Cheah Thien Soong Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1942 -

Cheah Thien Soong @ Cheah Mei is known for his Nanyang Style combination of the Chinese spirit and Western compositional aesthetics, with the inconspicuous padi-bird as his mascot. His mentors at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (NAFA) in Singapore included Chen Wen Xi, Cheong Soo-pieng , Chen Chong Swee, Xi Xiang Tuo and Georgette Chen, and he was given the NAFA Alumni Association 'Creative Award' in 1989. He taught at the Malaysian Institute of Art from 1990 to 2002. In 2003, he famously painted on the Jingdezhen porcelainware. In 2015, he held a major solo, Cheah Thien Soong: Nanyang Ink Painting, at the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. Cheah is also the chairman of the Negri Sembilan Art Society. Among notable overseas exhibitions was the China Art Fair in Guangzhou in 1993.