Denis Chai, Inherit the past and usher in the future, Mixed Media on Paper, 48cm x 76cm, 2015

The group exhibition titled JB: Jubilee and Beyond features three artists, Tan Suz Chiang, Denis Chai and Wong Fook Liung, showcasing 5 paintings each. Using Singapore’s success as their muse, the three artists have labored creatively to present special works, not only to celebrate the nation’s birthday, but also to send a heartfelt message to wish the people of this great country another 50 years of prosperity and constant improvement.

Tan Suz Chiang was born in 1974 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. In 1997, he graduated from Central Academy of Art, Malaysia and in 1999 established Pure Art House. He was awarded Signature Member of National Watercolour Society (NWS), USA in 2013 and held various membership including Malaysia Watercolour Society, Singapore Watercolour Society, Penang Watercolour Society and North Kedah Art Society. His work has been widely exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. His last solo show “Reminiscence” was held in Y2ARTS Gallery, Singapore (2014). Suz Chiang lives and works in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Denis Chai, born in 1974 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, creates works that are melodic in nature. There is a sense of perfect tonality in colours, rhythmic in his painting gestures and a perfect harmony of artistic techniques that range from the conventional brush strokes to the modern technique of expressive texturing. Denis admits, with deep sincerity, of his love fro his childhood rural home, and having been living in concrete and modernized urban home for many years now, Denis laments that he is slowly but surely losing the precious memories and images that he has for them. He is making a gallant attempt to capture these fading memories of a seafaring village and contrasting it with a modern twist of nature (wood grain – a symbolic representation of a rural village) to create a harmonious balance.

Johor based-painter Wong Fook Liung (born 1968, Johor Bahru, Malaysia) is best known for his allegories of personal and historical experience depicted in his parables of children at play based on his childhood memories. It is Liung’s extraordinary emotional sensitivity and ability to conjure rich parables of experience that have made his works well liked by many.

Opening reception: Saturday, August 15th, 3:00pm

Venue: Y2ARTS Gallery, 140 Hill Street, #01-02, Old Hill Street Police Station

When: 15 Aug - 8 Sep 2015,

By: Y2ARTS Gallery