Chong Fah Cheong

Chong Fah Cheong
Chong Fah Cheong
Born 1946 (1946)
Singapore
Nationality Singapore
Field Contemporary Sculpture
Training Self-taught;
Awards 1981: First Prize for Sculpture, Singapore Innovations in Art Exhibition
1982: Special Award, National Day Art Exhibition
1987: Certificate of Participation, National Museum Centenary Art Exhibition
1988: Merit Award, IBM Art Award Exhibition
1990: Merit Award, IBM Art Award Exhibition

Chong Fah Cheong is a Singaporean sculptor known for many public sculptures in Singapore. Though he worked in a variety of styles from abstract to figurative, his name is identified with a series of figurative sculptures depicting the life of people living and working along the Singapore River.

Chong was born to a large family of a general practitioner. Since the age of four, he loved to draw and sketch, and displayed talent in art. In school this talent continued to shine, but he was never good with his academic subjects. At the age of 14, the young Chong decided to quit school after completing Form 3 (Year 10) education at the St. Joseph's Institution, to join the Lasalle Brothers novitiate in Penang. Chong spent the next 7 years with the teaching order, leading a cloistered life and to be trained as a teacher. In 1967, he returned to secular life and began his career as a school teacher in Teluk Anson in Malaysia. A year later, he left his job to read Social Science at the University of Singapore.[1]

In 2001 Chong was commissioned by Wing Tai Holdings to create An Overture, a 3,700 tonne jade sculpture to be installed at the courtyard of the House of Tan Yeok Nee. The $80,0000 commission work began on February 14 that year, and unveiled at the House on July 13, 2001 to complement the finishing of the restoration work on the 115-year-old national monument, which was completed in September 2000 at a cost of $12 million.[2]

Contents

Gallery

Major exhibitions

Dates Title Location
1981 Woodscape Alpha Gallery
Singapore
1982 Woodscape II Leon & Joel Galleries
Singapore
1984 Exhibition Citibank
Singapore
1985 Exhibition Alpha Gallery
Singapore
1992 Sculptures in Wood, Stone & Bronze
(August 22 - August 27)
Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts
Singapore
Openings Strand Gallery
Merritt, British Columbia
August 23 -
August 28, 1994
Dreamcatcher The Substation
Singapore
1996 Prime Elements
(May 7 - May 16)
Fort Canning Centre Gallery
Singapore
Recent Works
(October 12 - October 20)
The Substation
Singapore
September 19 -
October 20, 1999
Handmade: Shifting Paradigms
(Group show)
Singapore Art Museum
Singapore

References

  1. ^ Geok Boi, Lee (April 2004). "Felled trees got him sculpting". Singapore Magazine (Singapore International Foundation). 
  2. ^ Chong, Vince (2001-07-19). "Monument gets new jade sculpture". Singapore: The Business Times, Executive Suite. p. 20. 
  3. ^ Sim, Melissa (2002-09-02). "Be on the lookout for small scenes of life by the Singapore River in the past the next time you go by". Singapore: Straits Times Life!. 

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