Khoo Cheang Jin

Born: 
1963
Place: 
Penang
Category: 
Mid-career
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1998 Sketches of Penang, 50 Humanist Space, Penang

 2000 Old Charms in the New Millennium, The Art Gallery, Penang

 

 

HONORS/AWARDS

1980 | Young Artist Award in the Penang Museum Annual Art Exhibition

1982 | One of the 12 winners in the Malaysia Landscape Watercolour Painting competition organised by Dunlop Malaysia Berhad & National Art Gallery, KL

1994 | Youth Art Excellence Award in the Singapore National Day Youth Art Exhibition

1994 | Highly Commended Award in the UOB Group’s 13th Painting of the Year competition, Singapore

2001 | Silver Award in S P Setia Art Fair, Penang

2003 | One of six winners in ‘SAKSI’ nationwide art competition organised by National Art Gallery, KL (2003)

 

 
EDUCATION

1963 | Graduate, School of Architecture in UNSW, Australia

 

  • The streetscape with old buildings and unique Architecture has always been Khoo Cheang Jin’s most loved subject for painting. Working extensively in watercolour, his artwork displays his keen attention to light and shadow, detail of buildings, and atmospheric perspective.