Denis Chai 蔡佳甬 (b. 1974, Malaysia)
Selected works
Biography
Born in 1974 in the Malaysian state of Kulai, Denis Chai graduated from Kuala Lumpur College of Art, major in Fine Art.
Denis creates works that are melodic in nature. There is a sense of perfect tonality in colours, rhythmic in his painting gestures and a perfect harmony of artistic techniques that range from the conventional brush strokes to the modern technique of expressive texturing. Denis admits, with deep sincerity, of his love fro his childhood rural home, and having been living in concrete and modernized urban home for many years now, Denis laments that he is slowly but surely losing the precious memories and images that he has for them. He is making a gallant attempt to capture these fading memories of a seafaring village and contrasting it with a modern twist of nature (wood grain – a symbolic representation of a rural village) to create a harmonious balance.
CV
Exhibition
2007 invited to Shanghai to attend teaching observation and arts cultural exchange
2010 invited to attend 2010 Kaohshiung Children’s Art Education Festival
2011 hold first solo art exhibition at Pure Art Studio & Gallery
2012 as Malaysian Junior Art Education Association Vice Chairman
2013 Invited to Hong Kong as the judges of “2013 International Year of The Water Cooperation Art & Design International Competition”, which organized by Po Leung Kuk Hong Kong.
2014 hold a second solo art exhibition at Chong Hwa High School, Kluang, Johor and White box map, Publika, Kuala Lumpur.
2015 Nostalgia Watercolour 5 Men Group Exhibition, Malaysia
2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2015 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
2015 China Qingdao Youth Watercolour Artists International Exhibition 2015
2015 J.B.: Jubilee & Beyond – group exhibition, Y2ARTS, Singapore
2016 Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2017 Affordable Art Fair Singapore