Cheah Thien Soong

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Cheah Thien Soong
Traditional Chinese 謝忝宋 [1]
Simplified Chinese 谢忝宋

Early life and education

Dr. Cheah Thien Soong (born 1942, Negeri Sembilan, Malaya) is a contemporary ink-painting artist in Malaysia. [2] Cheah is considered the second generation of Nanyang-style contemporary ink-painting artist. He graduated from Chung Hua High School in Seremban, Malaysia in 1959 before proceeding to Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. [3] [4] There, he studied both Chinese and Western painting under the tutelage of artists such as Chen Wen Xi, Choong Soo Peng, Chen Zhong Rui, Shi Xiang Tuo, and Georgette Chen. [5] He held his first exhibitions in 1962, and has since won a number of awards from art institutes in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan. His paintings often include trees. [2] From 1990 to 2002, he served as a lecturer at the Malaysian Institute of Art in Kuala Lumpur; he also returned to his hometown to found the Seremban Institute of Art. [5] He received his doctorate from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in 2002. [4] As a result of a trip he took to Jiangxi in 2003, he has branched out from canvas and taken up the challenge of painting on porcelain, creating works with Malaysian subjects painted onto Jingdezhen clay. [5] [6]

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Family

Cheah has two younger brothers, who both live in Guangxi, China; since 1991, he has gone to Guangxi every two or three years to visit them. [7]

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References

  1. Cheah, Thien Soong (2008), cheah thien soong - contemporary ink painting, Personal webpage, retrieved 2008-03-10
  2. 1 2 Hafizi, Amir (2006-01-04), "Visual poetry", Malay Mail; Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, retrieved 2008-03-10
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  4. 1 2 Cheah, Thien Soong (2008), Biography, Personal webpage, retrieved 2008-03-10[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 3 "A feast of art, with food", New Straits Times; Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, 2003-07-08, retrieved 2008-03-10
  6. Ooi, Kok-Chuen (2000-04-24), "Cheah's porcelain challenge", New Straits Times, archived from the original on 2011-05-17, retrieved 2008-03-10
  7. Long, Juejue (2007-10-19), 首届中国(广西)•马来西亚国际赏石及书画艺术邀请展在邕开幕 (First Guangxi-Malaysia International Stone and Painting Art Invitational Exhibition Opens in Yongning, Guangxi United Arts and Literature Association, archived from the original on 2009-01-08, retrieved 2008-03-10