2010
The China Tour
Cheng-Khee, Sing-Bee and their daughter Yen-Ying traveled in China between May and June for one month. First, they went to Nanjing to attend the opening ceremony of the “Second Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia Masters” and the “Watermedia Forum”.
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After the show opening, they continued to stay in Nanjing for one week to travel to surrounding cities of Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Wuxi.
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From Nanjing they traveled to Suzhou, famous for silk, beautiful gardens and ladies. They shopped for some silk products, visited the Jiangsu Museum designed by I. M. Pei, enjoyed the spectacular gardens, and cruised the scenic canals.
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From Suzhou they traveled to the famous watertowns Tongli and Zhouzhuan, Cheng-Khee’s favorite destinations! Every direction you turned, there was an exciting painting!
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They returned to Shanghai for 5 days to visit the World Expo and exciting sights of the city.
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The Chees spent last week in Cheng-Khee’s birthplace Fengting in Fujian Province. After 12 years, Cheng-Khee could hardly recognize his hometown, as it had transformed into a totally different new city, with 3 new freeways and the high-speed train connecting all major cities. There were new construction projects all over the city and surrounding towns! As for the Chee family, a whole new generation of great grand nephews and nieces were added since his last visit. There was a big family gathering. They also visited the birthplace of Sing-Bee’s parents in Jiangdou, and Province’s major cities of Fuzhou, Qiangzhou and Xiamen.
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Southeast Asia Tour
Cheng-Khee and Sing-Bee spent the month of February in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore to get away from the coldest month in Minnesota. This was their first trip back after five years. Besides visiting relatives and friends, Cheng-Khee went back to his favorite painting sites in Penang. During his high school and college years he spent a great deal of time painting the fishing villages, the harbor, the old sections of town and colorful temples. In Singapore Sing-Bee and Cheng-Khee visited their Alma Mater Nanyang Technological University where they spent four years in the same class.
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Wine and Chee’s Event
The Minnesota Ballet is holding a fund raising event “Wine and Chee’s” at the Duluth Depot Great Hall on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 5:30 – 8 p.m.
The event is sponsored by Keyport Liquor, CPL Imaging and Cheng-Khee and Sing-Bee Chee. For details and tickets visit the Minnesota Ballet website: www.minnesotaballet.org/events/.
The following are two examples of giclee prints for the auction (click to enlarge):
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The Second Invitational Exhibition of
Contemporary International Watermedia Masters
2007 First Exhibition BillboardWith the great success and enormous response to the 2007 first exhibition in China, the Jiangsu Watercolor Research Institute in Nanjing is again inviting 83 artists from19 countries to participate in this second exhibition. Cheng-Khee has been busy thepast few months coordinating 28 artists from the United States, Canada and South America.
2007 First Exhibition Opening Ceremony For the origin of this exhibition check his essay “A Survey of Watermedia Painting in the Past 100 Years” on his website. The opening is scheduled forFriday, May 28 at the exhibition hall of the magnificent ultramodern new Nanjing Library.
2009
The Cultural Tour of Spain, Portugal and Morocco
In May Cheng-Khee and Sing-Bee joined their Alma Mater Nanyang University Alumni Association’s Cultural Tour of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.
Exhibition Juror
Cheng-Khee served as Juror of selection and awards for the Ohio Watercolor Society and Southwestern Watercolor Society 2009 annual exhibitions.
School of Fine Arts Dean Jack Bowman, Cheng-Khee, Art & Design Dept. Head Jim Klueg
Society of Prometheans
In October the University of Minnesota, Duluth School of Fine Arts honored Cheng-Khee with membership in the Society of Prometheans, recognizing his outstanding artistic accomplishments.
Society of Prometheans Award website
Grandsons Calvin and William Kan received the Award from Watercolor West on behalf of their grandpa
Recent Awards
Cheng-Khee received Gold Award in Georgia Watercolor Society and 2nd Place Awards in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Watercolor West 2009 Annual National Exhibition. He also received 4 other awards.
© 2010 Cheng-Khee Chee