Artist biography

      
ARTGRUP PENANG "NORTHERN VANTAGE"
10 YEARS ON....

 
       Tang Hon Yin
Tang Hon Yin

(Self-trained artist)
1943 : Born in Penang


Solo Exhibitions
1983 : “Water Margin”, Galeria, Penang
1986 : “Water Margin”, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur
2001 : “Recent Paintings”, The Art Gallery, Bellisa Row, Penang


Group Exhibitions
1978 : “8th International Festivals of the Arts”, United World College. Singapore.
1983-1990 : “National Open Art Exhibition”, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
1988 : “Malaysian Contemporary Art”, Pacific Art Museum, Pasadena, California
1992 : “Invitation Show”, Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
1999 : “Works 99”, Yokohama Shimin Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
Literature
Fred S. Amentrout, “Eight Malaysian Painters Buck Malaysian Tradition”, The Asian Wall Street Journal, November 1982.
Tan Lai Ling, “Tan Hon Yin Incidental Artist”, Visage Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 4, August 1986, pp 45-51.
Anna Chuah, “Eyes For Outer Space”, The Sunday Star, August 3, 1986, pp 7-8.
Lee Keng Fatt, “Brushed into a New Dimension”, New Sunday Times, August 10, 1986.
Syed Ahmad Jamal, (Curator), Contemporary Paintings of Malaysia. Catalogue. Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum, 1988.


Honours
AMN, DJN, PKT


Corporate Collections
National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
The State Art Gallery, Penang
Galeri Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
Bank Negara Malaysia
Project Design, Belgium
RHB Bhd, Kuala Lumpur
Hong Hong Printing Company, Penang
Perunding Alam Bina, Penang
Team 3 International, Penang
Golden Sands Hotel, Penang
Chung Khiaw bank, Kuala Lumpur
Sime Darby, Kuala Lumpur