholarship, Residency and Fellowship

2014 | International Reporting Workshop 2014, an initiative by Oslo and Akershus University College (Norway) and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute (Bangladesh).
2015 | Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
2016 | South East Asian Photography Masterclass by Obscura Photo Festival 2017 | International Photography Program, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute 2016 | Angkor Photo Festival and Workshops
2017 | Magnum Foundation’s Fellowship for Social Justice
2020 | Villa Strauli, Witerthur, Switzerland
2021 | Visiting Artsit in Rediency at South East Asia Program, Cornell University , United State

Solo exhibitions

2021 | Faces of Change , Johnson Museum of art, Ithaca, United States
2017 | “Memory Lane”- Myanmar Deitta Gallery , Yangon, Myanmar
2016 | “Mystery” - The Rough Cut, Yangon, Myanmar

Group Exhibition

2021 | “Growing Like a Tree” Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2021 | Singapore International Photography Festival, Photobook Showcase, Singapore
2020 | “I Will Tell You” Villa Strauli”, Winterthur, Switzerland
2020 | “Knots” Myanmar Deitta Gallery, Yangon
2019 | “Bridging the Naf”, Myanmar Deitta Gallery , Yangon, Myanmar
2019 | “We Will Have Been Young”, Basic Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2018 | “We Will Have Been Young”, Objectif Art Space, Singapore
2018 | “Us and Beyond”, Thuma Collective Exhibition, Myanmar Deitta Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar
2018 | “Myanmar Contemporary Photography Showcase” by Pyinsa Rasa Art
2017 | “Unearth” , Photo Ville , New York, USA
2017 | “We Will Have Been Young” , Obscura Festival, Penang, Malaysia
2016 | “Unearth” - Photojourn Festival, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 | “Unearth” - Myanmar Deitta Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar
2015 | “Framing the Transition” - Myanmar Deitta Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar


Artist Books

2020 | Sorry, Not sorry
2018 | Memory Lane

Collective Book

2019 | Bridging the Naf, Artist Thuma Collective and Kaali Collective 2019 | Knots
2017 | We Will Have Been Young

Other International Publications

2022 | National Geographic Magazine (Special Issue, 2021, The year in the photos)
2020 | Blow Up Press Magazine

Curation

2019 | “Pursuing Art in Research Festival”, Old Secretariat Office”, Yangon, Myanmar