Chang Fee Ming

Born: 
1959
Place: 
Dungun, Kuala Terengganu
Category: 
Nanyang
Mid-career
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1987 | Chang Fee Ming: First Solo ExhibitionGaleriCitra, Kuala Lumpur
1990 | 2nd Chapter, GaleriWan, Kuala Lumpur
1994 | Exotic TropicalsGaleriCitra, Kuala Lumpur
1995 | The Road to MandalayCentre for Strategic & International Studies, Jakarta
1997 | Portraits of TerengganuGaleriCitra, Kuala Lumpur
2000 | Chang Fee Ming: Bali in Watercolour, KomanNeka Fine Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
2001 | Chang Fee Ming: Asia in WatercolourGaleri 678, Jakarta
2002 | Journal, Small Works & SketchesValentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
2004 | Touring Solo Exhibition, MekongGaleri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta Pusat
2005 | Swahili Coast, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Art Singapore 2005, Suntec Singapore
2008 | Touring Solo Exhibition: Mekong – Exploring the Source Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur Vanessa Art Link 798, Beijing Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore
2009 | Chang Fee Ming: IMPRINTED THOUGHT, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2010 | Chang Fee Ming: Sketching Through Southeast Asia, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala LumpurChang Fee Ming: VISAGE, Valentine Willile Fine Art, Singapore

2012 | Chang Fee Ming: From South China Sea… To Mount Agung, Pipal Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Komaneka Fine Art Gallery, Bali, Indonesia

2014 | Naked Drawing, Segaris Art Center, Kuala Lumpur

2014 | Chang Fee Ming : A Traveler’s Diary, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London

2015 | Chang Fee Ming: Weaving the World in Watercolour, James Christie Room, Christie’s, Hong Kong

2015 | Peninsular Practices: New Faces of Realism in Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, One East Asia, London, United Kingdom

2016 | Terengganu: Selaut Kasih, Sepantai Sayang, Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery, Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur

 

HONOURS/AWARDS

1984, 86, 87 | Malaysian Watercolour Society Award
1986 | Malaysian Young Contemporaries Award
1997 | Rockport Publishers, USA, Award of Distinction
1999 | Windsor and Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition, Winner for Malaysia

 

  • One of Asia’s most accomplished watercolourists
  • For over twenty years his subject has been the people of Malaysia and Southeast Asia and the rich textures of life in this region
  • Signature Member of the National Watercolour Society (USA) in 1994
  • Based in Kuala Terengganu, spending part of the year in Bali and much of the rest traveling through Asia

 

AUCTIONS

2010 Aug | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (56cm x 75cm), RM 8,800

2010 Aug | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (32cm x 23cm), RM 14,850

2011 Jun | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (56cm x 76cm), RM 132,000

2012 May | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (17cm x 12.5cm x 2 [diptych]), RM 10,450

2012 Apr | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (23cm x 31cm), RM 17,600

2012 Apr | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (56cm x 76cm), RM 198,000

2012 May | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (20cm x 12.5cm), RM 30,800

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (74cm x 54cm), RM 143,000

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour and ink on paper (10cm x 14.5cm), RM 5,500

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (17cm x 12.5cm), RM 10,450

2012 Dec | KL Lifestyle Watercolour on paper (12cm x 17cm), RM3,850

2012 Dec | KL Lifestyle Pen on paper (12cm x 18cm), RM3,850

2013 Jun | The Edge Auction Oil on canvas (56cm x 76cm), RM 165,000

2013 Jul | KL Lifestyle Watercolour on paper (12cm x 18cm), RM8,250

2013 Jul | KL Lifestyle Watercolour on paper (14cm x 12cm), RM6,600

2013 Sep | KL Lifestyle Watercolour and ink on stamped envelope (14cm x 20cm), RM6,600

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (56cm x 76cm), RM 209,000

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (56cm x 76cm), RM 88,000

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia Watercolour on paper (17cm x 12cm), RM 8,250

2013 Nov | Masterpiece Singapore | Watercolour on paper (17cm x 13cm), RM8,837

2013 Nov | Masterpiece Singapore | Watercolour on paper (12.5cm x 17cm), RM9,468

2014 Nov | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Good Morning, Terengganu, 1999-2000 | Watercolour on paper (56cm x 76 cm), RM 109,250

2015 Mar The Edge Auction  | Watercolour, etching, wood block and STPI handmade paper (76cm x 60cm), RM 41,800

2015 Mar The Edge Auction  | Watercolour on paper (71cm x 53cm), RM 93,500

2015 Mar | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Dalem Puri Perliatan VII, 2002 | Ink on paper (13cm x 20cm), RM 4,480

2015 Mar | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Market, 1996 | Watercolour on paper (53cm x 72.5cm), RM 112,000

2015 Oct | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | What About Me?, 1997 | watercolour on paper (37cm x 53cm), RM 146,536

2016 Apr | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | A Daily Practice II, 2005 | ink and watercolour on paper (9cm x 14cm), RM 2,464

2016 Apr | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Waterlilies, 2000 | ink on paper (12.5cm x 9cm), RM 3,024