Jayson Yeoh (b. 1963, Malaysia) Signature member of AWS, NWS & MOWS
Selected works
Biography
Jayson Yeoh is a self-taught artist who works in watercolours. His paints in a variety of subject matters, like fishing villages, fishing boats, scenery, street scenes and buildings.
His works are semi-abstract representations of the subject matters, and recently, he has combined traditional methods and abstraction together and hence has presented a new style.
His artworks have been selected for numerous exhibitions and competitions in both local and international juried exhibitions.
His artwork ‘Serenity’ won him the Second Place Founders Award in the 2013 International Watermedia ‘Legacy’ Exhibition in The Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, USA.
Among his best achievements are ‘The Wittnauer Watch Award’ in the 87th Annual Open Juried Exhibition by The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor 2012 and the ‘Award of Distinction’ by the Missouri International Annual Open Juried Exhibition 2013.
In 2014, another of his artwork won the Artist Merit Award at the International Annual Open Exhibition by the Missouri Watercolor Society, USA and he has recently been awarded with the Signature Status by the MOWS.
In 2018, “Splashing Stories #6” has been selected to exhibit in the American Watercolor Society International Exhibition and he has been awarded Signature Membership.
He is currently a member of the Malaysia Watercolor Society, Singapore Watercolour Society (SWS) and the Penang Watercolour Society (PWCS) , and Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society and American Watercolor Society
He is very active in both the local and international arts scene. He has been invited to exhibit in many international exhibitions. He was invited in 2016 and 2017 by the Ministry Of Culture Of The Peoples Republic Of China and The Peoples Government of Shaanxi Province to exhibit in The Silk Road International Arts Festival, “Today Silk Road Special Exhibition Of International Art Works” to be the curator for the Europe-America and Asia region.
In 2017, he was invited to exhibit in the 5th Watercolor Biennial in Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer in southern France. His works have received commendation and has successfully completed a 3-day workshop arranged by the organizer and has received great support by the participants.
He has been invited as a juror in the 2013, 2014 and 2017 International Watercolor Society Competition.
His works have received commendation from galleries, private companies and collectors.
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Memberships
MEMBER OF Malaysia Contemporary Watercolorists Association
MEMBER OF Malaysia Watercolour Society
Signature MEMBER OF Missouri WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY, USA
Signature MEMBER OF American WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY, USA
MEMBER OF NORTH KEDAH ART SOCIETY
MEMBER OF PENANG ART SOCIETY
MEMBER OF PENANG WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY
MEMBER OF SINGAPORE WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY
AWARD HONOUR
1993 “SPECIAL AWARD”PENANG TEOCHEW ASSOCIATION WATER COLOUR OPEN COMPETITION
2006 “SELECTED WORK” AWARD IN THE FIRST PUTRA JAYA NATIONAL WATERCOLOUR
COMPETITION
2006 & 2009 “THE BEST ART INSTRUCTOR”-BY SHANGHAI EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CHINA
2006 “THE EXCELLENT ORGANIZATION”-BY SHANGHAI EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CHINA
2007 “THE EXCELLENT ORGANIZATION”-BY BEIJING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CHINA
2012 “SELECTED WORK”-BY SHANGHAI ZHUJIAJIAO INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOUR BIENNIAL
2012 “THE WITTNAUER WATCH AWARD”FOR 87thANNUAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION
-BY THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOUR
2013 “AWARD of DISTINCTION “-BY MISSOURI INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL OPEN EXHITITION
2013 “SECOND PLACE FOUNDERS”-IN THE INTERNATIONAL WATERMEDIA-LEGACY 2013 AWARD
-PIKES PEAK WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
2011 “THE INCHEON GLOBAL CITIES ART EXHIBITION”
– BY INCHEON INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOUR ASSOCIATION , WELL ART
GALLERY, KOREA
2012-2013 “SINGAPORE WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY ‘S 43rdANNUAL EXHIBITION
2012 “THE INCHEON GLOBAL CITIES ART EXHIBITION”
– BY INCHEON INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOUR ASSOCIATION , WELL ART
GALLERY,KOREA
2012 “ 2ndSHANGHAI ZHUJIAJIAO INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOUR BIENNIAL”
– BY CHINA ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION AND SHANGHAI QINGPU DISTRICT PEOPLE’S
GOVERNMENT
2012 SELECTED AND EXHIBITED IN OPEN WATER 2012 “THE 87thANNUAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION”
-BY THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOUR AT THE JOHN B. AIRD
GALLERY,TORONTO,ONTARIO
2012 “1stEXHIBITION OF VISUAL ART WITH ASEAN ART”,THAILAND
2013 HATYAI WATERCOLOUR PAINTING EXHIBITION 2013
2013 SELECTEDAND EXHIBITED IN WATERCOLOUR MISSOURI INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL OPEN
EXHIBITION
2013 SELECTED AND EXHIBITED IN LOUISIANA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 43rdINTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION
2013 SELECTED AND EXHIBITED IN INTERNATIONAL WATERMEDIA 2013 Presents ”LEGACY”
ANNUAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM,USA
– BY PIKES PEAK WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ,USA
2013 SELECTED AND EXHIBITED IN “THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOURS BIENNALE
“VADA + FARBA”.POLOTSK,BELARUS
– BY NATIONAL POLOTSK HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MUSEUM- RESERVE ,BELARUS ARTISTS
UNION
2013 ARTWORK “ WE ARE TOGEHTHER” WAS ACCEPTED AND FEATURED IN 2013 INTERNATIONAL
WATERCOLOR CATALOGUE-by IWS
2013 SELECTED AND EXHIBITED IN “ART BASEL”HONG KONG BY WEI-LING GALLERY
2013 SELECTED AND EXHIBITED IN OPEN WATER 2013, “THE 88thANNUAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION
– BY CSPWC AT THE LEIGHTON ART CENTRE IN CLGARY ALBERTA,CANADA.
2013 ARTWORK”TOBE TIED” WAS ACCEPTED INTO SHENZHEN WATERCOLOUR BIENNIAL 2013-2014
GROUP EXHIBITION
1992-2008 “OPEN ART EXHIBITION PENANG”-BY PENANG STATE GALLERY
2010 “JOURNEY IN ART”-BY NORTH KEDAH ART SOCIETY
2011 “MY BALIK PULAU EXHIBITION”-BY BALIK PULAU ART SOCIETY
2011 “SMALL WORKS BIG SHOW”-BY a2 GALLER PENANG
2012 “RAKAN-RAKAN PELUKIS PULAU PINANG”-BY PENANG MALAYS ART GALLERY
2012 “MOTHERLAND WATER-BASED MEDIA”-BY 20 MALAYSIAN ARTIS
2012 “HAPPY 2ndANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION-”BY ISLAND GALLERY,PENANG
2012 “FIVE EXCITING ARTISTS SHOW”-BY ISLAND GALLERY,PENANG
2013 “MY LANDSCAPE 2 EXHIBITION”-AT GALERI SENI MUTIARA
2013 “30thANNVERSARY EXHIBITION”-BY PENANG WATER COLOUR SOCIETY
2013 INHERITANCE & INNOVATION TOWARDS HARMONY & UNITY ART EXHIBITION
-BY THE KUALA LUMPUR & SELANGOR ASSEMBLY HALL(KLSCAH)
2013 “NOW ART IS FOR EVERYONE”-BY ARTMALAYSIA ART TOURISM FAIR