Chieu Shuey Fook was born in Singapore on 29th June 1934. He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1953. After graduating, Chieu worked as a visualiser in an advertising agency for the next 24 years, he patterned his life as art director in the agency by day and an artist at night.

Despite of his busy schedule in the advertising agency, he works hard in his artist studio. Chieu's art folio includes more than six murals for corporate clients such as Holiday Inn (a hotel in Singapore), and metal reliefs for a fleet of seven Singapore Airlines Boeing 747s.

Initially as a batik artist, he later became interested in the reaction of chemicals on metal as he explored with different mediums. Keen on experimenting, he developed a unique art form by mixing etching and dyeing on metal sheets. The technique is similar to that of etching. Instead of using the master plate to print, Chieu uses it as a work of art. Chieu's work is rich in textural qualities.

His first work in metal relief "Water House" won the first prize in the Instant Asia Art Competition in 1970.

Chieu Shuey Fook has a new medium for the new millennium. Brightly colour glass fragments radiate from the pristine whiteness of tile with bursting energy. Figurative shapes dance across some works, while other reflect balanced abstractions of geometry, colour and symmetry. A rainbow parade of gaily-stained glass decorates each work, changing contents from piece to piece, but not vibrancy, thus displaying the artist's rich kaleidoscopic palette.

Always on the lookout to recycle materials, many Singaporean artists use discarded objects in very innovative ways in their art. In Chieu's case, the glass is recycled even the tiny glass fragments and powder that result from shattered glasses are not wasted: Chieu can incorporate them into his works to give a touch of textural qualities.

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