Chua Ek Kay

A Cultural Medallion Award winner in 1999, Chua’s contemporary Chinese ink paintings are much sought after by both organizations and private collectors.

Born 1947, China. The artist passed away February, 2008.

EDUCATION

1995            

MA (Hons) Visual Arts, University  of Western Sydney Nepean, Australia

 

1994             

BFA (Painting), University of Tasmania, Australia

 

1989     

Advanced Diploma (Painting), Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

 

1975- 87

Studied Chinese Brush Painting from Fan Chang Tien

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006     

Chua Ek Kay @ Art Forum 2006, Art Forum, Singapore

 

2005     

Yixi Recent Painting of Chua Ek Kay, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

 

2003     

Being & Becoming, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore

 

2001     

Street Scenes Revisited, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore

 

2000             

Lyrical Spaces, Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore

 

1998     

Hunter of the Wilderness, Art Forum, Singapore

 

1997     

Colour of Infinity, CHIJMES, Singapore

 

1995     

RECENT WORKS by CHUA EK KAY, University of Western Sydney, Australia

 

1992     

Duality and Tension, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore

 

1990             

ART AFFAIRS, Singapore

 

1988     

CHUA EK KAY’S WORKS IN CHINESE INK, Chinese Chambers of Commerce, Singapore

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002     

Timeless Space, London

 

2001     

Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore        

Ink & Colour, 3 Singaporean artist, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ASEAN Art Today 2001, Singapore

 

1999             

Ambulation, Earl Lu Art Gallery, Singapore

Beyond Tradition: Art of the New Migrant Chinese, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore

Power and Poetry, Monuments and Mediations in Chinese Ink Painting, Singapore Art Museum,

Singapore

CRISP, Singapore Art Museum

 

1998     

Philip Morris ASEAN Art Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam   

 

1997     

Singapore Arts 97, Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre

ART TALK, Singapore Arts Museum Auditorium

 

1997     

Nine Artists in Bali, Fort Canning Art Centre, Singapore

 

1996     

A Century of Art in Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

The 3^RD ASEAN Art Exhibition, Singapore

ASEAN Art Symposium & Workshop, Singapore delegate & Workshop Director

Demonstration of Chinese Ink Painting, University of Western Sydney, Australia

 

1994             

Window on Singapore Art, Travelling Exhibition in China & Hong Kong

 

1993             

Singapore Sling, Art House, Tasmania, Australia

Singapore Places & Poems, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore

JOURNEY OF INK-Ink Paintings in Singapore, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore

 

1992     

Singapore Art Festival, Tai-Ku Sheng, Hong Kong

National Kidney Foundation Charity Exhibition, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore

Singapore Artists Directory Art Exhibition, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore

 

1991 - 93

Many In One (Touring Art Exhibition)

25 Years of Art From Singapore, USA

 

1991             

Joint Exhibition by 2 Artists, Mandarin Hotel, Singapore

ASEAN Art Exhibition, Touring 6 ASEAN Countries

United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year Exhibition

 

1982-91

National Day Art Exhibition

 

1982             

6 Singapore Artists Art Exhibition, University of Adelaide, Australia

 

1976-82        

Hwa Hun Art Society Annual Exhibition

 

AWARDS

2002     

LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts Fellowship, Singapore

 

1999             

Cultural Medallion Award, Government of Singapore

 

1998     

Philip Morris Group of Companies ASEAN Art Awards, 

Juror’s Choice, Singapore

 

1992             

National Arts Council, Scholarship for Practicing Artists

 

1991     

United Overseas Bank 10^th Painting of the Year Award (Grand Prize)

 

1990             

United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year Art Competition, Distinction Award

 

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore

United Overseas Bank Group, Singapore

Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore

Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore

Merril Lynch International Bank

Rhone-Poulenc, New York

Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir, Malaysia

Raffles Hotel

Hotel Grand Plaza

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore

National Library, Singapore