The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) is hosting an art exhibition for Singaporean artist Dr. Leon K. L. Chew, open through 12 May 2010, at the National Theater in Abu Dhabi.
With a first degree in Science, Dr. Leon K. L. Chew extraordinarily became the first recipient of an earned Ph.D. in Fine Art (Research) from Goldsmiths College, awarded by the University of London, U.K. He returned to Singapore in 1997 as an art professor at the Nanyang Technological University, and in 2002, he was selected to be the Dean of the School of Visual Arts at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. In 2008, he became the first Singaporean arts head to be hired by a reputable institution in the Middle East.
With over 25 years’ academic and managerial experience, he is currently a full-time professor of Art and Design at the Zayed University in U.A.E. A scholar with interdisciplinary intellectual interests, Dr. Chew is also a practicing artist, visual arts resource panelist of many organizations, and a judge in numerous international art and design competitions. He has exhibited in solo shows, and his modern Chinese painting artworks are frequently featured in curated art exhibitions as well as collected and commissioned by public organizations and private bodies in the world.
