Artist profile

LEAN CHEW

Education
1981 B.A.Hons (English), University of Singapore
1984 Dip.Ed (English), Singapore
1994 Diploma in Fine Art, LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
1997 B.A.(Fine Art), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2007 Master of Visual Art, La Trobe University, Australia

Professional experience
1995 -1999 Art instructor, Very Special Arts, Singapore
1998– 2003 Sessional lecturer; practising artist, Singapore and Australia
2001 Workshop presenter, ‘Buddhism with Batik’, Art Education Victoria Annual Conference
2001 Portrait artist, Women with ‘Getupandgo’, Bowling Club Studios,Melbourne
2002 Life-Drawing Demonstrator, Opening of Ballroom Event, SOFITEL Hotel. Melbourne
2003- 2008 School teacher; practising artist, Brunei
2009 -2010 Artist in Residence, Arts Academy, University of Ballarat, Victoria Australia

Individual Exhibitions 2006 Visual Arts Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo
2005 Mindscapes, Alliance Francaise, Brunei
2002 Artworks 9 Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Language of Feeling, Art Affairs Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Citro Restaurant, Sebel Hotel, Melbourne
2000 Kindred Spirits, Art Affairs Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Facets of a Woman, Raffles Centre, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009  AIR8, Post Office Gallery, University of Ballarat, Australia 

2005 [x?] artists – one boat, The Empire Hotel, Brunei
2004 A taste of Brunei, The Empire Hotel, Brunei
2004 Art Forum, Brunei Museum Art Gallery
2002 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, Victoria, Australia
2002 St Kilda Bowling Club Studios Exhibition, Melbourne
2002 Art 2 Gallery end of year exhibition, Singapore
2001 Women with Getupandgo, St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne
2000 Gallery 4A, Sydney
2000 Y2K Australian Association of Chinese Artists show,Melbourne
1998 Praxis, Staff Exhibition, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
1997 President’s Charity Art Exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
1993 Art In Asia, World Trade Centre, Singapore
1992 Phillippe Charriol Contemporary Art Exhibition, Singapore

Collections
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Police Force, Art Focus Gallery Singapore; private collections: Australia, Canada, UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei

Commissions
2002 Painting (collaboration with Shao), Dr Tan Su Ming, Singapore
1998 Portrait of Mother, Catherine Lim, Singapore
1995 Portrait, Great Eastern Life Insurance, Singapore
1995 Book illustrator for Joy Cowley’s Readers, Stories of Asia, Heinemann
1994 Corporate calendar, Birds of Asia, Jurong Engineering Ltd, Singapore

Awards

2001 Acquisitional Award, Yarra Valley Art Show, Melbourne

1996 National Arts Council Bursary, Singapore

1992 Merit Award, Anti-pickpocket Poster Competition, Singapore Police Force
1992 Distinction, Phillippe Charriol Contemporary Art Competition, Singapore

1985 Outstanding Performance in Teaching Practice, Institute of Education, Singapore

1975 Asean Scholarship, Singapore