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墨客，常用签名Myo Khin、A Myo Khin、Myo，生于1949年，国际著名华裔色彩主义抽象派画家，奥林匹克美术大会金奖得主。经济学硕士，动物学学士。1995年在海外建立灰棕榈艺术中心，多次在国内外举办展览。出版有《论亚洲当代艺术》、《我的色彩观》、《在新的蓝天下·北京印象》等著作和多部《墨客画集》。人民美术出版社出版了《中国当代美术家·墨客作品集》和大红袍系列——《中国美术家画集·墨客》。
　　2008是中国的奥运年，这一年，墨客受邀参加中国美协等主办的北京第三届国际美术双年展，他的《奥运之光》是该展的优秀作品；应邀参加国际奥委会和文化部联合主办的2008奥林匹克美术大会，其作品《奥运北京》在全球艺术家的一万多件参赛作品中胜出，荣获金奖。新华社2008奥运特刊出版了《奥运之光点燃梦想·墨客大师的奥运情》专辑。中央电视台奥运特别节目——50集大型纪录片《同一个世界》，每集都是以墨客先生的《奥运之光》开头和结尾。经北京奥组委特批，中国网通为《奥运之光》发行了《笔墨丹青奥运情》特种纪念电话卡。墨客的作品也是市场上的宠儿，在这一年的香港的秋拍中《奥运之光》以1430万港元的价格成交。胡润首发的《2008当代艺术榜》中，墨客位居第四十一位。在雅昌艺术市场监测中心总结的《中国艺术品拍卖市场调查报告》的“2008年秋拍油画及当代艺术高价拍品排名”中,墨客位列全球华人艺术家第四名。
　　墨客曾为政府官员，后入商界。曾一度过着与外界隔绝的生活，有机会体验超凡入圣的艺术境界，禅宗的精神引领他寻找纯洁的思想真谛。墨客认为，色彩是大自然送给人类的礼物。他能深切体会色彩的艺术价值。他充分运用自己的感觉绘画，把埋藏在内心深处的情感开发出来，几乎是他的全部。
　　Born in 1949, Mo Ke, also named Myo Khin, A Myo Khin and Myo, is a colourist and abstract artist of Chinese origin, who has won the gold medal of “Olympic Fine Arts 2008”. And he is also the master of economics and bachelor of zoology. Htan Yeik Nyo Art Center was established abroad by him in 1995. And he has held many art shows in different countries. He has published the works of “On Asian Contemporary Art”, “Colour and the Artist” and “Under the New Sky·Impression of Beijing”, and many volumes of “Painting Album of Myo Khin”. Besides, People's Fine Arts Publishing House has published “Chinese Contemporary Artists·Mo Ke’s Painting Collection” and Dahongpao series – “Chinese Artists’ Painting Album·Myo Khin”.
　　The year of 2008 is the Chinese Olympic year. In 2008, Mo Ke’s great painting “Light of Olympic” was invited to show at “2008 Beijing Third International Art Biennial” which was held by China Artists Association during the period of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Mo Ke also got the invitation of Olympic Fine Arts 2008 held by International Olympic Committee and China's Culture Ministry, and his painting “Olympic Beijing” won the gold award, exceeding more than ten thousand paintings. At the same year, Xinhua News Agency published the painting album “Dreams, Kindled by Olympic Light·Olympic Passion of Master Myo Khin”. His “Light of Olympic” was chosen as the beginning and the end of the 50-TV-series full length Olympic Documentary Film “One World, One Dream” produced by CCTV. Authorized by Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, China Network Communications Corporation produced the special commemorative telephone card entitled “Passion to Olympics by Brushwork and Painting” in honor of “Light of Olympic”. Mo Ke’s paintings are quite popular in the art market. In this year, Hongkong’s Autumn Auction, “Light of Olympic” was purchased with the price of HKD 14,300,000. Mo Ke’s painting took the 41st place of “Hurun Contemporary Art List·Ranking of Auction Items”. In “Survey Report on Chinese Art Auction Market·2008 Autumn Auction Ranking of Paintings and Contemporary Costly Art Items” offered by Artron Art Market Monitoring Center(AAMMC) in 2009, Mo Ke ranked fourth among the artists of Chinese origin all over the world.
　　After working as a government employee, he went into the field of business. He had lived a seclusive life for some period. So he had the chance to experience the super mundane art realm and search for the truth of purest mind, led by Dhyana’s spirit. In his opinion, colors are the gifts of nature for human beings. And he can keenly taste the artistic value of colors. He always paints with his own feelings, and exploits the concealed emotion deeply inside, which is almost all he has.