Dawei Lay was born in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region in 1982. Encouraged by his father,
he moved to Yangon to attend the State School of Fine Arts from 1998 to 2001. After
working as a commercial painter in the 2000s, he became an independent artist in
2010.
dawei lay

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Women’s power
2014
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 54″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Survival
2012
Acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″

Survival
2012
Acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
48″ x 60″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″
This painting is on long-term loan to the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
60″ x 60″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Waiting
2011
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″
This painting is on long-term loan to the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University

Fisherman
2011
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 36″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″
This painting has been donated to the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″
This painting has been donated to the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
48″ x 48″

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 54″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
48″ x 48″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Survival
2012
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Survival
2012
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 36″

Gold plantation
2013
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 30″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 30″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 30″

Survival
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 24″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
37″ x 42″
This painting is on long-term loan to the Main Library, University of Hong Kong

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

White pagoda
2011
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
24″ x 36″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″

Women’s power
2013
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
26″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2012
Acrylic on canvas
30″ x 36″

Women’s power
2014
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″

Women’s power
2014
Acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″
This painting can be seen in an exhibit touring US campuses since 2016

Women’s power
2014
Acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″

Women’s power
2014
Acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″