Melvin Chee (born 1974) is a Singaporean designer, artist and painter. He is one of the founding partners of contemporary art and design collective
PHUNK
PHUNK (previously known as :phunk and Phunk Studio) is a Singapore-based contemporary art and design collective founded by Alvin Tan, Melvin Chee, Jackson Tan, and William Chan in 1994. They have exhibited and collaborated with artists, desig ...
.
Education
Chee graduated in 1994 with a Diploma in Visual Communications (Graphic Design) from
LASALLE College of the Arts.
Career
Chee met the founding members of PHUNK while they were studying at LASALLE College of the Arts. Upon their graduation in 1994, they decided to form the art and design collective together. They have since presented and collaborated with brands and organisations around the world, such as
Nike,
MTV
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,
HBO
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and
The Rolling Stones. In 2007, they were conferred the Designer of the Year Award at the President’s Design Award in Singapore.
As a self-taught painter, Chee works primarily in the medium of oil on canvas. He is represented by
Saatchi Art,
and describes his work as being a process of “putting
isobservations on canvas.”
References
Living people
1974 births
LASALLE College of the Arts alumni
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