1947 | Born in Guangdong, China |
1953 | Moves to Singapore |
1975 – 1984 | Studies Chinese brush painting under Fan Chang Tien of the Shanghai School |
1980s | Conducts ink-painting classes at Thomson Community Centre |
1981 | Receives Grand Prize in the UOB 10th Painting of the Year Award |
1985 | Becomes full-time artist |
1989 | Studies Advanced Diploma in Painting, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore |
1993 | Receives National Arts Council scholarship for practicing artists |
1994 | Obtains Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, University of Tasmania, Australia |
1995 | Obtains Master of Arts (Hons.) in Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia |
1998 | Receives Philip Morris ASEAN Art Awards (Juror’s Choice), Singapore |
1999 | Receives Cultural Medallion Award, National Arts Council |
2000 | Appointed as member of the National Arts Council Displays paintings at the Prime Minister's Office, Istana |
2002 |
Participates in the Visiting Artists Programme by Singapore Tyler Print Institute
Receives LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts Fellowships, Singapore |
2008 | Passes away |
1988 | A Selection of Chua Ek Kay’s Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy. Sponsored by the National University of Singapore (NUS) at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore |
1990 | Street Scenes by Chua Ek Kay, ART AFFAIRS, Duxton Road, Singapore |
1992 | Duality and Tension, sponsored by UOB, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore |
1995 | Recent Works by Chua Ek Kay, University of Western Sydney, Australia |
1997 | Colours of Infinity, CHIJMES, Singapore |
1998 | Hunter of the Wilderness, Art Forum, Singapore |
2000 | Lyrical Space, Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore |
2001 | Street Scenes Revisited, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore |
2002 | Timeless Space, Damask Asia, London |
2003 | Being and Becoming, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore |
2005 | Yixi: Recent Paintings of Chua Ek Kay, Shanghai Art Museum, China |
2006 | Chua Ek Kay @ Art Forum 2006, Art Forum Gallery, Singapore |
2007 | Along the River Banks: Chua Ek Kay, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore |
2007 | Lotus Pond & Water Village, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore |
2009 | Remembering Chua Ek Kay: One Year On, The Gallery, Singapore Management University, Singapore |
2010 | Re-visiting Chua Ek Kay: Tribute to the Ink Master, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore |
2012 | Chua Ek Kay: Old Campus Revisited, The Private Museum, Singapore |
2015 |
Chua Ek Kay: After the Rain, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore Chua Ek Kay:Special Presentation of Works by Master Ink Painter, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore |
1976 - 1982 | Group Exhibition, Hwa Hun Art Society Annual Exhibition, Singapore |
1982 | 6 Singapore Artists Art Exhibition, University of Adelaide, Australia |
1982 - 1991 | National Day Art Exhibition, Singapore |
1990 | Two artists exhibition, Mandarin Hotel, Singapore |
1991 | 25 Years of Arts from Singapore, Washington DC, Indianapolis, Dallas Los Angeles and Honolulu, USA |
1992 | Singapore Art Festival, Tai Ku Seng, Hong Kong |
1996 |
A Century of Art in Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
The 3rd ASEAN Art Exhibition, Symposium & Workshop |
1997 |
Singapore Arts 97, Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Nine Artists in Bali, Fort Canning Art Centre, Singapore |
1998 |
Philips Morris-ASEAN Art Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam
Fang Chang Tien: His Art and Passion, Singapore Art museum, Singapore |
1999 |
Ambulations, Earl Lu Art Gallery, Singapore
Power and Poetry, Monuments and Mediations in Chinese Ink Painting, Singapore Art Museum Beyond Tradition: Art of the New Migrant Chinese, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore |
2001 |
Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Ink & Colour, 2 Singaporean Artists, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Asian Today 2001, Singapore Asian Art Today 2001, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore |
2003 | Contemporary Art & Calligraphy Exhibition, Clarke Quay MRT Station, Singapore |
2004 | Asia Art Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam |
2005 | Art Festival Visual Art Exhibition, SMU, Singapore Corporate Art Collections, Singapore |
2006 |
Modern Ink Painting from Singapore, 5th International Ink Biennial, Shenzhen, China
Drawing Room, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Artery: Inaugural Exhibition, Singapore Management University, Singapore |
2007 | Imagining the City - Singapore Art Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Contemporary-2, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, Singapore |
2009 | The Next Chapter, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore |
2011 | Ink Expressions, Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore |
2012 |
Wonders of Oil and Ink Paintings, Ngee Ann Kongsi Collections Gallery, Singapore
Living with Art, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard, Singapore |
2013 |
Singapore Showcase, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard, Singapore Nanyang Inspirations, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard Singapore |
2014 |
Not Against Interpretation: Untitled, Singapore Arm Museum (SAM), Singapore Wu: A Goh Soo Khim Collection, The Private Museum, Singapore Contemporary Modern, Modern Art Society Singapore 50th Anniversary commemoration, ION Art Gallery, Singapore |
2015 | Art Stage Singapore, Gajah Gallery, Singapore Influence of the shanghai school of painting in Singapore, Asia Art Collective, Singapore |
2017 | Thinking Ink: Improvisations on Cultural Criteria, Gajah Gallery, Singapore |