Kay Zin Su Wai (Ku Kue) is an illustrator, graphic designer and one of the few female graffiti artists in Yangon. She received her Bachelor of Computer Information Systems (CIS) degree, International Diploma in Computer Studies and International Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies from London Metropolitan University. She is passionate about utilising her talent as an artist to create intergenerational and community cohesion through education, especially with children and young people. She develops her own platforms and collaborates with many peers to produce projects, merchandise and exhibitions.
“The military coup made one thing very clear – Generation Z is a force to be reckoned with. The young people of Myanmar today are exposed in ways their parents and grandparents never were, through internet, travel and opportunity. But one thing they know very well – the quiet strength and resistance of generations of people in Myanmar who have valiantly opposed a military dictatorship over the course of 70 years. This time, however, it’s different. The military messed with the wrong generation. They will stop at nothing to uproot the dictatorship. “