CONTEMPORARY PAINTING


TANG HON YIN

 
 
 
  Water Margin #126
142 cm2
EXHBITIONS
1978-91 UTARA Group Exhibitions, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
1978 8th International Festival of the Arts, United World College, Singapore
1983 Titan 1 - Malaysian Artist's Association Exhibition, National Museum & Art Gallery Singapore
1988 Exhibition of Malaysian Contemporary Art, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
1997 Art Expo, World Trade Center, Singapore
1999 Works '99 - Exhibition of Contemporary Works, Yokohama Shimin Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2001 Works in Earth Plaza, Kanagawa, Japan
2005 LINK Penang-Beijing, Capital Normal University Gallery, Beijing
2007 Thai-Malaysia-Singapore Art Exhibition, Southern Art & Culture Center, Prince of Songka University Pattani Campus, Thailand

20 Artists Malaysia Singapore, Hat Yai Art Gallery, Thailand
2008 Tang Hon Yin, Water Margin_Silk Road, East & Art, Melbourne, Australia
BIOGRAPHY Born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1943 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), with a major in Geography in 1966 and a Diploma in Education in 1968 from University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. He has traveled extensively to to the major art museums in Europe, the U.S. and Australia to study and enjoy their master works. Intensely drawn to the works of Rothko and Richard Diebenkorn featured in masterpeices from the National Art Gallery of Malaysia published by the National Art Gallery, Malaysia, in 2002. Currently paints full time and is the Chariman of the Penang State Art Gallery.