CHUAH SIEW TENG

Chuah Siew Teng is a brilliant artist in the batik

medium and he is acknowledged to be one of Malaysia’s most celebrated artists. Born in 1944 in

Penang, Malaysia, Siew Teng had won many art

awards even before obtaining a formal art education

at the Ravensburne College of Art and City & Guild

Art School in England in 1965. Siew Teng expressed a great interest in batik art at a very early age and was exposed to this art medium by the master of batik art, his father, Chuah Thean Teng. In 1961, 1962 and 1963, Siew Teng was the winner of the "Art Prize" in the open art competition held in North Malaysia. In 1964 he won the "Certificate of Merit" at the National Art Competition with his painting entitled "Joy of Living". The following year he was awarded a prize at the Malaysia Artist Competition for his painting "Outdoor". While in London, during 1966, at the I.C.I. College of Art, Siew Teng lectured and demonstrated the batik technique. In 1975 he lectured and taught batik art in Australia at the West Australian Institute of Technology and at the Fremantle Art Centre. Siew Teng’s art is well recognized in the international as well as in Malaysian art circles. His batik painting entitled "The Monkeys" was chosen by the UNICEF (United Nations’ International Children’s

Fund) for their greeting card selection in 1992. His

paintings have been exhibited locally and internationally.