DATO' DR. TAN CHEE KHUAN PDF Print E-mail
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