Awards and Appointments
Chua Mia Tee was conferred the Cultural Medallion in 2015, the highest cultural accolade in the country. He has held numerous distinguished positions in the art community.
He was the founding President of the Equator Art Society in 1956 and in later years (1974–1979) Chua’s appointments included being a consultant to the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and Chairman of the NAFA Alumni Association and the Chief Editor of Nanyang Arts magazine.
SELECTED ART COLLECTIONS
Chua Mia Tee’s works are in numerous public, private and corporate collections. A selection of these collections are set out here.
Institutions and Organisations
Istana, Singapore
Jewish Welfare Board
Malay Heritage Centre
Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Manpower
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
National Gallery Singapore
National Heritage Board
National Museum of Singapore
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Parliament of Singapore
Singapore Art Museum
Supreme Court, Singapore
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Corporate Collections
Asia Health Equipment Pte Ltd
Cold Storage, Singapore
Credit Suisse
DBS Collection
Hong Leong Group Singapore
IBM Singapore
Jurong Town Corporation
Lam Thye Hang Pte Ltd
Lim & Tan Securities
NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd
Sentosa Development Corporation
Singapore Press Holdings
UOB Art Collection
UOI Collection
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Oil Painting Exhibition of Chua Mia Tee, Han Hui Art Gallery, Singapore.
2002
Passages of Time, Linda Gallery, Singapore.
1992
Chua Mia Tee – The Best of Four Decades, Empress Place Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
1988
Art of Chua Mia Tee, organised by the Ministry of Community Development and the National Museum, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
1985
Oil Paintings of Chua Mia Tee, Ming Court Hotel, Lone Pine Gallery, Singapore.
1982
Chua Mia Tee Art Exhibition, the
British Council Exhibition Hall,
Singapore Rubber House, the British Council, Singapore.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
(Re)Collect: The Making of Our Art Collection, National Gallery Singapore.
Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th century. UOB Southeast Asia Gallery, National Gallery Singapore (exhibited from 2015).
Siapa Nama Kamu: Art in Singapore since the 19th century. DBS Singapore Gallery, National Gallery Singapore. (exhibited from 2015).
Encounter, (group exhibition), Duo Galleria, Singapore, Goshen Art Gallery.
2017
Memories by the Lake Exhibition, a biennale art exhibition, Chung Cheng High School, Singapore.
2015
– ongoing Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th century. UOB Southeast Asia Gallery, National Gallery Singapore.
2015
– ongoing Siapa Nama Kamu: Art in Singapore since the 19th century. DBS Singapore Gallery, National Gallery Singapore.
2015 – 2016
The Cultural Medallion & Visual Arts:
1979–2015, (Launch 17 Dec; Exhibition
18 Dec 2015–14 Feb 2016), Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1 & 2, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore.
Bounteous Golden Jubilee (SG50) 2015,
ION Art Gallery, ION Orchard, Federation
of Art Societies (Singapore).
2013 – 2014
A Changed World: Singapore Art
1950s–1970s, National Museum of Singapore 37km North of the Equator: A Story of the Equator Art Society and Realist Artists in Singapore, Artcommune Gallery, Singapore.
(exhibition 16–25 August).
2010
Realism in Asian Art: Voices Behind
the Strokes.
2007
From Words to Pictures: Art During
the Emergency, Singapore Art Museum, 2007.
2005
A Heroic Decade: Singapore Art 1955–1965, Singapore Art Museum.
2000
Chua Mia Tee & Lee Boon Ngan (joint
exhibition), Linda Gallery Jakarta Indonesia.
1999
The President’s Charity Art Exhibition, Far East Square Pavilion, Singapore.
1996
The President’s Charity Art Exhibition, Revenue House Atrium, Singapore.
1993
An Art Exhibition of Paintings by 6 Outstanding Realist Artists in Singapore, Ngee Ann City Exhibition Hall.
1992
The Best of Chua Mia Tee, Lee Boon Ngan and Lee Boon Wang, Notices the Gallery, Singapore.
1990
Painting Exhibition of Chua Mia Tee & Lee Boon Ngan, Hilton International, Singapore.
1989
First Bru-Sin Art Exhibition, Brunei Darrusalam.
1988
National Day Art Fair, co-organised by Ministry of Community Development and Lianhe Bao. Exhibition, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
1987
The International Teochew Artists’ Art Exhibition, Singapore Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan, Westin Hotel, Raffles City, Singapore.
1984
National Day Art Exhibition, commemorating 25 years of Independence, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
1983
Singapore Scenes: Exhibition of Original Charcoal Sketches, Clifford Centre, Leon & Joel Galleries.
1982
The International Art Association Exhibition, Japan Group exhibition, Victoria Memorial Exhibition Hall, Ministry of Culture, Singapore.
1980
Joint Exhibition Mr & Mrs Chua Mia Tee, Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Singapore.
1979 (1974 – 1979)
Participations in numerous international exhibitions to Australia, Belgium, New Zealand, Germany, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei and Malaysia.
1978
Oil Paintings Exhibition, Orchard Road
Pedestrian Mall, Southeast Asia Society &
Ministry of Culture. Art ’78, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore.
“’78 Art Exhibition: 12 Leading Local Artists” the inaugural exhibition for Gallery Asia Pte Ltd, 30 July 1978, Shanghai Book Co. Ltd, 81 Victoria
Street, Singapore.
1977
Vanishing Trades, (joint exhibition with
Choo Keng Kwang), Internal Plaza Singapore Handicraft Centre (SHC), co-organised by Times Publishing Bhd
and SHC.
1974
Exhibition by Chua Mia Tee & Lee Boon Wang, Rising Gallery, Singapore.
1965
Fourth Exhibition of the Equator Art Society, Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore.
1963
Third Exhibition of the Equator Art Society, Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore.
1960
Second Exhibition of the Equator Art Society, Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore.
1958
Inaugural exhibition of the Equator Art Society, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
1951
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) Fair,
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore.
Singapore Art Society Second Exhibition.