Signature Collection 2021

​About Artist
​- Tong Chin Sye

Biography

• 1939 Born in Singapore
• 1960 Graduated from the Singapore Academy of Fine Arts
• 1975 Solo Exhibition
• 2012 Second solo Reminiscences Art Exhibition
• 2013 Third solo Memoirs of Our Island Exhibition
• 1995 - 2009 NAFA part-time lecturer in Western Art

 
Tong Chin Sye (b. 1939, Singapore -) is a multi-media artist trained in both Western and Chinese art. His dynamic oeuvre includes watercolour, oil, Chinese ink and mixed media paintings. Tong was previously a part-time lecturer in Western Art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and has participated in numerous local and overseas exhibitions over the years. He clinched the first prize in the Port of Singapore Authority Open Art Competition in 1987 and represented Singapore at the Flemish Watercolour Days held at Zaventen, Belgium in 1988.
 
An avid traveler, Tong has journeyed across continents in his painterly quest for fresh scenes and cultural understanding. Be it a bustling town scene or a quiet backyard in a provincial village; labourers by the seaside or folks going about their daily routines, Tong’s paintings absorb us through the curious, reflective lens of a traveler who explores the life and customs of others through the graininess of everyday life. The assiduous combination of East-West techniques also reflects his multifaceted art training.
 
Awards
1992     Tan Tsze Chor Art Award
1986 First Prize Artists Encouragement Scheme Art Competition, The Port of Singapore Authority                                                                                                          
 
Selected Exhibitions
2018   The Painting Speaks: Paintings by Tong Chin Sye and Poems by Tan Chee Lay, The Arts House, Singapore
2016   Tong Chin Sye: 30 Years of Mixed Media Painting (1960s – 1990s), artcommune gallery, Singapore
2015   Tong Chin Sye: Portrait, Still Life & Landscape Paintings, artcommune gallery, Singapore
2013   137 km North of the Equator: A Story of the Equator Art Society and Realist Artists in Singapore, artcommune gallery, Singapore
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