Chen Shi Jin Gallery and Art Class Asian Contemporary Ink Brush Painting

Educator and alumnus of NAFA and China Academy of Fine Arts, his work spans landscapes across Asia and beyond. 陈士仅 1959年生于新加坡。40多年一直坚持写生创作，是新加坡唯一现场写生的当代水墨画画家。他早年毕业于南洋美专油画系，后前往杭州中国美术学院深造。1988年回国以后，在南艺执教中国画长达21年。他先后获得多个绘画奖项。1985年以水墨作品《棕榈八哥》获亚细安美术考察奖；1996年以《根》夺得大华银行全国绘画比赛最佳画作奖，2000年凭《坐临流水看春潮》获陈之初博士美术奖全国书法与彩墨画比赛优秀奖。刚在9月的新加坡华族文化中心办了一场师生国画展。

以传统水墨技巧作画，从写生手法描绘本土题材，使中国话有全新的生命和面貌，成功塑造自己的风格。花鸟画栩栩如生，风景写生更是引

人入胜，深厚的功力显而易见。

Chen shi jin is a renowned artist in the Chinese Painting art space having practised for more than 40 years. He was a formal Chinese painting lecturer at NAFA for 21 years. Mr Chen’s work has been featured in many solos and joint art exhibitions in Singapore, China, Malaysia, France and Germany. His achievement includes winning the 1996 UOB Painting of the Year Award for his Chinese ink painting “Root”, multiple certificates of commendation at the UOB Painting of the Year competition (1984-1995) and other awards. He renders local subjects from the Nanyang region with the traditional Chinese Ink Brush technique. Chen Shi Jin draws inspiration from life, and in return, he has succeeded in creating a unique style of his own. Awards
1982 - "Blossom” won the Best Work Award at the Outram Park Arts Club National Day Art Competition.
1984 - “Road ” won the Best Oil Painting Award at the N.A.F.A. Speech Day Exhibition.
1985 - "Palm Tree and Minah" won the Ministry of Culture's Overseas Educational Tours Award.
1985 - "Morning Melody" won the Distinction Award in the UOB Painting of the Year Competition.
1988&1990 - Certificate of Commendation at the IBM Art Exhibition.
1984,1989,1991-1995 - Certificate of Commendation at the UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Oriental Art section.
1996 - "Root” won the Painting of the Year Award at the 15th United Overseas Bank (UOB) Painting of the Year Competition. Publication
1994 - "Chen Shi Jin and His Art".
1997 - "Scent of the Land", a collection of sketches.
1999 - "Songs of the Village", a collection of flowers, birds, and landscape sketches.
2005 - “Colour of the Earth".
2005 - "Chinese Ink in the Tropics". Solo & Joint Exhibition
1997 - The 15th Painting of the Year Award Solo Exhibition, "Scent of the Land — Chen Shi Jin and his Art", at UOB Plaza, Singapore.
1999 - Solo Charity Exhibition for the Ren Ci Hospital, ‘‘Songs of the Village — Chen Shi Jin and his Art", Singapore.
2000 - Joint exhibition with wife, Kong Yin Ling, at the Cite des Arts, Paris, France.
2005 - Solo exhibition, “Chinese Ink in the Tropics - Chen Shi Jin and his Art", at the MICA building, Singapore.