Biography
Hein has exhibited both nationally and internationally, with presentations across East and Southeast Asia, including a student exhibition in Japan, as well as a 3D Tour Online Exhibition and 150 Years / 150 Artists at the Contemporary Gallery in Fort Worth. His work has been recognized with several awards, including Best in Clay from the Hard + Soft Contemporary Craft International Juried Exhibition, Best of Show from the Irving Arts Center, and a Merit Award from Shanley House Gallery. He is also a recipient of the Dallas Museum Award from the Dallas Museum of Art, serves as a community artist at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and has held a solo exhibition at the Museum of Asian Texans.
Jack Phyo Hein
Jack Hein is a ceramic artist whose practice explores memory, impermanence, and belonging, shaped by his lived experience of migration and displacement. Born in Myanmar, Hein spent his early childhood there before fleeing to Malaysia due to political unrest, where he lived as a refugee for five years. This period deeply informed his sensitivity to transience and the fragmented idea of home—concepts that continue to shape his artistic voice. Drawing from these experiences, his work reflects an ongoing negotiation between loss, resilience, and cultural memory.
Hein studied at Texas Christian University, where he earned a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics. He later pursued an MA in Ceramics at University of Dallas, where he is currently completing his MFA. Influenced by the philosophy of Wabi-sabi, his practice combines porcelain and mixed media to create sculptural installations that bridge cultural histories and evoke emotional resonance. By pushing the physical limits of porcelain, he emphasizes translucency, fragility, and surface tension as metaphors for vulnerability and endurance.
Credit:Amon Carter Museum