kumari nahappan

selected works/

birth/

1953 Born in Malaysia
Nationality: Singaporean
Lives and works in Singapore

education/

1995 Master of Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
1992 Advance Diploma in Fine Arts, LASALLE College of Arts, Singapore
1976 Further Education Teacher’s Certificate, City and Guilds, London, England
1976 Diploma in Interior Design, Willesden College of Technology, London, England

awards/

2006	NAC – Project Grant
2004	KSATRIA Seni Award, Museum Rudana Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2003	Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore Asean Art Awards, (Honourable Mention) SIA-NAC Travel Grant to London
2002	SIA-NAC Travel Grant to Hong Kong Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore Asean Art Awards, (Honourable Mention)
2001	SIA-NAC Travel Grant to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000	SIA-NAC Travel Grant to Gotenburg, Sweden Philip Morris Group of Companies/Singapore ASEAN Art Awards (Honourable Mention)
1999	Philip Morris Group of Companies / Singapore ASEAN Art Awards (Honourable Mention) SIA-NAC Travel Grant to Bali SIA-NAC Travel Grant to Stockholm, Sweden
1998	UOB Group’s 17th Painting of the Year Competition First Prize (Abstract Category) NAC – Project Grant
1997	UOB Group’s 16th Painting of the Year Competition (Highly Commended) Philip Morris Group of Companies/Singapore ASEAN Art Awards (Honourable Mention)
1996	UOB Group’s 15th Painting of the Year Competition (Highly Commended) Philip Morris Group of Companies/Singapore Art Awards (Honourable Mention) SIA-NAC Travel Grant to Melbourne, Australia
1995	NAC Arts Training Grant
1994	Defence Art Exhibition (Highly Commended) UOB Painting of the Year Competition (Highly Commeded) CAAS Art Award (Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore) 3rd Prize Open Category (Visit to Art Capitals of Europe) CAAS Art Award Merit Prize Open Category
1992	UOB Painting of the Year Competition (Highly Commended) 12th Shell Discovery Promising Artist

selected solo exhibitions/

2007/2008	Red, Hot on the trail of a colour Museum of Cultures, Basel, Switzerland
2006/2007	Studio K, Art Singapore Suntec City, Singapore
2004	A Pooja Through Nature Open Studio, Singapore Harmony East West Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2003	Between-ness Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London, England Garden Kaleidoscope Open Studio, Singapore
2002	Merah-merah Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur Hush Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong Pooja Wetterling Gallery, Sweden Cosmic Voices An installation of paintings Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
2001	Maya Installation for classical dance Singapore Inside, Outside and Space Between High Commission of the Republic of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Fluid Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore Juxtaposed II Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
2000	Fragments ARTNOW Gallery, Gotenberg, Sweden Juxtaposed (An installation) ArtSingapore 2000, MITA Building, Singapore Juxtaposed (with Cai Heng) Shakti, Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore Multiples Art Miami 2000, International Art Exposition, Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, USA
1999	The Temple Installation for classical dance, Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, Singapore Rituals of Time Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1998	Rhythm in Stone Club Rainbow – Children’s Charity Organisation, Singapore The Third Light (with Rhett d’ Costa) Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore
1997	Almanac: Entry... 3 Nov ‘97 360 Test Tubes from Ubi Road 2, Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore Mysticism of Red and Black (with Cai Heng) Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1996	Monument Substation, Singapore Mysticism of Red and Black (with Cai Heng) Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore
1995	360 Vessels from the Temple Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
1993	Tropical Vibrance LASALLE Gallery, Singapore

selected group exhibitions/

2007	Art Cologne Wetterling Gallery, Germany
2006	Seeds & Blossoms icons in Red & White A Swiss-Singaporean Celebration National Library, Singapore Nature Born Langgeng Contemporary Art Festival, 2006 Langgeng Gallery, Mageleng, Indonesia Seeds & Blossoms Arts House, Singapore Natureborne (Spotlight Singapore in Tokyo) Mori Art Centre, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2005	Vision & resonance Asia Contemporary Inaugural Exhibition Asian Civilization Museum, Singapore Art Singapore Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore You Can Touch Singapore Management University, Singapore
2004	‘The Lasalle School’ 20Years of fine Arts from LASALLE-SIA College Singapore 3rd Asian Women Artists’ Exhibition Seoul Art Center, Korea The International Asian Art Fair Armory, New York, USA Exhibition (in conjunction with Ksatria Seni Award) Museum Rudana, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Art Singapore 2004, Contemporary Art Fair Suntec Convention Hall, Singapore SINGART, “A Brush with Lions”, an Exhibition of Wild Creativity Paragon, Singapore NGEE ANN 3D Art Exhibition 2004 Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore
2003	Wetterling Gallery, 25th Anniversary (Wetterling 1978-2003) Stockholm Sweden Philip Morris Group of Companies Asean Art Awards 2003, Exhibition, MITA Building, Singapore Seoul International Women’s Art Fair Seoul, Korea
2002	Philip Morris Group of Companies Asean Art Awards, Paragon Shopping Centre Singapore Post Graduate Show Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-College of the Arts, Singapore Art Singapore Suntec City Convention Hall, Singapore
2001	Art Singapore Suntec City Convention Hall, Singapore SNAPSHOT Plum Blossoms International, Hong Kong Expressions of Self Sky Penthouses, London, England Women Beyond Borders Sculpture Square, Singapore Asean ART 2001 Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts Singapore
2000	Landscapes in South East Asian Art Singapore Art Museum Museum Rudana Welcomes The Third Millennium Rome, Italy Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore Art Awards 2000, ARTrium at MITA Building, Singapore Australian Contemporary Art Fair 2000 Melbourne, Australian Copenhagen Art Fair 2000 Denmark Nokia Singapore Art Singapore Art Museum
1999	Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 1999 Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bali Welcomes the Third Millennium Yayasan Seni Rudana (Rudana Museum), Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Crisp: Works of LASALLE-SIA Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Indian Art Through The Ages: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow .... Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore On the Cusp American Club, Singapore Philip Morris Group of Companies / Singapore ASEAN Art Exhibition 1999, Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore Praxis: The Fourth School of Fine Art Exhibition Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Primary Colours – Red Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia Provocative Thins: A 3-Dimensional Experience in Singapore (Inaugural Biennial Exhibition), Sculpture Square, Singapore Stockholm Art Fair Sweden Suara IV Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore 3 Singaporean and 3 French Artists Written forms, inscriptions in contemporary art, Alliance Francaise, Singapore
1998	Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6 Preview – Annandale Galleries, Sydney Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6 Melbourne Painting Now Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Passed Masters RMIT University, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore Recent Acquisition Exhibition Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Semiosis: Third Fine Art Department Exhibition Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Stockholm Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden Suara III Caldwell house, CHIJMES, Singapore UOB Group’s 17th Painting of the Year Exhibition UOB Plaza 1, Singapore
1997	Art Power Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore Asean Gift and Collectables Exhibition Trade Investment and Tourism, ASEAN Centre, Tokyo, Japan East Meets West Peak Premiere Dinner, Regent Hotel, WetterlingTeo Gallery and Peak Magazine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Look Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, Dr Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE College of Arts, Singapore Philip Morris Group pf Companies / Singapore ASEAN Art Exhibition, Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore Tresors The International Fine Art & Antiques Fair for Asia, Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Center
1996	UOB Group’s 16 Painting of the Year Exhibition UOB Plaza 1, Singapore A Decade of Discovery Grand Shell Discovery art Exhibition ’96, River House, Clarke Quay, Singapore Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore Art Awards 1996, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Singapore Referencing: 24 Clay Lamps form Serangoon Road Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, Robert Lindsay Gallery Melbourne, Australia Suara II Alumni Exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE, Singapore Taipei International Art Fair Wetterling Teo Gallery, Taiwan UOB Group’s 15 Painting of the Year Exhibition UOB Plaza 1, Singapore XX Personae II Art at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore
1995	Being there, Being here RMIT – MFA Graduate Exhibition, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Faculty, Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition LASALLE, Singapore IMM Art Exhibition ‘95 Hall 2, Singapore Pameran Terbuka 1994 Galeri Shah Alam, Malaysia Singapore Art ‘95 Suntec City, Singapore Suara ’95: Alumni Exhibition LASALLE Gallery, Singapore
1994	Asia’s Excellence Exhibition Changi Airport, Singapore Confluence, An Exhibition by Five Indian Artists Café Gallery, Boat Quay, Singapor Defence Art Exhibition Tuas Naval Base, Singapore UOB 13th Painting of the Year Exhibition Empress Place, Singapore
1992	12th Shell Discovery Art Exhibtion Shell Tower, Singapore Best of LASALLE Art Exhibition LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore Harvest: The 9th Graduation Diploma Show Singapore LASALLE Group Exhibition Raffles City, Festival of Arts, Singapore Singapore Art Fair 1992 IMM Exhibition Centre, Singapore UOB 11th Painting of the Year Exhibition National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore