Artists
NG
Eng Teng (1934 - 2001) 
Medium:
Sculpture
1934 Born in Singapore on 12 July
1956 Enrolled in Nanyang Academy of
Fine Arts
1957 First exhibition experience in
group shows as a painter
1962 Met pioneer artist Georgette
CHEN who encouraged him to pursue
ceramics. Enrolled in Stoke-On-Trend School of Art in England
1963 Enrolled in the Farnham School
of Art
1964-66 Resident designer at Carrigaline Pottery in Ireland.
Travelled around
Europe on shows
1966 Returned to Singapore. Set up shop at
Joo Chiat Studio
1969 Attended ASTA Convention Exhibition in
Tokyo
1970 First one-man show of sculpture and
painting in Singapore
1972 Adelaide Art Festival Exhibition
1981 Awarded Cultural Medallion
1988 World Invitation Open Air Sculpture
Exhibition in Seoul
1998 Conferment of Honorary Doctor of letters,
NUS
2001 Died on 4 November of pneumonia at his 106
Joo Chiat Place studio
Selected Collections: *National University of
Singapore (NUS)
Local
sculptor NG Eng Teng, 67, died in his sleep on Sunday at Studio
106, a kampung house at 106 Joo Chiat Place, opposite his
residence at unit 127. He was a 1981 Cultural Medallion winner.
Most of Mr NG's works have been donated to the National University
of Singapore (NUS) where a gallery was set up in his name in 1997.
(Straits Times 6 Nov 2001)(4) |
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