Chiew Sien Kuan Born in 1965
Educational Qualifications
2007-2008 Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDHE), Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
2005-2006 MFAD, University of Tasmania, Launceston
1994 BFA, University of Tasmania. Hobart
1986-1989 Diploma in Fine Art, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Academic and Administrative Experience
2007-2014 Deputy Head of Department of Fine Art
Since 1999 Member, FA Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, NAFA
1999 Deputy Head of Fine Art Department
Since 1995 Member, FA Departmental Curriculum Development Committee, NAFA
1995-1998 Acting Head of Fine Art Department
Teaching/Research Interests
Painting, Drawing & Sculpture.
Consultative Service
2009-10 Youth Olympic Village Art Installation
2008 World Toilet Art, World Toilet Summit by World Toilet Organization
2004 Judge for Uniliver International Schools Art Project 2004, Singapore
2003 Judge, Scarecrow Making Competition "Go green, ok, party" (Environment Day 2003) Chinese Garden , organised by Taman Jurong CCC, with South-West CDC and Town Council.
1999 Representative, NAFA Fine Art Student Art Exhibition at Cultural Centre of the Arts Lima, Peru
1993 Representative, The 7th Asian-Pacific Conference on Arts Education
Recent Research and Select Publications
2022 Visual Thinking: Sense of Knowing Catalogue, Curated by Dr Wang Ruobing
2021 Artist as Collector Catalogue presented by Comma Space
2019 Solo Exhibition Catalogue -Soul Yield
2014 SingaPlura,Celebrating Design2014,Dhoby Ghaut Green
2013 Art Apart Fair 2013, Parkroyal on Pickering.
2012 8th Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition, Construct Elements
2011 VISIONS OF LIGHTNESS, ION Art Gallery
2010 EXCAVATION – Ten Singapore Artists, The Art Studio @ Old School.
2006 Flight 06, University of Tasmania, Launceston
2006 Withdrawing, NAFA, Singapore
2000 Young Contemporary Artists in Singapore
Exhibitions
2022 Visual Thinking: Sense of Knowing, presented by Comma Space, curated by Dr Wang Ruobing
2021 Artist as Collector presented by Comma Space, Gillman Barracks curated by Dr Wang Ruobing
2021 Chiew Sien Kuan Solo Exhibition, The Little Love Story of Singapore, Esplanade Tunnel, Singapore
2019 Solo Exhibition – 心灵切慕 “Soul Yield”, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, NAFA, Singapore
2018 Group Exhibition - ‘Motionless Boundary’, Da Xin Private Museum, Tainan, Taiwan, 10 Nov - 10 Dec 2018
2018 Group Exhibition - ‘Motionless Boundary’, Element Art Space, Singapore, 07 July - 12 August 2018
2018 Painters, Nagata Private Museum, Onomichi, Japan
2018 Moving Mountains, Artsembly, Esplanade Mall, Singapore
2017 Vol.3 | DR/OP: Beyond Boundaries, 17 August-27August 2017, Block B, #03-18 & #04-10 Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
2017 When Space Dissolves into Luminosity; Where Flowers Bloom Amidst Rocks, ipreciation Gallery, Singapore
2016 Through the Year, Group Show, New Treasure Art Gallery, Burma
2016 Drop-connect Art Exhibition, Japan
2015 Vernacula, SG50, NAFA Galleries
2015 ArtStage Singapore, Marina Bay Sand
2014 NOTHING IN COMMON Art Exhibition, ION Art Gallery
2014 6767 Draw Bridge, NAFA Galleries 1 & 2,
2014 SingaPlura,Celebrating Design2014,Dhoby Ghaut Green
2013 ASIAN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTORS, Guangzhou,
2013 Art Apart Fair 2013, Parkroyal on Pickering.
2012 8th Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition, Construct Elements
2011 VISIONS OF LIGHTNESS, Pipal Fine Art, KL
2011 VISIONS OF LIGHTNESS, ION Art Gallery
2010 NAFA-LASALLE fine art staff show 2010, NAFA
2010 EXCAVATION – Ten Singapore Artists, The Art Studio @ Old School.
2009 Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition – Form and Reform, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2009 4th CDL Singapore Sculpture Award Show, SAM
2009 Warm Machines, Esplanade Concourse Space
2007 Escape Clause, NAFA Gallery 2
2006 Space Envisaged: 7 Propositions, Public Art Space, Pan Pacific Singapore
2006 Withdrawing, NAFA Gallery 2
2006 Flight 06, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Australia
2004 “In The Flesh…The Nude in Contemporary Art”, NAFA Selegie Gallery
2004 Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2003 International Snow Sculpting Event of the Quebec Carnival, Canada
2003 Hopea Sangal Tree Sculpture Symposium, Singapore
2002 “The Abstraction” Art Exhibition, NAFA Selegie Gallery.
2000 “Five Colors”-Group Exhibition, Paragon Art Gallery.
2000 “Just Five” - Group Exhibition, Artfolio SPACE. Singapore
2000 “AD2000” - Staff Art Exhibition, Selegie Gallery
1999 The “NAFA Staff Art Exhibition”, Art Festival’99. NAFA Selegie Art Gallery
1998 International Plein Air Painting Workshop in Plovdiv. Bulgaria.
1995 “The Philip Morris” Group of Companies Art Exhibition. Singapore
1995 “A Slice of Life” Group Exhibition. Entrepot Art Gallery Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania.
1992 Painting of the Year Competition and Exhibition.
1992 “Three Phrases of Sky” Three Man Exhibition.
1992 International Art Workshop’92 Antalya, Turkey.
1992 The “Six Field” Six Men Show, Empire Place Art Gallery, Singapore.
1991 Painting of the Year Competition and Exhibition.
1990 NAFA Lecturer, Art Exhibition Thailand, Singapore.
1988 Singapore-Philippines Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
1988 Ministry of Communication and Information Art Competition and Exhibition.
1988 Artist Village Drawing Show, Singapore.
1988 “Initiato” Art Exhibition, Goethe-Institute, Singapore.
1988 IBM Art Award Exhibition.
Collections and Commissioned Works
2011 Sculpture-‘Two Warrior’, Private collection
2011 Sculpture-‘Love on Hold’, Private collection
2011 Sculpture-‘Artist’s Workshop’, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2011 Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings-‘Machine series’, NAFA
2011 Installation-‘Hanging Up’, Private collection
2010 Sculpture-‘Land rover SKC2010’, NAFA
2009 Sculpture-‘Library’, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2006 Painting-‘Wall Factory’, Pan Pacific Singapore
2006 Painting-‘City Shimmering Machine, University of Tasmania, Australia
1998 Paintings, Provdiv, Bulgaria
1993 Sculpture-‘The Yoke’, Phillippe Charriot Foundation, Singapore
1992 Painting-‘Rock’, Antalya, Turkey
1988 Printmaking-‘Nightmare’, Singapore Art Museum
1988 Painting, Australian High Commission
Awards
1993 Scuplture, 1st Prize in 3D Category, Phillippe Charriot Foundation Contemporary Art Competition 92/93.
1990 Sculpture, Merit Award IBM Art Award.
1988 Painting, Highly recommended. The Australian Bicentennial Art Award of The Young Artists.
Educational Qualifications
2007-2008 Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDHE), Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
2005-2006 MFAD, University of Tasmania, Launceston
1994 BFA, University of Tasmania. Hobart
1986-1989 Diploma in Fine Art, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Academic and Administrative Experience
2007-2014 Deputy Head of Department of Fine Art
Since 1999 Member, FA Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, NAFA
1999 Deputy Head of Fine Art Department
Since 1995 Member, FA Departmental Curriculum Development Committee, NAFA
1995-1998 Acting Head of Fine Art Department
Teaching/Research Interests
Painting, Drawing & Sculpture.
Consultative Service
2009-10 Youth Olympic Village Art Installation
2008 World Toilet Art, World Toilet Summit by World Toilet Organization
2004 Judge for Uniliver International Schools Art Project 2004, Singapore
2003 Judge, Scarecrow Making Competition "Go green, ok, party" (Environment Day 2003) Chinese Garden , organised by Taman Jurong CCC, with South-West CDC and Town Council.
1999 Representative, NAFA Fine Art Student Art Exhibition at Cultural Centre of the Arts Lima, Peru
1993 Representative, The 7th Asian-Pacific Conference on Arts Education
Recent Research and Select Publications
2022 Visual Thinking: Sense of Knowing Catalogue, Curated by Dr Wang Ruobing
2021 Artist as Collector Catalogue presented by Comma Space
2019 Solo Exhibition Catalogue -Soul Yield
2014 SingaPlura,Celebrating Design2014,Dhoby Ghaut Green
2013 Art Apart Fair 2013, Parkroyal on Pickering.
2012 8th Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition, Construct Elements
2011 VISIONS OF LIGHTNESS, ION Art Gallery
2010 EXCAVATION – Ten Singapore Artists, The Art Studio @ Old School.
2006 Flight 06, University of Tasmania, Launceston
2006 Withdrawing, NAFA, Singapore
2000 Young Contemporary Artists in Singapore
Exhibitions
2022 Visual Thinking: Sense of Knowing, presented by Comma Space, curated by Dr Wang Ruobing
2021 Artist as Collector presented by Comma Space, Gillman Barracks curated by Dr Wang Ruobing
2021 Chiew Sien Kuan Solo Exhibition, The Little Love Story of Singapore, Esplanade Tunnel, Singapore
2019 Solo Exhibition – 心灵切慕 “Soul Yield”, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, NAFA, Singapore
2018 Group Exhibition - ‘Motionless Boundary’, Da Xin Private Museum, Tainan, Taiwan, 10 Nov - 10 Dec 2018
2018 Group Exhibition - ‘Motionless Boundary’, Element Art Space, Singapore, 07 July - 12 August 2018
2018 Painters, Nagata Private Museum, Onomichi, Japan
2018 Moving Mountains, Artsembly, Esplanade Mall, Singapore
2017 Vol.3 | DR/OP: Beyond Boundaries, 17 August-27August 2017, Block B, #03-18 & #04-10 Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
2017 When Space Dissolves into Luminosity; Where Flowers Bloom Amidst Rocks, ipreciation Gallery, Singapore
2016 Through the Year, Group Show, New Treasure Art Gallery, Burma
2016 Drop-connect Art Exhibition, Japan
2015 Vernacula, SG50, NAFA Galleries
2015 ArtStage Singapore, Marina Bay Sand
2014 NOTHING IN COMMON Art Exhibition, ION Art Gallery
2014 6767 Draw Bridge, NAFA Galleries 1 & 2,
2014 SingaPlura,Celebrating Design2014,Dhoby Ghaut Green
2013 ASIAN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTORS, Guangzhou,
2013 Art Apart Fair 2013, Parkroyal on Pickering.
2012 8th Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition, Construct Elements
2011 VISIONS OF LIGHTNESS, Pipal Fine Art, KL
2011 VISIONS OF LIGHTNESS, ION Art Gallery
2010 NAFA-LASALLE fine art staff show 2010, NAFA
2010 EXCAVATION – Ten Singapore Artists, The Art Studio @ Old School.
2009 Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition – Form and Reform, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2009 4th CDL Singapore Sculpture Award Show, SAM
2009 Warm Machines, Esplanade Concourse Space
2007 Escape Clause, NAFA Gallery 2
2006 Space Envisaged: 7 Propositions, Public Art Space, Pan Pacific Singapore
2006 Withdrawing, NAFA Gallery 2
2006 Flight 06, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Australia
2004 “In The Flesh…The Nude in Contemporary Art”, NAFA Selegie Gallery
2004 Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2003 International Snow Sculpting Event of the Quebec Carnival, Canada
2003 Hopea Sangal Tree Sculpture Symposium, Singapore
2002 “The Abstraction” Art Exhibition, NAFA Selegie Gallery.
2000 “Five Colors”-Group Exhibition, Paragon Art Gallery.
2000 “Just Five” - Group Exhibition, Artfolio SPACE. Singapore
2000 “AD2000” - Staff Art Exhibition, Selegie Gallery
1999 The “NAFA Staff Art Exhibition”, Art Festival’99. NAFA Selegie Art Gallery
1998 International Plein Air Painting Workshop in Plovdiv. Bulgaria.
1995 “The Philip Morris” Group of Companies Art Exhibition. Singapore
1995 “A Slice of Life” Group Exhibition. Entrepot Art Gallery Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania.
1992 Painting of the Year Competition and Exhibition.
1992 “Three Phrases of Sky” Three Man Exhibition.
1992 International Art Workshop’92 Antalya, Turkey.
1992 The “Six Field” Six Men Show, Empire Place Art Gallery, Singapore.
1991 Painting of the Year Competition and Exhibition.
1990 NAFA Lecturer, Art Exhibition Thailand, Singapore.
1988 Singapore-Philippines Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
1988 Ministry of Communication and Information Art Competition and Exhibition.
1988 Artist Village Drawing Show, Singapore.
1988 “Initiato” Art Exhibition, Goethe-Institute, Singapore.
1988 IBM Art Award Exhibition.
Collections and Commissioned Works
2011 Sculpture-‘Two Warrior’, Private collection
2011 Sculpture-‘Love on Hold’, Private collection
2011 Sculpture-‘Artist’s Workshop’, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2011 Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings-‘Machine series’, NAFA
2011 Installation-‘Hanging Up’, Private collection
2010 Sculpture-‘Land rover SKC2010’, NAFA
2009 Sculpture-‘Library’, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre
2006 Painting-‘Wall Factory’, Pan Pacific Singapore
2006 Painting-‘City Shimmering Machine, University of Tasmania, Australia
1998 Paintings, Provdiv, Bulgaria
1993 Sculpture-‘The Yoke’, Phillippe Charriot Foundation, Singapore
1992 Painting-‘Rock’, Antalya, Turkey
1988 Printmaking-‘Nightmare’, Singapore Art Museum
1988 Painting, Australian High Commission
Awards
1993 Scuplture, 1st Prize in 3D Category, Phillippe Charriot Foundation Contemporary Art Competition 92/93.
1990 Sculpture, Merit Award IBM Art Award.
1988 Painting, Highly recommended. The Australian Bicentennial Art Award of The Young Artists.