| 词条 | Chng Seok Tin |
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|name = Chng Seok Tin |native_name = 莊心珍 |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}} |birth_place = Katong, Singapore |awards = {{Unbulleted list| Cultural Medallion|Singapore Chinese Literary Award| |Singapore Women's Hall of Fame }}|nationality = Singaporean |known_for = printmaking, sculpture, mixed media |website = http://chngseoktin.com/ }}Chng Seok Tin ({{lang|zh|莊心珍}}; born 1946) is a visually-impaired printmaker, sculptor and multi-media artist from Singapore. She is often inspired by the i-Ching and Buddhism.[1] Her work has been shown internationally; Chng has had over 26 solo shows and 100 group shows.[2] In addition to her art, she is also a prolific writer and has published 11 collections of her writing, mostly in Chinese.[3] She also advocates for artists with disabilities.[4] BiographyEarly life and educationChng grew up poor in Katong, in a "leaky attap house in Kampung Chai Chee."[2] Her parents wanted all of their seven children to go to school.[2] Chng attended Chung Cheng High School which had an excellent art department, taught by teachers from the Shanghai Art Academy.[5] Later, in 1966, she attended the Teachers' Training College.[3] She began to teach Chinese at the Tanjong Katong Girls' School later that year.[2] Eventually, Chng started taking art lessons privately, and then attended the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts where she received a diploma in Western painting.[2] In 1979, she received a BA from the Hull College of Higher Education in England.[2] Also in 1979, she had an exhibition of prints at the National Museum of Art Gallery in Singapore.[2] Chng then received an award from the Ministry of Culture to study advanced printmaking in 1980.[2] In 1983 she earned her masters in arts from New Mexico State University and then a masters of fine arts from the University of Iowa in 1985.[2] In 1986, Chng headed the print-making department at Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts.[1] She was also an art editor for the Joint Publishing Company in Hong Kong.[6] Visual impairmentIn June 1988, Chng and a group of her students were visiting art museums of Europe.[1] While trying to catch a bus with her students, Chng fell and hit her head on the pavement in London.[1] After the accident, Chng experienced bouts of dizziness and while back in Singapore, found out that she had a brain abscess.[1] Chng lost 90% of her vision in 1988[7] after she had surgery on the brain abscess caused by the fall.[8] For about a year after becoming nearly blind, she felt "tormented" but then she became "philosophical about it."[1] She says that finally meeting other blind people to be a turning point.[1] Another turning point was an invitation to return to the print-making department at Lasalle.[3] Brother Joseph McNally, president emeritus at Lasalle, reached out to her because he said that even without her sight, Chng still commanded good print-making technique.[1] Chng is able to "see" the colors of her prints in her mind.[9] She says of her work, "I had all the basics in my mind and I had to slowly start using them."[3] She says that losing her site forced her to "rely on her feelings."[10] Chng taught at Lasalle until 1997.[29] Later careerChng has "never hesitated to comment on the social milieu" in her work.[11] In 2001, she was named Women of the Year by Singapore's magazine, Her World.[8] While Chng was a fellow at the Vermont Studio Center in 2003, she protested the United States invasion of Iraq with other artists.[12] The work that resulted from her experience range from landscapes of Vermont to prints inspired by the Iraq War.[12] In 2005, she was the first person from Singapore to hold a solo exhibition at the Headquarters of the United Nations.[13] Chng explored the opportunity of showing her work at the UN after she heard about a Chinese artist showing work there.[13] She contacted an old schoolmate, Lee Fong Yang who works at the UN Headquarters, who inquired on her behalf and helped her arrange the show.[13] She also received the Cultural Medallion that same year.[3] In 2007, she received the Singapore Chinese Literary Award from the Singapore Literature Society.[14] Chng had a retrospective exhibition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2011.[3] In 2014, she was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame.[4] In 2015, Chng was recognized by the Singapore Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth "as a pioneer of the modern printmaking practice in Singapore."[15] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite news|url = |title = Life's a Game of Chess: Eyes Wide Shut|last = Sim|first = Arthur|date = 4 November 2001|work = The Straits Times (Singapore)|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web|url = http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100104-189612.html|title = Who Am I? I'm a Survivor|date = 6 January 2010|accessdate = 15 August 2015|website = Asia One|publisher = |last = Nanda|first = Akshita}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite news|url = |title = Look Back in Wonder: Artist Chng Seok Tin's Retrospective Shows Losing Her Sight Has Not Been a Stumbling Block|last = Shetty|first = Deepika|date = 12 September 2011|work = The Straits Times (Singapore)|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url = http://www.swhf.sg/the-inductees/11-arts-culture-entertainment/108-chng-seok-tin|title = Chng Seok Tin|date = |accessdate = 16 August 2015|website = Singapore Women's Hall of Fame|publisher = |last = |first = }} 5. ^{{Cite news|url = |title = Old-Timers Aim to Draw the Young|last = Ho|first = Janet|date = 6 August 1997|work = The Straits Times (Singapore)|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 6. ^{{cite web|url = http://tfcsea.nafa.edu.sg/artist_biography.aspx?id=43|title = Visual Artist - Chng Seok Tin|date = |accessdate = 15 August 2015|website = Tanoto Foundation Centre for Southeast Asian Arts at NAFA|publisher = |last = |first = }} 7. ^{{Cite news|url = |title = Blind Inspiration: The Works of Disabled Artists, Including Cultural Medallion Winner Chng Seok Tin, Are on Sale at Raffles City|last = |first = |date = 29 July 2006|work = The Straits Times (Singapore)|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 8. ^1 {{Cite news|url = |title = Artist Shapes New Life From a Tactile World|last = Archdall|first = Susan|date = 8 May 2002|work = The Advertiser|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url = |title = Victor Tan and Chng Seok Tin|last = Kolesnikov-Jessop|first = Sonia|date = 5 January 2006|work = South China Morning Post|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 10. ^{{cite web|url = https://a-list.sg/profile-chng-seok-tin/|title = Profile: Chng Seok Tin|date = |accessdate = 15 August 2015|website = The A List|publisher = |last = Ho|first = Pamela}} 11. ^1 {{Cite news|url = |title = Breaking Out of the Mould|last = Nayar|first = Parvathi|date = 26 May 2001|work = The Business Times Singapore|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 12. ^1 {{Cite news|url = |title = Sounds Fit to Print: Artist Chng Seok Tin Joined a Raucous Anti-War Protest When She Was On a Printmaking Stint in America Last Year|last = Chin|first = Neo Chai|date = 12 February 2004|work = The Straits Times (Singapore)|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 13. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url = |title = Near-Blind Artist is First S'porean to Exhibit at UN|last = |first = |date = 13 May 2005|work = The Straits Times (Singapore)|access-date = |via = Lexis Nexus}} 14. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.art2.com.sg/artist/sculptures/chng-seok-tin|title = Biography: Chng Seok Tin|date = |accessdate = 16 August 2015|website = Art-2 Gallery Singapore|publisher = |last = |first = }} 15. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/singapore-honour-pioneers-of-arts-heritage-in-glitzy-event|title = Singapore Honour Pioneers of Arts, Heritage in Glitzy Event|date = 27 January 2015|accessdate = 15 August 2015|website = The Malay Mail Online|publisher = |last = |first = }} External links
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