Chow Chin Chuan - Bicycle Man

Artist Chow Chin Chuan Born 1961 - has skillfully transferred to canvas poignant scenes from yesteryears. The paintings almost always star the humble bicycle, a vital transportation during earlier days. Among the working class and the poor, it was also one of the few valuable possessions they owned. In his brilliantly precise way, Chow expressly shows how the bicycle is indispensable namely to the diligent, elderly shopkeeper who uses it to deliver sundry goods from a box trapped to the carrying rack. He has also chosen to compose it against such evocative scenes as a traditional barber trimming the hair of his customer in a back lane of the sinewy, hardworking hands of a man crouching in an old shirt and pants. Drawn with such clarity and accuracy, the nostalgic sights of bygone days seem to come alive in Chow’s paintings.

::EDUCATION::

1983 : Diploma in Figure Design (KLCA)
1982 : Diploma in Fine Arts Kuala Lumpur College of Art (KLCA)


::WORKING EXPERIENCE::

Fulltime Fine Art artist
Children Art Teacher
Manager of Palette Art Studio Klang Utama, Klang
Guest illustrator and contributor of the Kingfisher “Adventures” magazine


::MEMBERSHIP::

Committee member of the Malaysia Art Association (PPM)
Council member of the Malaysia Watercolour Organization (MWO)
Treasurer of Malaysia Watercolour Organization (2001 – 2003)


::AWARDS::

1990 : Minor Award Young Contemporaries, National Art Gallery
1989 : Consolation Prize for the Sin Chew Press Cartoon Contest



::SOLO EXHIBITIONS::

2008 5th Solo Exhibition, NN Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2006 4th Solo Exhibition, Galeri Citra, Kuala Lumpur
2005 3rd Solo Exhibition, FGS Dong Zen, Jenjarom, Kuala Langat
2003 2nd Solo Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2002 Tribute to the Bicycle, New Straits Times Main Lobby, Kuala Lumpur





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::COLLECTION ::

National Art Gallery, Malaysia
Bank Negara, Malaysia
Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS)
EON Bank
Petronas
Oriental Bank
Pacofoc Bank
Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank
Baltimore House Sdn Bhd
Trust International INSC (M) Sdn Bhd
Malaysia Assurance Alliance Bhd