Grand Master Tan Khoon Yong is a renowned fengshui master from Singapore. His expertise in the geomancy field has brought him worldwide recognition. Some of the notable projects taken on by GM Tan and his team at Way Fengshui Group include Parkview Green Beijing, Suzhou Jinji Lake International Golf Club, Paragon Singapore, DUO Singapore (a collaborated project by Singapore and Malaysia). Besides, GM Tan has conducted more than 1000 seminars worldwide, sharing the age-old studies of fengshui. GM Tan’s art journey can be traced back to strict teachings from his grandfather who was also a fengshui practitioner. Since young, GM Tan has been taught to make careful observations of fengshui landscapes and formations prior to documenting his findings in detailed drawings. This practice allowed the Master to develop a good foundation in drawing. During his middle years, GM Tan resumed his art journey and found his niche in perspective paintings. The idea of perspective paintings allows the audience to gain unique insights to each artwork from different viewing angles. Combining the concept of I-Ching and art, GM Tan uses various painting techniques such as ink splash, fingertip flicks and free-flowing paint to create innovative fengshui artworks. In 2014, GM Tan was invited to Beijing for the inaugural launch of his solo art exhibition, which was a roaring success. In the same year, a special collection of the Master’s works was complied into a book called “I-Ching with Arts”. One year on, GM Tan held another solo art exhibition in Shanghai. In 2016, the artistically gifted fengshui master organised his inaugural art exhibition in Singapore, also titled “I-Ching with Arts”. The exhibition proved to be a success as all artwork on display were sold before the end of the event, with a portion of proceeds donated to charity.

About GM Tan’s 3 Paintings：

Heaven has a path;
There are no gates to Hell;
On Earth, there is a Way.

The philosophical question arises:
Why do we not walk Heaven's path?
Why do we intrude into Hell where no gates exist?
Why the endless travail and sorrow upon the Way on Earth?
Hope the answers to your questions can be found in these paintings.

陈师父三幅作品：
天堂有路
地獄无门
人间正道

哲学思考问题
为什么 天堂有路你不走
为什么 地獄无门你闯进来
为什么 人间正道是沧桑

希望画里 有你的答案

Year of Birth: 1965

Art Medium：Acrylic on Canvas

Artist Background:
Chan Chong was active in the field of mass communications for thirty years as a television writer-producer. He is now a freelance artist. He has taken up painting in the past year and considers himself an amateur artist. The Inaugural Hello-Win Arts Festival is considered an opportunity for Chan Chong to broaden his perspectives as he continues to create new works.

电视编导，在电视传媒工作已三十余年，现为自由业者。在一年多前才开始学习胶彩画，在胶彩绘画方面还算是个初学者，参与这次的展出，主要是为了学习和观摩。

"I have always been fascinated by the delicate relationship between the interaction of urban spaces to themselves, to man, and to nature. Buildings or spaces to me, they are full of life and historical memories.

I like to observe the daily mix of contradictions and harmony between things. Interdependence, the subtlety of confrontation. From my sensibility of view to deconstruct and reshape, about time, memory, life feelings into the picture, A painting for me is my instinctive way of recording my memories and emotions.

In the current pluralistic social environment, inheritance and change are implicit and constantly updated. People look for themselves in confusion and anxiety. But I think everyone needs a window to reconcile with yourself. For individuals, the creative process is a form of self-dialogue and reconciliation, and I enjoy peace and loneliness in painting."

EXHIBITIONS :
Year 2021:
• Art Nova 100 2021 | Guardian Art Center | Beijing .China
• Graduate art fair | Wuhan International Convention and Exhibition Center | Wuhan. China
• Ego Metaphor | Cubic Box Art Center De Qi artistic Creative Space | Shanghai . China
• Pseudo human Sand table | Green Hand Lab| Hangzhou . China
• 重湖叠巘 nominated exhibition of China Academy of Art | Nart Museum | Ningbo . China
• Roma 5+1 Exhibition | Heyshop | Shanghai . China
• GEWU“格物” The investigation of things Group Exhibition | Cube Museum | Shanghai . China

Year 2020:
• National Exhibition of Fine Arts works of College | Hebei people’s Art Museum | Hebei .China
• “Yao Yao” Multi-dimensional Expressive oil painting Exhibition | I’ Amour Museum | Hangzhou .China

Year 2019:
• “Say almost the Same” CAA International Student art exhibition | Xika art gallery | Hangzhou .China
• International Art Festival of Social Aesthetic Education | The China Millennium Monument Art Museum | Beijing .China

About the artist

For several years since his retirement, Tiaw Gem has been actively involved in stage production and artistic direction. He is currently focused on children's education, and Chinese language enrichment workshops in schools. He was the artistic director for a publishing firm, specializing in graphic design.

退休人士。
致力于舞台话剧美工艺术多年。
目前专注于儿童教育，学校华语教育的增益课程。曾在出版社担任美术主任，专攻插图设计。

About the artworks

The ghost maiden

In Pu Songling's famous "Strange tales from a Chinese studio," written during the Qing Dynasty, the ghost maiden is observed to be invariably a person with a kind heart. Why is this so?

Perhaps, in another dimension, there exists not only malevolent spirits, but also kind-hearted ones.

Perhaps the author believes that human beings are, indeed, scarier than ghosts.

倩女幽魂:
聊斋中的女鬼,为什么多数都是善良之辈?

或许，在“另一个世界”里，不完全是吃人的恶鬼，也有许多美丽和善良的鬼魂，作者蒲松龄便开始致力于写作女鬼故事，而且一发不可收拾。或许他认为人世间人比鬼更可怕。

Beauty and the Beast

A love story begins at the fall of a rose petal. The meeting of the twain is filled with genuine affection. The metamorphosis of the hideous beast into a handsome prince is a result of his staying true, to his heart.

《美女与野兽》
浪漫的爱情源于最后落尽的玫瑰花瓣
他们的邂逅， 蓄满了温柔的真情
丑陋的野兽因为对爱情真诚的守候，灵魂的突变，变成俊秀的男人~~

Artist statement
Chen majored in Psychology and obtained his honors degree from the National University of Singapore. After a stint in education and social work, Chen became a full time artist in 2015. Since his first exhibition, The Tao of Lee Kuan Yew, in 2017, Chen has been traveling to various countries in Southeast Asia, interacting with artists in this region. As a self taught artist, he was also introduced to Lim Tze Peng by the bestselling author and art collector Woon Tai Ho, subsequently being offered the privilege to be mentored by the master. Chen’s main, and evolving, focus is the subject of hallucinations and automatism.

Past Exhibitions:
The Tao of Lee Kuan Yew, Instinc Gallery 2017
Eastern Hearts meet Western Minds: Mask Give Face, Galleria@Pearl’s Hill 2018
Love keeps you alive, Galleria@Pearl’s Hill 2019
World on Hallucinations, Art Seasons 2021
The Space Between, Orange & Teal Café 2022

"Art for me is a journey. A process, rather than a destination, an ongoing expression of life's meandering over seasons of change, of self-discovery, and understanding of the world we live in.

As an artist on an ongoing journey of life and inspiration, I continue to draw inspiration from the world around me to refine my craft and bring you art that remains relevant, current, and inspirational. "Since I was a child, I've always had a strong affinity with music and the arts. 

When I started out with calligraphy during my foundational years as an artist, I began to develop a strong interest in art as a way to express what was in the deepest recesses of my heart and as a language of my soul. This also led me to a strong interest in abstract art - a powerful contemplative space and a medium through which personal healing can be achieved or facilitated.

With a firm belief in the value of life-long learning, I continue to be under the tutelage of Singapore-based Chinese artist Wang Fei, as well as Singapore-based Taiwanese artist Hui Fang.

I also enjoy the study of psychology, and love how art can be such an effective and impactful medium for exploring our inner spaces.. As I hone my interest further in using art as an approach to therapy, I hope that my art will continue to transform lives and inspire you.

As always, I'm eternally grateful to have you on our shared journey."

"My practice in ceramics and sculpture is a result of my interest in tactility. My works explore the raw nature of the materials that were adopted for my sculpture or even clay in itself. As a passionate individual and loyal advocate for sustainability, it is important for me to use my works to help raise engage audiences in an intellectual dialogue for a green home.

Crying Out is inspired by the idea of one's inner child, exploring and questioning its unheard cries; acknowledging the discomfort one feels when viewing the work. This work is accompanied by a short poem."

"The pandemic period allowed me to start picking up painting and within the year and a half of starting, it has become a way for me to find solace. Expressing the my feelings."

一年半前因疫情的影响开始学画画，对我而言也是心灵上的慰籍及表达心中的感受。

Born in a traditional family in 80s Singapore, Eric has had a strong interest in Chinese traditions and Arts since young, partaking in activities such as Wushu, lion dance, and Chinese painting.

His studies at Laselle College of the Arts introduced Western Art into his worldview, as well as exposing him to various medium such as oil, acrylic, sculpture etc. He was also involved in school workshops. This work with children would eventually shape his artistic inclinations.

The two art forms that Eric truly loves and excels in are graffiti and abstract art. He continues to steer the trajectory of his artistic pursuits in this direction, hoping to firmly cement a style he can call his own.

出生於80年代新加坡的一個傳統潮州家庭， 幼小就對中華傳統和地方民俗和藝術產生濃厚興趣並活躍參與相關課外活動如武術，獅團和繪畫及華樂來滿足自己對華人文化的好奇心。

國中後考上了拉薩爾藝術學院（LASALLE College of the Arts)專攻西方精美藝術和藝術管理。這段時期由於長期接觸了西方藝術風格和理念更加開拓了我對藝術的視野， 審美觀也有所啟發和對自己創作風格大有改變。

在藝術學院的那幾年學習了用不同媒體展現和表達自己對藝術想法及概念， 如油畫，壓克力畫，素描， 版畫，陶瓷和雕像等。課外業餘空檔也參與名間團體和學校為小朋友和樂齡朋友義務教學的經驗。

個人對不同媒體和題材都抱有一定的喜愛但最情有獨鍾唯有後現代抽象畫和塗鴉。近年來的作品也喜歡融入中華毛筆的畫工來顯示中西結合的體現而最終希望能找到自己獨有的風格。

Ng chooses joss paper in line with the theme of the exhibition. Firstly, he questions the age old ritual of joss burning in his hometown during festivals which invariably involves offerings to deities and ancestors alike. Second, he toys with the ideas inspired by the conventional designs found on these joss papers. And through his creativity, wishes that people look upon the burning of joss papers without prejudice.

职位
雪州皇城艺术家协会活动主任

毕业
2000年 博雅艺术中心

奖励
1999年 《全国水墨画新人奖》优秀奖
1999年 中国株州 《炎帝杯国际书画大展 》入选佳作奖
2000年 美国旧金山《世界和平书画展 》 新星奖

个展
1991年《文化？》画展
2001年《大吉利市》画展
2019年《大地的爱》画展

联展
1999年 香港庆祝澳门回归祖国《当代中国画家名家作品展》
2003年 马中国际书画交流展
2004年 第九届世界和平书画展
2010年 莎亚南画廊画展
2012年 国家美术馆< Member > 画展
2014年 《 HIJAU 2》画展
2015年 《GREEN ENERGY》画展
2016年 《传灯——皇城五十载》书画展
2017年 《足迹》画展
2017年 《两道风景》画展
2018年 韩国仁川大都会国际水彩交流大展
2019年 《皇城。巴生》画展

年龄：27
出生年月：1995.01
来自马来西亚雪兰儿沙沙然人，祖籍福建永春，籍贯福建人，粘土捏塑，11岁开始捏塑，至今17年。
捏塑作品，粘土舞狮和民间神话信仰神明。
传统工艺文化工作者，热爱中华文化艺术

曾受邀
*15-3-2019年佳礼网采访专题报道
*6-2-2021年上中国报全国头版
*28-2-2021年星洲日报大都会专访
*12-1-2022年网红马来堂哥采访
*16-1-2022年八度空间华语新闻

Born in Klang in 1968, Yap Poh Sim graduated from Kuala Lumpur College of Art in 1989 with a Diploma in Fine Art. On his graduation year, he won the prestigious Excellent Award in Malaysia Young Artist Competition. Since then, he had won numerous art awards and had participated in many group and solo art exhibitions. He had his first solo show, “Freedom of Ink” at Art Seni Gallery in 2006. In 2012, he was conferred the Grand Art Award in the Asia Invitation Art Exhibition in Korea, culminating in a solo show in Seoul the same year.

Yap Poh Sim specializes in Chinese calligraphy with a modern twist. He owns an art studio in Klang where he teaches calligraphy and fine art. He is in constant demand by corporations for calligraphy demonstrations as well as personalizing artworks for corporate clients.

女性
生于 1974年马来西亚雪洲巴生
创作石头绘画为主
2012～2022年已有10年绘石的日子
2008年至今参加历届亚细亚美术招待展
作品多次受邀海內外书画交流
石头鹰在2014年 获颁由著名企业Julie's 饼家举办百人竞选醒觉运动 the best of you 十大得主之一。
2018年四月获颁由首尔亚细亚美术赏大奖(贡献奨)。
2018年8月第十九届大马妇女节"真善美的洋溢"妇女揩模獎。
2018年11月Art Espree年度最佳女画家奖。
2021年10月 Telur Pecah 参展者之一。