Thomas Yeo (born 22 April 1936) is a Singaporean artist. His first solo exhibition came in 1960 at the

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. In 1984 he was awarded the

Cultural Medallion The Cultural Medallion is a cultural award in Singapore conferred to those who have achieved artistic excellence in dance, theatre, literature, music, photography, art and film. It is widely recognized as Singapore's pinnacle arts award. Histor ...

Personal life

Yeo is born to an optician father and housewife mother, and has 12 siblings. One of his brothers is former Cabinet minister

Yeo Cheow Tong Yeo Cheow Tong (; born 22 June 1947) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served in the Cabinet from 1990 to 2006, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) of Hong Kah SMC from 12 December 198 ...

who served in the

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from 1990 to 2006.

Career

He enrolled in

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA); (Standard Chinese: 南洋艺术学院; ms, Akademi Seni Halus Nanyang; ta, நன்யாங் அகாடமி ஆஃப் ஃபைன் ஆர்ட்ஸ்) is a publicly-funded post-secondary ar ...

from 1958 to 1960, where he studied with the artists

Georgette Chen Georgette Liying Chendana Chen (; Born Chang Li Ying; 23 October 1906 – 15 March 1993), most commonly known as Georgette Chen, was a Singaporean painter and one of the pioneers of Modernism, modern Visual art of Singapore, Singaporean art as ...

and

Cheong Soo Pieng Cheong Soo Pieng () was a Singaporean artist who was a pioneer of the Nanyang art style, and a driving force to the development of Modernism in visual art in the early 20th-century Singapore. He was also known for his signature depiction of Sout ...

. From 1960 to 1964, he trained at the Chelsea School of Art and the Hammersmith College of Art & Architecture in London. His earliest solo show outside Singapore was at the Cathay Gallery in 1963. He returned to Singapore in 1967, and held solo exhibitions there and in Australia in 1973–77. In 1983, he came second in Singapore's UOB Painting of the Year competition. In 1984, he received the

from the

National Arts Council, Singapore The National Arts Council (NAC) is a statutory board established on 15 October 1991 to oversee the development of arts in Singapore. It is under the purview of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. The NAC provides grants, scholarships ...

Selected publications

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References

1935 births Living people Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts alumni Singaporean artists Singaporean painters Recipients of the Cultural Medallion {{Singapore-bio-stub