KOMTAR PENANG MALAYSIA (2008) | SIA BOON CHUAN 谢文川
SIA BOON CHUAN 谢文川
b. Negeri Sembilan, 1936
KOMTAR PENANG MALAYSIA, 2008
Signed, titled and dated ‘Sia Boon Chuan Kamdar Penang Malaysia 2008’ (lower right)
Watercolour on paper, framed
54.5 cm x 74.5 cm
About the Artist
Graduating from the National Taiwan Normal University in 1963
under the guidance of renowned artist Prof Ma Pai-Sui, Sia Boon
Chuan co-founded the Negeri Sembilan Art Society in 1964, and
served as the president of the Contemporary Malaysian
Watercolorists Association from 2002 to 2006. He is currently the
advisor of both societies and member of the World Watercolour
Painting Federation (WWPF) and the Japan Modern Fine Art
Association (JMFAA). Sia was an honorary member of the Jiangsu
Watercolour Research Institute (2007) and advisor of the Chinese
Culture Promotion Society of Jiangsu Province, China (2010).
His solo show was held at the Top Art Gallery, Klang (2013). He also
showcased at the “Artists Art Fair Malaysia”, Stadium Chinwoo,
Kuala Lumpur (2014); “A Journey of Art”, Jeth Art Gallery (2016) and
“The Beauty of 80”, Wisma Kebudayaan SGM (2019). Apart from
exhibiting locally, Sia also actively participated in numerous
overseas exhibitions across China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the U.S.A.,
and Singapore. He conducted his first overseas exhibition at the
Raya Gallery in Melbourne, Australia in 1983, and joined the World
Watercolour Painting Federation (WWPF) Exhibition in South Korea
in 2005 & 2006. His paintings were featured at the prestigious “Art
Taipei 2020” in Taiwan (2020) and the “28th Asia Watercolour
Painting Alliance Exhibition”, MARU Art Center, Seoul, Korea (2022).
Notable accolades include the “Osaka Mayor's Award” at the 29th
Exhibition of the Nippon Modern Fine Arts Association in Osaka,
Japan (2010) and the “Malaysian Contemporary Art Outstanding
Contribution Award” bestowed by The Malaysian International
Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition in 2014.
