Yeo is born to an optician father and housewife mother, and has 12 siblings. One of his brothers is former Cabinet minister Yeo Cheow Tong who served in the Cabinet from 1990 to 2006.[citation needed]
Career
He enrolled in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts[2] from 1958 to 1960, where he studied with the artists Georgette Chen and Cheong Soo Pieng. From 1960 to 1964, he trained at the Chelsea School of Art and the Hammersmith College of Art & Architecture in London. His earliest solo show outside Singapore was at the Cathay Gallery in 1963. He returned to Singapore in 1967, and held solo exhibitions there and in Australia in 1973–77.
thomas, this, chinese, name, family, name, born, april, 1936, singaporean, artist, first, solo, exhibition, came, 1960, singapore, chinese, chamber, commerce, industry, 1984, awarded, cultural, medallion, born1936, alma, maternanyang, academy, fine, artsoccupa. In this Chinese name the family name is Yeo Thomas Yeo born 22 April 1936 is a Singaporean artist His first solo exhibition came in 1960 at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry In 1984 he was awarded the Cultural Medallion 1 Thomas YeoBorn1936 age 86 87 Alma materNanyang Academy of Fine ArtsOccupationArtistFamilyYeo Cheow Tong brother Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Selected publications 4 ReferencesPersonal life EditYeo is born to an optician father and housewife mother and has 12 siblings One of his brothers is former Cabinet minister Yeo Cheow Tong who served in the Cabinet from 1990 to 2006 citation needed Career EditHe enrolled in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts 2 from 1958 to 1960 where he studied with the artists Georgette Chen and Cheong Soo Pieng From 1960 to 1964 he trained at the Chelsea School of Art and the Hammersmith College of Art amp Architecture in London His earliest solo show outside Singapore was at the Cathay Gallery in 1963 He returned to Singapore in 1967 and held solo exhibitions there and in Australia in 1973 77 In 1983 he came second in Singapore s UOB Painting of the Year competition In 1984 he received the Cultural Medallion from the National Arts Council Singapore 2 Selected publications EditSingapore Places Poems Paintings Raffles editions 1998 ISBN 978 9971 0 0861 1 South East Asian Art A New Spirit Art and Artist Speak 1997 01 01 ISBN 978 981 00 9699 1 References Edit Nanda Akshita 1 May 2018 Thomas Yeo exhibition shows paintings from his 58 year career The Straits Times Retrieved 4 May 2018 a b Thomas Yeo Cultural Medallion Recipient 1984 Visual Arts interview NLB NORA eresources nlb gov sg Retrieved 2021 09 07 This Singaporean biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Yeo amp oldid 1118693331, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
