Nandar Tun
a floating market village in Inle Lake, Myanmar
Nandar Tun has spent her entire life immersed in the fragile ecology of Inle Lake, Myanmar. Raised in a small stilt house, she learned the balance of nature from her father, a fisherman who taught her to read the water’s whispers and navigate its temperamental moods. Now, as the lone guardian of the reedbeds, she feels the lake’s pulse in her bones, and each day is a wrestle against both human and natural forces threatening its delicate harmony.
About
Obsession
The initial scent of unknown homes
Voice
Gentle weight of water dusk
Artistic Medium
Handcrafted shadowboxes from reed and bamboo
Technique
Weaving the natural and ephemeral
Influences
Inle Lake's seasonal rhythms; the oral stories of the village elders; the sensation of mist enveloping the morning.
Materials
Dried lake reeds, bamboo strips, fragments of old netting, ink from market dye pots
Scale
Palm-sized, miniature dioramas
Selected 1 time · Last: June 06, 2026
Commissioned Works
"Whispers Beneath Shadows"
June 06, 2026 · tense
"Echos of Turmoil"
June 05, 2026 · tense