Anthony Poon

As one walks round an Anthony Poon’s sculpture, each angle offers a new and interesting perspective. Simple geometric forms and twirls is Poon’s signature.

Born 1945, Singapore. Anthony passed away in 2006.

EDUCATION

1964-67
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Industrial Artist, Singapore Glass Manufacturer

1967-70
Byam Shaw School of Art, London, U.K.

1970-71
Regional College of Art, Bradford, Yorks, U.K.

1971
Returned to Singapore.

1973-1973
Manager, Alpha Gallery

1991-92
External Fine Art Examiner, LaSalle College of Arts, Singapore.

1999-2002
Member, Art Specialist Panel, Cultural Medallion and Young Artists Award. National Art Council. Singapore.

2002
Member, Selection Committee Shell-NAC Arts Scholarship. National Art Council. Singapore.
Member, Curriculum Development Council, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.

1999-2005
Chairman, NAC-Telok Kurau Studios Management Committee

2002
Vice-Chairman, Art Specialist Panel. Cultural Medallion and Young Artists Awards, National Art Council.
Member, Seed Grants Assessment Panel for Visual Arts, National Arts Council. Singapore.

2002-2005
Member, Panel of Arts Advisor, National Art Council, Singapore

2002-2008
Member, Singapore Note and Coin Advisory Committee, Board of Commissioner of Currency, Singapore

2003
Member, Annual Grant Assessment Panel for Visual Arts, National Arts Council

2003-2005
Fine Art Examiner, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore

AWARDS

1976
Pingat Apad Award, Association of Artists of various Resources

1983
First Prize, United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year

1986
Kallang Theatre Mural Competition, Ministry of Culture

1987
Second Prize, Sentosa Waterfront Sculpture Competition

1991
1990 Cultural Medallion Award, Government of Singapore

1997
Sculpture Competition, United Engineers Square

1998
Sculpture Competition, Singapore Turf Club

1999
Sculpture Competition, Ministry of Information and the Arts

2002
Excellence Prize, China International City Exhibition & Symposium (Beijing 2002)
Ministry of Culture of P.R. China and the People's Municipal Government of Beijing.

2004
Sculpture Competition, Housing and Development Board. Singapore

ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS

1964
Paintings by Anthony Poon, National Library

1967
Mixed Media, National Library

1971
Shape Canvases, Alpha Gallery

1975
Waves Series, Alpha Gallery

1978
Waves Frequency Waves, Alpha Gallery

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1964
Southeast Asia Art, Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore.

1967
Eight National Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1969
Contemporary Art of Singapore, National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Commonwealth Young Artists, Royal Overseas League, London, U.K.
Grand Art Exhibition, 150th Anniversary of Singapore.
Commonwealth Young Artists, Guild Hall, London, U.K.

1970
Young Contemporaries, Royal Academy Galleries, London, U.K.

1972
Modern Art '72 - Modern Art Society, National Library, Singapore.

1973
Elemental Abstraction, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.
Alpha Invitational, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.
Festival of Arts, United World College of Southeast-Asia, Singapore.

1974
Alpha Group Show, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.
Art in Singapore Today, Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore.
Twelve Artists, Baharuddin Vocational Institute, Singapore.

1975
Inaugural Art Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Color, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Contemporary Artists from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, Penang Museum, Malaysia.
Large Paintings, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.

1977
Art '77, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Selections, Paintings & Sculptures, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.

1978
Ten Contemporaries, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.
Art '78, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Contemporary Art, Singapore Festival of Arts, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.

1979
Alpha Group Show, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.
Contemporaries '79, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.

1980
5th Festival of Asian Art, Hong Kong Museum Art Gallery, Hong Kong.
Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan.
Three Artists, Raya Gallery, Australia.
Contemporary Singapore Paintings, Festival of Asian Arts, Hong Kong Museum Art Gallery.

1981
Contemporary Asian Art Show, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore. 1982
Contemporary Form, Asean Traveling Exhibition of Visual Art, Asean countries.
Contemporary Singapore Art, Singapore Festival of Arts 1982, National Museum Art Gallery.

1983
New Images 1983, Modern Art Society, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Third Asean Exhibition of Paintings and Photograph, Asean Traveling Exhibition of Exhibition of Visual Art.
Singapore Art in the Seventies, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.

1984
Singapore Art, A Decade 1974-1984, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
25-Years of Art in Singapore, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Singapore Art, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1985
Current Approaches in the Art of ASEAN Region, Touring ASEAN countries.
Second Asia Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan.

1985-86
Singapore Art for Japanese Festival, Traveling exhibition around Japan.

1986
Seoul, Contemporary Asian Art Show, 1986, National Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, South Korea.
8a, Eight Artists, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.
Asian Contemporary Art, Singapore Festival of Arts 1986, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.

1987
New Directions, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Ying Yang Festival, National University of Singapore Society.

1988
The Second Decade, Masterpieces from Private Collections, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Singapore Contemporary Artist, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong.

1989
New Art Expo, New York, U.S.A.
Bru-Sin Art Exhibition, Brunei Darussalam Museum, Brunei.
Twenty Artists, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.

1990
Urban Artists, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
Singapore Artists Speak, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.

1991
Sculptures in Singapore, National Museum Singapore.

1991-93
Many in One - 25 years of Singapore Art - touring U.S.A.

1993
Strategies - An exhibition of Artworks by seven Outstanding Contemporary Singapore Artists, Takashima Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Singapore.

1994-95
Contemporary Singapore Art - traveling exhibition to Hong Kong & 7 major cities in Republic of China.

1996
Contemporary Singapore Art, Soobin Gallery, Singapore.1997
Singapore Art '97, Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center.
Art Power - to benefit the Substation, Chijmes, Singapore.

1998
Preview of Early Works, Telok Kurau Studios, Singapore.

1998-99
Tomorrow Realism, Telok Kurau Studios, Singapore.

1999
Brave New World, Soobin Gallery, Singapore.
City/Community - Nokia Singapore Art '99, Singapore Art Museum.

1999-2000
NAFA Cross Century Art Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art.

2000
Excerpt 2000, Soobin Gallery, Singapore.

2001
Telok Kurau Studios 2001, Telok Kurau Gallery.

2002
China International City Sculpture Exhibition & Symposium (Beijing 2002),
Beijing International Sculpture Park, Beijing, China.

2003
Telok Kurau Studios 2002, Telok Kurau Gallery.

2004
Crossroad, the making of new Identities, National University of Singapore Museum.

2005
New Creations, Telok Kurau Studio Gallery.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Bank of Tokyo
Brunei Darussalam Museum
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
Development Bank of Singapore Art Collection
Dresdner Bank, S.E.A., Ltd
Economic Development Board
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
National Institute of Education
National Library Board
Overseas Union Bank
P&T Architects, Hong Kong
Singapore Art Museum
Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Art Collection
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Washington D.C. USA
Embassy and Beijing Embassy, China.
Temasek Polytechnic
United Overseas Bank Art Collection
Ministry of Culture, People Republic of China and
the People's municipal Government of Beijing.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Australia, Brunei, Canada, People Republic of China. Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, U.K., USA.

TELEVISION FEATURES

Art Central, Self Portraits 3 : Anthony Poon
Produced by Peter Lamb. 19 June 2005

COMMISSIONED WORKS

Alfred Wong Partnership
Bank of America
Chung Khiaw Bank
Consolidated Hotel, PL
Dresdner, S.E.A., Ltd
Goodwood Park Hotel
International Associated
Mass Rapid Transit Corporation
National Theatre Trust
Raffles City
Steamship Investment Development
United Overseas Land Ltd.
United Engineers Pte Ltd.
Singapore Land
Singapore Turf Club
Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
Sembawang Properties
City Development Limited
Housing & Development Board HQ.