Tio Tjay (born 1946 in

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as Tio Hok Tjay) was an Indonesian painter who for a long time has reside in

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. At a very young age, young Tio Tjay enjoy studying Chinese painting and

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. His talent for art was already sensed by people at youth. In 1967 he immigrated to South American with his family. He held many exhibitions, from

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, Brasilia and even

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. In 1971 till 1975 he resided in

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, where he befriend with many natives, which gives him an opportunity to enter the Amazon. It is

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that really inspire him to draw painting about nature. In 1976, he moved back to

and participate in the exhibition of Bienal Nacional de São Paulo. 1980's was a great decade for Tio Tjay. He was invited to join an exhibition in Italy which was held in

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for a cultural relationship between Brazil and Italy. A few years later, he was again invited to Tukuyama, Japan for a collective exhibition. And in the same year, he returned to Indonesia and worked in his birth country. Tio Tjay's strong painting is affected by the Latin colours that was dominant in

. In Indonesia, he created unique style of art pieces by combining the brave colours of Latin, with an oriental style, applied in the wondrous Indonesia and the exotic and mysterious

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tjay, Tio 1946 births Living people Indonesian painters Indonesian Hokkien people Indonesian people of Chinese descent People from Jakarta Place of birth missing (living people)