19 July – 23 August 2025
Suvannabhumi Gallery is pleased to present Fossils, Bodies & Memories: A Child’s Universe, a series of drawings by 11-year-old artist Tun La Yaung, who explores the hidden structures of living things—bones, organs, exoskeletons—and non-living things—doors, bicycles, robots—with curiosity and wonder. Blending science and memory, the drawings invite us into a world where bodies become maps, fossils turn into traces, and unfamiliar shapes hint at things we’ve never seen before. In this small but vivid universe, prehistoric creatures rise from the earth, sea animals wave across the canvas, and bodies—real or imagined—take form through lines, dots, and planes of color.
Tun La Yaung was born in 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar. Like many other children raised in a family of artist and artisans he naturally grew up with the studio as his playground. He found joy in playing with pencils and brushes, lines and shapes, colors or tones, drawing or dripping. He has long been fascinated by dinosaurs—Tyrannosaurs, Triceratops, Velociraptors—as well as natural phenomena like sunny, breezy, and raining. He also enjoys shaping different moods and sensations: brightness, coziness, and boredom. His early works were largely inspired by memories and stories. Over time, his drawings began to reflect his own emotions and personal expressions. More recently, he has begun incorporating visual references into his work.
Tun La Yaung completed his primary education at Lumbini Academy in Yangon and is currently attending secondary school at Ambassador Bilingual School in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
