Dato’ Dr. Tan Chee Khuan

Born 1948 in Muar Johor

Solo Exhibitions
2009 May        City Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2009 July        Galeri Seni Mutiara, Penang

Group Exhibitions
2008 Aug         Penang Oil Painting Society Annual Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery

2008 Dec         Penang Oil Painting Invitational Exhibition, Muzium Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, USM, Penang

2009 Sept        Penang Oil Painting Society Annual Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery

Art Societies
Since 2008      Member of Penang Oil Painting Society and Penang Art Society

Art Activities
Since 1989       Executive Director of The Art Gallery, Penang

Since 1990       Published more than 30 books on Malaysian art and artists

1992 – 2000      Committee member of Penang State Art Gallery

2006 – 2007      Committee member of Penang State Art Gallery

2001 – 2003      Panel of advisors, Art Corridor (fine art magazine)

2006                Art Adviser, 1st Malaysia World Art Tourism Expo, Malacca

2007                Adviser, 1st International Art Expo Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

2008                Adviser, 2nd International Art Expo Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Since 2008       Vice-chairman of Penang State Art Gallery committee

Public Collection
Penang State Art Gallery

Awards
2002                 DSPN from Penang State for services to promote Malaysian art, especially art by Penang artists

2003                 Art Publisher Award, 2002/2003, presented by National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2005                 Dreamz colours Award, presented by Dream Zephyr Foundation, for services in furthering the standards of the Malaysian art scene

Honours

• Penang Artists, 1920 – 1990 (Penang 1990) by Tan Chee Khuan mentioned as a reference in The Dictionary of Art, Grove Publication, 1996, 34 volumes (Macmillian Publishers Ltd), Vol 20 page 172
• Cover of 200 Malaysian Artists (2002) by Tan Chee Khuan reproduced in The Encyclopedia of Art, Vol 14 – Crafts and visual arts (Volume editor – Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal), page 134