Artist Talk - Hock-Aun Teh

Join us on Saturday 20th September, 2-3:30pm, for an artist talk with Hock-Aun Teh, whose work "Fitness is energy" is currently on show in our Gallery 2 exhibition "Through line". The artist will present an overview of his background, career, and inspiration. The talk will be followed by an informal Q&A with the public.

鄭傅安 Hock Aun Teh was the first person from Asia to graduate from The Glasgow School of Art’s Drawing and Painting Department, studying there from 1970-1974. Born in Malaysia to Chinese parents, he grew up in a remote jungle village and therefore did not know where Glasgow was, initially thinking it was in Russia, until he applied for a visa to go there. His original art training in Malaysia focused on English watercolours and the traditional Chinese ink painting of birds, bamboo, flowers and landscapes with waterfalls. Teh considers that his work contains four different cultural elements: his bright and strong sense of colour, which is unmistakably tropical; his calligraphic effect, which is Chinese; his materials, which are Western; and his techniques, which are unique and personal to his creative methods. His works are featured in many collections all over the world, including The Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), The Bulgarian National Art Gallery for Foreign Art, and The National Art Gallery of Malaysia. He also holds a Black Belt 6th Dan in Taekwon-Do and is the Grandmaster and Founder of the martial art of Tukido.

IMAGE: Hock-Aun Teh in his Studio. Courtesy of the artist.