TANG DA WU 唐大雾
b. 1943, works and lives in Singapore
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| 1943 | Born in Singapore |
| 1988 | Founded Singapore's first art colony, "The Artists Village", at 61-B Lorong Gambas, Sembawang |
| 1968 | Diploma in Youth and Community Works, National Youth Leadership Institute, Singapore |
| 1970 -1974 | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, School of the Art, Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham Institute of Art and Design), U.K. |
| 1974 -1975 | Advanced Studies in Sculpture, Saint Martin's School of Art (Now Central Saint Martins), U.K. |
| 1983 -1985 | Master of Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London, U.K. |
| 1999 | Arts and Culture Prize, 10th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, Japan |
| 1995 | Arts Award, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Singapore Foundation, Singapore |
| 1983 | Artist Award, The Greater London Arts Council, U.K. |
| 1978 | Visual Arts Award, Arts Council of Great Britain, U.K. |
| 1975 | 3rd Prize (Drawing), Royal Overseas League, U.K. |
| 1974 | 3rd Prize (Sculpture), Birmingham City Museum, U.K. |
| 1973 | 1st Prize, Forward Trust Painting Competition, U.K. |
| 1972 | 1st Prize (Sculpture), Midland Art '72, Dudley Museum, U.K. |
| Solo Exhibitions | (Selected | | | All) |
| 2023 | Tang Da Wu: 3, 4, 5, I Don't Like Fine Art, ShanghART Singapore, Singapore |
| 2022 | Art School SG: Artists See Colours Differently and This One is Dangerous, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore |
| 2019 | Sembawang: The D. D. Land and Sembagraphie, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore |
| 2017 | Hak Tai’s Bow, Brother’s Pool and Our Children: Tang Da Wu, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore |
| 2016 | Earth Work 1979, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore |
| 2013 | Situationist Bon Gun, Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore, Singapore |
| 2011 | First Arts Council, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore |
| 2006 | Jantung Pisang: Heart of a Tree, Heart of a People, Jendela (Visual Arts Space), Esplanade, Singapore |
| 1999 | Jantung Pisang: Heart of a Tree, Heart of a People, The Substation, Singapore |
| Tang Da Wu: A Perspective on the Artist, Photographs, Videos and Text of Singapore Performances (1970 to 1999), The Substation, Singapore | |
| 1995 | Don't Give Money to the Arts, 10th Asian International Arts Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore |
| Tapioca Friendship Project, Singapore and Japan | |
| 1991 | Tiger's Whip, People's Park, Chinatown, Singapore |
| Asian Artist Today – Fukuoka Annual V: Tang Da Wu Exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan | |
| 1989 | They Poach the Rhino, Chop Off His Horn and Make This Drink, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore |
| 1987 | Four Days at the National Museum Art Gallery, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore |
| 1982 | Five Days at NAFA and Five Days in Museum, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and National Museum of Singapore, Singapore |
| 1981 | Save the Forest, Epping Forest, U.K. |
| 1980 | Earth Work, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore |
| 1978 | Marks – Black Powder Falling Through Muslin, ACME Gallery, London, UK. |
| 1970 | Drawings and Paintings, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore |
| Group Exhibitions | (Selected | | | All) |
| Projects | (Selected | | | All) |
| 2024 | Our Children, Art Outreach, Gillman Barracks, Singapore |
| 2021 | Tea Leaves Glowing In the Wind, SeptFest, The Substation, Singapore |
| 2012 | The Artists’ Congresses: A Congress, dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany |
| 2010 | Future of Imagination 6, Sculpture Square, Singapore |
| 2006 | Birds Migration, Indonesian International Performance Art Event, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2004 | Satsuma Brilliance, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan |
| 1998 | One Root, One Human Race, Osaka International Peace Centre, Osaka, Japan |
| 1996 | Rubber Road No U-Turn, Singapore, Malaysia, and others |
| One Hand Prayer, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan | |
| 1995 | Life in a Tin, Singapore, Malaysia, and others |
| 1994 | Last Shopping, Faret Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | Switch Off The Lights, Please, The Substation, Singapore |
| A Sculpture Seminar, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore | |
| 1986 | In the End, My Mother Decided to Eat Dogfood and Catfood, Orchard Road Weekend Art Fair, Singapore |
| 1985 | Steaming Laundry, Brixton Art Gallery, London, U.K. |
| Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore | |
| National Gallery Singapore, Singapore | |
| Singapore Art Museum, Singapore | |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A. | |
| Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia | |
| Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan |
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