TAN CHOH TEE 陈楚智
Tan Choh Tee takes inspiration from the atmosphere of his sites and aspires to immerse the audience into the same experience. The eastern and western influence in his painting techniques are evident as he depicts natural landscapes with impressionist strokes. In 1984, Tan taught at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and attended a masterclass at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China 3 years later. In 2006, Tan Choh Tee won the Cultural Medallion Award for visual arts for his contributions and achievements in the art field.
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Biography
Born 1942, Swatou, China
Background
1962 Graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
2006 Asia Visual Arts award, Korean National Cultural Research Organisation,
Seoul, Korea
Cultural Medallion, Singapore
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1999 Footprints, Orchard Point Exhibition Hall, Singapore
1984 One Man Art Exhibition, Avant Garde Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
1976 Recent Painting, Raya Gallery, Singapore
1972 Landscapes, Alpha Gallery, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Nanyang Inspirations, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard,
Singapore
2012 Living with Art, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard, Singapore
2007 The Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
"Imagining The City", Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
1999 One Man Art Exhibition, Apollo Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1979 "Art in Action", The National Museum, Singapore
1978 Cologne Exhibition at Klockner - Humboldt, Deutz A.G. Museum,
Germany
Tan Choh Tee’s art philosophy is that his art must flow from his personal experience. His oil paintings are influenced by the Western arts in the comparative effects of colour blocking and its emphasis on the vitality of colours. Putting together the merits of Western and Oriental Arts, Tan mixes them in his own way to create his personal style of consistency in quality, singularity of purpose and freshness of impression. Through Tan’s expertise in depicting modern living within the old streets of Singapore, he has opened a new horizon for localised oil paintings.
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