Khoo Sui Hoe
Khoo Sui Hoe (1939) is an American-based artist born to a fine tailor and homemaker in Kedah, Malaysia. His childhood aspirations of being a journalist led to his ventures outside of Malaysia, and across the border into Singapore, where he received his initial formal art education at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1959 as apprentice to renowned pioneer artists Georgette Chen, Cheong Soo Pieng and Lai Foong Moi. Furthering his studies in the Pratt Graphic Centre, New York, Khoo’s works are a harmonious fusion of Western influences and British Malaya (Singapore and Malaysia before independence) cultures. An avid traveller, Khoo had the opportunity to engage in intellectual discourse and exchanges with other artists and patrons, broadening his horizon as a documentary painter of communities. His artworks thus serve as documentation of his constantly evolving environment as he travels to other countries like Japan and Thailand.
 
Biography

Biography



Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Throughout his artistic career, Khoo has exhibited extensively in museums worldwide, which include The National Gallery, Bangkok (1997), Las Vegas Art Museum (2002 & 2004) and Shanghai Art Museum, China (2005), Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (2015) . He also founded the Group Utara in Penang which consists of artists from the northern region of peninsular Malaysia in 1976.Khoo is in the collection of prestigious institutions such as the National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Art Museum and the National Art Gallery of Victoria, Australia and his paintings are much sought-after by private collectors internationally.







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