Thet Thet (Diana) Nway Htwe (b.1997) is an art historian, writer, and curator based in Myanmar. She shares her time and expertise between contemporary art and ancient Buddhist art and architecture, approaching art and culture as embodiments of human intentions. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA) in 2020 and wrote her dissertation on crowned Buddhas of pre-colonial Myanmar and their modern-day relevance. While finishing her degree, she worked as a researcher at the Asian Art Department of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as a conservation assistant at the National Museum (Yangon). She is also an independent field researcher at heritage sites such as Bagan and Mrauk-U.
Her endeavors in the contemporary art scene include: co-curator of /Shi Exhibition hosted by Goethe Institute, Yangon (2022); Rahula Retrospective at the Secretariat Yangon (2022); Moe Satt’s solo exhibition at Myanm/art gallery “If I say it’s True Seven Times” (2022). Her main medium is writing, with works featured on platforms such as UNLIRICE, Jakarta Biennial 2021, Fwd:Museums, Art&Market, and Artists Need Art Historians, among others. She also goes by the pen name, Diana Zaw Win. A researcher at heart, she understands the importance of sharing and discussing ideas and routinely hosts workshops and discourses on art and history at Studio Pyin Kadoe, Laid Back Art and Philosophy Club at Parami University, and Shan State Buddhist University. She is currently finishing her diploma in Pali and Buddhist Studies at Shan State Buddhist University (Taunggyi, Myanmar).
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