GOH BENG KWAN 吴珉权

Goh Beng Kwan’s prominent works are created through an exuberant process of layering paper over canvas, then painting over with various mediums like watercolour, Chinese ink, acrylic as well as gold and silver pigments. As Singapore’s pre-eminent abstract artist, Goh Beng Kwan continues to challenge boundaries in his work, creating artworks in various mediums, such as paper pulp, water collages and batik. In 1989, he won the Cultural Medallion Award for his contributions in visual arts.

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Lotus Series - Wave

Lotus Series - Landscape

Thailand Accent

Lotus Series VI

Stacking

View from the Hill

Emerald Lake

VIDEO

In this podcast, we interview 1989 Cultural Medallion Award winner, Mr Goh Beng Kwan, to find out about the inspirations behind his abstract paintings. He gave us an insight on Collage as an art form and the importance of nature.

This video is conjunction with his book launch at National Gallery Singapore during August of 2019 and concurrent exhibition titled Cresting The Waves at Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery.

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Goh Beng Kwan Cresting The Waves Exhibition

Mr Goh Beng Kwan’s art catalogue presented at the National Gallery Singapore

Mr Goh Beng Kwan with Mr and Mrs Wang Mo Ping during his solo exhibition in 2019

Mr Goh Beng Kwan signing his art catalogue during hi solo exhibition in 2019

Guests at Mr Goh Beng Kwan solo exhibition in 2019

Mr Goh Beng Kwan (centre) and Mr Terence Teo (Right) during Mr Goh’s solo exhibition in 2019

Mr Goh Beng Kwan’s solo exhibition reported in the papers in 2019

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Biography

Born 1937

Background
1946 Migrated to Singapore
1950s Tutelage under Chen Wen Hsi and Cheong Soo Pieng
1962 Art Students League of New York with Sydney Gross, New York, USA
1982 Inaugural UOB Painting of the Year
1989 Cultural Medallion, Singapore

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Cresting the Waves, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore
2005 Journeys Revisited, NAFA Galleries, Singapore
2003 The Elite Painter’s Quantum Leap 2003,Esplanade, Singapore
1992 Journeys, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
1982 Citibank, Singapore
1965 Ruth Sherman Gallery, New York, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 Nanyang Visionaries, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard,
Singapore
2014 Impressionist Contemporary, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore
2013 Singapore Showcase, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard,
Singapore
2012 Living with Art, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard, Singapore
2009 Exploring the Boundary, Large Paintings By 12 Artists From Singapore &
Malaysia
1972 Adelaide Arts Festival, Adelaide, Australia
1965 Six Best, Ruth Sherman Gallery, New York, USA
1961 Five Man Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore