BIODATA - Chuah Thean Teng, Dato'

 (1912 - 2008) Born in China. Died in Penang.

 Art Education

Studied at Amoy Art School, China

 Solo Exhibitions (selected)

1955 - First solo exhibition at the Arts Council, Penang.

1959 - Commonwealth Institute, London

1964 - Pomeroy Galleries, San Francisco, California, USA

1965 - Retrospective exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

1967 - Stichting Twents-Gelders Textile Museum, Enschede, Holland

1972 - The Gallery, Palm Springs, California, USA

1977 - Churchill Art Gallery, Perth, Australia

1994 - Retrospective exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery.

 Auctions

1994 Dec    - AFA Auctioneers Sale of Fine Chinese Paintings and Jadeite Jewellery, Kuala Lumpur.

1995 March - Christie's auction of S E Asian Pictures, Singapore

2010  Aug  Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers' auction of Malaysian art, Kuala Lumpur.

2011 June  Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers' auction of Malaysian art, Kuala Lumpur

 Awards

1962 - Diploma of merit, First International Art Exhibition, Saigon, Vietnam

1974 - Awarded AMN by Yang Di-Pertuan Agong

1998 - Awarded datoship by Penang State Government.

 Honours

1968 - Painting Two of a Kind was selected by UNICEF for its greeting card

1977 - Invited to Commonwealth Artists of Fame Exhibition, England

1988 - Painting Tell you a secret was selected by UNICEF for its greeting card

 Literature.

1959 - Michael Sullivan, Chinese Art in 20th century.

1965 - The Artist, London, England. August.

1988 - The Oxford Companion to 20th Century Art.

1993 - Batik Art by Chuah Thean Teng, University of Beijing

1994 - Tan Chee Khuan, Pioneers of Malaysian Art, The Art Gallery, Penang.

1994 -  Tan Chong Guan, Chuah Thean Teng retrospective exhibiton catalogue, Penang State Art Gallery.

 Public Collections (selected)

Penang State Art Gallery

National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, USA