Wee Beng Chong - Artist Info

About Wee Beng Chong

  • Biography

    Wee Beng Chong was born in 1938. An accomplished artist in both Chinese and Western disciplines, Wee Beng Chong has produced calligraphy, sculpture, ink paintings and seal carvings, and many other types of work. Wee Beng Chong was one of the original members of the Modern Art Society Singapore. Wee was instrumental in fostering the abstract art movement, opening up his studio for like-minded artists to congregate and discuss art. Wee was the inaugural recipient of the Cultural Medallion for Art in 1979.(Low Sze Wee, “The 1963 Modern Art Exhibition: Beginnings and Consequences,” in contemporary modern, Modern Art Society Singapore, 2014, page 23).

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