Zin Yaw Aung was born in Yangon in 1988, he attended the Yangon State School of Fine Art from 2003-2005, where he studied under well known artists such as Win Tint and Maung Oo. His paintings have been well exhibited in group shows since 2007. His first solo exhibition was held at Pansodan Gallery in 2015, titled The Mist Has Spectrum. Also he has been selected repeatedly as a finalist in the Tun Foundation Art Competition.