Wee Shoo Leong 黃樹良 (b. 1958)

Wee Shoo Leong (b. 1958, Singapore) is a Singapore artist who paints primarily in oil. Wee graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1979. In 1984, he won the UOB Painting of the Year art competition. He was awarded a silver medal from Salon 85 in Paris in 1985, and the 1st Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship, London in 1986.

Wee is known for his still life oil paintings of identifiable everyday objects such as birdcages, vases, earthern jars, flowers and fruits, set against blank backgrounds which give the works clarity and a sense of quietness and harmony.

Wee’s works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including Singapore, Brunei, Australia, Europe and the United States of America. These include solo exhibitions at Art Forum, Singapore (2021 & 1992) and at the National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore (1985). His group exhibitions include one at Fullerton Hotel Heritage Gallery in Singapore (2015), First Bru-Sin Art Exhibition in Brunei (1989) and Many in One: 25 Years of Singapore Art in Washington, DC (1991).

Wee Shoo Leong’s works are in the permanent collections of Agung Rai Museum of Art, Bali, Indonesia, Nordmann Rassmann GMBH & Co. Hamburg, Germany, The Istana, Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, National Art Gallery, Singapore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and Citibank Singapore.

Education

1979 | Graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
1987 | Study Programme (Oil Painting) in Sydney College of Arts, Australia

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 | In Search of Shangri-La, iPreciation, Singapore
2017 | Wee Shoo Leong Oil Painting Exhibition 2017, Flor Gallery, Singapore
2014 | Ding Yi Xuan Art Centre, Singapore
2008 | Living in Stillness, Art Forum, Singapore
1992 | Art Forum, Singapore
1987 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1985 | Alliance Francaise / National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
1984 | Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015 | Fullerton Hotel Heritage Gallery, Singapore
2005 | Art Singapore
2001 | Art Singapore
1996 | Nine Artists in Bali, Singapore
1993 | Art from Singapore, The Netherlands / Spectrum – an Exhibition of Paintings by 6 Outstanding Singapore Realistic Artists Singapore
1991 | Many in One: 25 Years of Singapore Art, Washington D.C., USA / 2ndBru-Sin Art Exhibition, Singapore and Brunei
1990 | Modern Art Travels East-West, Singapore and Rotterdam, Netherlands
1989 | Contemporary Art in Singapore: Where East Meets West, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Nuernberg, Mannheim, and Singapore
1985 | Salon ’85, Paris, France
1983 | 1st Asean Youth Painting Workshop and Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand

Awards and Grants

1984 | 1st prize in “1984 Painting of the Year” organised by U.O.B. Singapore Marketing and Development Grant, National Arts Council Singapore
1985 | Silver medal, “Salon 85”, Paris, France
1986 | Awarded the “1st Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship” from London, England

Selected Permanent Collections