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Artist Statement:
I endeavor to present a unique
and innovative style of
Chinese painting, in combining
ideas of calligraphy and
painting, in integrating
Science and Art, and in
blending the East and the
West. Using a traditional
painting medium, but with
self-invented modern technique
of pigmentizing-and-alumizing,
a binary balance between
traditional art practice and
contemporary art process is
achieved. Another trademark of
my paintings is the controlled
and yet harmonious splashings
of varied Chinese ink and
colors, and a rich mix of
dry-wet,
dispersed-concentrated,
bright-dark and light-heavy
effects. Heavy color is
created from a mixture of
color pigments from mineral
and vegetable sources. The
surface of my paintings is
usually converted into a
virtual platform, sometimes
unpredictable, on which
diverse entities converge, and
then diverge to make a
picture. I continue to pursue
a state between figurative
naturalism and abstract
intellectualism, between
likeness and unlikeness;
seeking the Yin Yang harmony
of form and spirit, past and
present.
Dr Leon K. L. Chew...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2010: Solo Exhibition of
Modern Chinese Paintings by
Dr. Leon K. L. Chew (First
modern Chinese painting
exhibition in the history of
U.A.E.), Abu Dhabi National
Theater, U.A.E.;
Al Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai,
U.A.E.
2009: Emerge: Ways of
Worldmaking (An exhibition
held in conjunction ...
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Artist Galleries:
Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery,
Singapore
http://www.capeofgoodhopeartgal
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Artist Reviews:
2010: Heart Safari in Abu
Dhabi. Asian Art News 20 (3),
28.
2010: Singapore artist’s show
in Capital [Abu Dhabi].
Khaleej Times, 3 May 2010, 5.
2010: Colors that Touch the
Spirit of the Seasons. Emarat
Alyoum, 1 May 2010, 20-21.
2010: Ancient Chinese Symbols
Combined in Dr. ...
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Collections:
Abu Dhabi Authority for
Culture & Heritage, UAE.
Bangkok Bank Ltd.
Embassy of the Republic of
Singapore, UAE.
Government of Singapore
Investment Corporation.
Korea Culture Art Research
Institute.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Singapore.
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts,
Singapore.
Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore.
National Art Gallery,
Singapore.
Singapore Management
University.
Shell ...
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Commissions:
Government of Singapore
Investment Corporation.
Private Commissions....
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Leon K. L. Chew Biography:
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Buddhism |
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Post Graduate Degree |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Artist, arts consultant, visual arts scholar, arts educator
With a first degree in Science, Dr. Leon K. L. Chew extraordinarily became the first recipient of an earned Ph.D. in Fine Art (Research) from Goldsmiths College, awarded by the University of London, U.K. He returned to Singapore in 1997 as an art professor at the Nanyang Technological University and in 2002, he was selected to be the Dean of the School of Visual Arts at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. In 2008, he became the first Singaporean arts head to be hired by a reputable institution in the Middle East. With over 25 years' academic and managerial experience, he is currently a full-time professor of Art and Design at the Zayed University in U.A.E. He is also a visiting professor of Loughborough University in U.K., and has recently served as an external examiner of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a Ph.D. Examiner of the City University of Hong Kong, and a tenure reviewer of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. A scholar with interdisciplinary intellectual interests, including comparative studies of Eastern and Western visual arts, Asian culturo-philosophical aesthetics, contemporary Chinese art, art history, Southeast Asian arts, and visual arts practice, Dr. Chew is also a practicing artist, visual arts resource panelist of many organizations including the Singapore National Youth Council, and a judge in numerous international art and design competitions. He has exhibited in solo shows and his modern Chinese painting artworks are frequently featured in curated art exhibitions as well as collected and commissioned by public organizations and private bodies in the world. His most recent exhibitions are an invitational three-person international show in UK in 2008, a group exhibition in Venice held in conjunction with the Venice Biennale 2009, and a solo exhibition hosted by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage at the Abu Dhabi National Theater in 2010. |
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