BEARING HOPE (2009) by Tay Poi San
TAY POI SAN
b. Johor, 1953
BEARING HOPE, 2009
Signed and sealed (left)
Chinese ink and colour on rice paper
70 cm x 67 cm
Catalogued in "Nanyang Brush - Tay Poi San" (2016)
See all Tay Poi San's artworks here
Born in 1953 in Johor, Tay Poi San is a Malaysian Nanyang Style third generation Chinese brush painting artist - an art movement founded in Southeast Asia around the 1950s inspired by local indigenous culture. An advisor of the South Johor Chinese Ink Painting Society and lecturer of Dessin Professional Academy in Johor Bahru, Tay has been exhibiting his works of art since 1983. His art catalogues include - “Nanyang Brush – Tay Poi San” (2016) and “Asal . Anak Gunung Ledang" (2019).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Sunway Iskandar Events Gallery, Johor
2015 Dessin Professional Academy, Johor Bahru, Johor
2014 Art 52 Gallery, Johor Bahru, Johor
2009 Organized by Mercedes Garcia, at Johor Bahru, Johor
2007 Neo Art Institute, at Johor Bahru, Johor
2006 Puteri Pacific Hotel, Johor Bahru, Johor
2005 Hokkien Huay Kuan, Johor Bahru, Johor
2003 Organized by Anne Watson, at Johor Bahru, Johor
2001 Organized by Elrian Velsem, at Batu Pahat, Johor
2000 Organized by Susan Seifert at Johor Bahru, Johor
1999 Landmark Mall, Johor Bahru, Johor
1998 Organized by Anne Watson, at Johor Bahru, Johor
1995 Ideal Arts and Craft Centre, Johor Bahru, Johor
SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2012 "The Form Art and Soul of Johor: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art Form Johor Gallery”, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2012 The Exhibition of Cao Tang Men Eastern Arts Society, Kuala Lumpur
2009 "Pameran: Pelukis-Pelukis Johor", organized by Johor Art Gallery
2008 Singapore & Malaysia Arts Exhibition in Singapore
2006 “An Exhibition of Contemporary Art Form Johor'”, organized by National Art Gallery, Malaysia
2006 “Showcasing the Best Malaysian Ink-Painting Artist”, organized by Maybank Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2004 “ASEAN - Japan Art Exhibition 2004” at Amarian Hall, Amarin Plaza, Bangkok
2002 Invitation Show, Xiamen Art Museum, Xiamen, China
1996 “The Philip Morris Group of Companies” Art Exhibition ‘96, at National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
AWARDS
2020 World’s 500 Best Chinese Ink Masterpieces by Ink Global
2003 2nd Prize - 2003 Johor Open Competition for the Visual Art Rendition, Johor Art Gallery
1997 Award - 1st ‘97 European Great Chinese Art Competition (Holland)
1992 Maple Leaf Award - International Chinese Brush Painting Competition (Canada)
1990 Special Award - International Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition (Taiwan)
1987 1st Prize - National Chinese Brush Painting Competition, Kuala Lumpur
COLLECTORS
Canada Institute of Chinese Art, Taiwan Calligraphy Education Society, Korea Culture Art Research Institute, Global Chinese Artistic Association of Holland, and many other local & overseas collectors