CHNG SEOK TIN Born 1946, Singapore
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CHNG SEOK TIN Born 1946, Singapore ARTIST STATEMENT A 1972 graduate in Western Painting from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Chng earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at Hull, UK in 1979, Master of Arts in 1983 from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa, USA in 1985. Chng is also the recipient of the Lee Foundation Study Awards from 1976-1979, the Cultural Foundation Award for postgraduate studies at Hornsey College of Arts from the Ministry of Culture in 1980 and recently, Woman of the Year Award in 2001. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Gather & Disperse, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore Once Upon A Time, NUSS Guild House, Singapore 2011 Uncommon Wisdom, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore 2008 Before & After… , Tainan County Cultural Center, Taiwan 2007 Wonders of Golden Needles, Jendela Gallery, Esplanade-Theatres by the Bay, Singapore Passion for Art – 35 Years of Works by Visual Artist Chng Seok Tin, Museum of Fine Arts (Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu County) and the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kinmen County, Taiwan 2006 Evolution of Kim-chiam: From Dried Lily Bud to Rolling Red Dust, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore 2005 Reflections of Paris, Orita.Sinclair.Int’l – Front Room Gallery, Singapore Passage to… , UN Secretariat South Lounge, New York, USA Blossoming of the Pomegranate, p-10, Singapore 2004 Sound of Vermont, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore 2003 Frames, within and without, Utterly Art Gallery, Singapore 2001 Attachments and Detachments: A Chinese Obsession, Gallery Evason Hotel, Singapore Life, Like Chess, Sculpture Square, Singapore 1996 Metamorphosis, Singapore Festival of Arts 1996, Fort Canning Arts Centre, Singapore 1994 Life, Cosmos Gallery, Hong Kong 1993 Games, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore 1992 Games, d.p. Fong and Spratt Galleries, San Jose, California, USA 1990 Recent Prints by Chng Seok Tin, University of Ulster, North Ireland, UK Exhibition of Prints by Chng Seok Tin, Howard Salon Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 1989 Works by Chng Seok Tin, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore SEOK TIN CHNG — Prints/Mixed Media Works, Posterngate Art Gallery, Hull, UK 1987 From Water Series to the Floating World, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore 1985 A Retrospective Exhibition (1981-85), International Centre, Iowa City, USA Prints by Chng Seok Tin, American Cultural Centre, Taipei, Taiwan 1984 Prints & Drawings by Seok Chng, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA 1982 Installations and Prints by Chng Seok Tin, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA 1981 An Exhibition of Works by Chng Seok Tin, British Council Exhibition Hall, Singapore 1979 An Exhibition of Fine Prints by Chng Seok Tin, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Veni, Vidi, Vici, Artcommune Gallery, Singapore 2009 Earth and Water: Mapping Art in Southeast Asia, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore First Northern Sumatra Literature Festival, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia Singapore Art Exhibition 2009, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Imagine… , Very Special Arts Singapore, Raffles City, Singapore Nanyang in Paris, Lim Hak Tai Gallery (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts), Singapore Singapore Art Show 2009, Federation of Art Societies (Singapore) Gallery, Singapore 1st Small Sculpture Show, Sculpture Square, Singapore 2nd Qijing Prints Festival and International Invitational Exhibition, Chongqing, China Shenzhou Fengyun, Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing, China Memories By The Lake, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore 2008 Commemorating A Decade, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore Rolling Red Dust, French Cultural Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Villa/Hsiwan Art Gallery, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Welcome to My World, VSA Singapore, City Square, Raffles City Shopping Centre, Singapore The Artists Village: 20 Years On, Singapore Art Museum & The Artists Village, Singapore Proof V, SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore Mountains as Non-Mountains, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore Nanyang 70 Years After: A Reunion of Artists in the Academy, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Chng Seok Tin, Yao Ke-Hung and Liao Tsan-cheng, National Tsing Hua University Arts Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan 2007 Limited/Unlimited, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore 2006 City. Living: Works by Chng Seok Tin and Victor Tan Wee Tar, Hong Kong Fringe Club, Hong Kong Singapore Chinese Culture Festival Grand Art Exhibition, Singapore Conference Hall, Singapore Journey 06, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore Madly in Love, Madly in Art, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore Working the Plate, FOST Gallery, Singapore 2005 Fourth Malaysia-Singapore Chinese Art Exchange Exhibition, Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Five Elements: The Elements of Art, Very Special Arts Singapore, Raffles City, Singapore Celebration, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore Time Phase Print, Jendela Gallery, Esplanade, Singapore Brickfest Art Exhibition and Auction, Wheelock Properties, Singapore 2004 Tanbo • x • Project, Iwaki Uwa-town, Ehime Prefecture, Japan SingArt – A Brush with Lions, Raffles Hotel, Caltex and Singapore Tourism Board, Singapore Cite International des Art, Paris, France Proof IV, Singapore Tyler Prints Institute, Singapore ROOM-VSA Annual Art Exhibition, Very Special Arts Singapore, Raffles City, Singapore 2003 Work in Progress - The Power Show, Sculpture Society Singapore, The Substation Gallery, Singapore Read the Small Print, Utterly Art Exhibition Space, Singapore How Does Art Shape My World?, Very Special Arts Singapore, Raffles City, Singapore Change, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore 2002 Borders, Société Générale Gallery, Alliance Française, Singapore Spirited Faces: Painting in the Woman, Galerie Belvedere, Singapore Windows of Hope, Very Special Arts Singapore, Raffles City Garden Court, Singapore Remembering The Samsui Women, Ying Fo Fui Kun, Singapore Space Invaders: Futuristic Incursions, Utterly Art, Singapore Journey of Rainbow Bridge, High Beam Festival, Adelaide, Australia Round Show, Sculpture Square, Singapore Woman Inspire, Suntec City Conventional Hall, Singapore B.E.A.U.T.Y. (BadEvilAwfulUglyTerribleYucky), The Artists Village, Utterly Art, Singapore The Spirit Within, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore 2001 Proof III, The Substation Gallery, Singapore Women Beyond Borders, Sculpture Square, Singapore ICE-Singapore’s Art Palette, Windsor Room, Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore Walking to the 21st Century Grand Art Exhibition, Federation of Art Societies, Singapore Recent Works by 30 Telok Kurau Artists, Telok Kurau Studios Gallery, Singapore 2000 Five Elements, Very Special Arts Singapore, The Sheraton Towers, Singapore Excerpt 2000: Works by 20 Outstanding Singapore Artists, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore Artpower 2000, The Substation, Singapore 1999 Provocative Things: A 3-Dimensional Experience in Singapore, Sculpture Square, Singapore V’spartio, Artfolio Gallery, Singapore Nokia Singapore Art 1999 – City/Community, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 1998 Her Presence in Colours III, International Women Artists Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery, Malaysia VSA Arts Fiesta 1998, Very Special Arts Singapore, various venues in Singapore Imprints - 60 Years of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Relief Prints Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore 1997 Atelier 17 International Printmaking Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Art Expo '97, Singapore International Printmaking Fanfare, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Raffles Foyer Gallery, Singapore Art Power, The Substation, Singapore 2nd Malaysia Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints, The Central Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Taegu Asia Arts Exhibition, Taegu, South Korea 1996 A Century of Art in Singapore (Modernity and Beyond), Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Proof, Atrium Gallery, Marina Mandarin, Singapore Proof II, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Imaging The Contemporary Body, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st Malaysia Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints, The Central Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1995 Yamagata Fellows and Exhibit, Very Special Arts & The Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC, USA 1994 Personae II, 5th Passage Artists Ltd, Pacific Plaza, Singapore Lifestyles, Cultures & Perceptions, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore International Very Special Arts Festival, Brussels, Belgium La Troisieme Triennial Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format, Ville De Chamalieres, France 1993 Artists' General Assembly, 5th Passage Contemporary Artspace, Singapore 1992 The Space, Singapore Festival of Arts 1992, Old Hong Bee Warehouse, Singapore Chng Seok Tin, Yuji Hiratsuka and Rodolfo Morales, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, USA 1991 A Sculpture Seminar, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore National Sculpture Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore Women and Their Art, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore 1990 QU Art Support II, QU Artspace, Hong Kong Urban Artists - 25 Years of Singapore Art, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore 1989 2nd Open-Studio Show, The Artists Village, Singapore The Drawing Show, The Artists Village, Singapore International Etchings and Lithographs Exhibition, Art Base Gallery, Singapore 1988 Masterpieces From Private Collections, Singapore Festival of Arts 1988, National Museum Art