Female artist, born in
Suriname.
Studied in Suriname and the Netherlands.
Suriname-based, exhibited mainly in Suriname and the Caribbean.
First solo exhibition in 1992.
KIT-LING
TJON PIAN
GI
·
Personal data
Name:
Tjon Pian Gi
First name: Kit-Ling
Address: Pisangrodjostraat 62
Paramaribo
Suriname
Tel: +
(597) 454240
E-mail: charante@cq-link.sr
· Education
Training in Fine Arts:
1972 - 1976 Advanced Teacher Training Institute in Paramaribo -
(Fine Arts) I.O.L. Paramaribo, Suriname
Trained by well-knowned Surinamese artists as Rudi
Getrouw,
Stuart Robbles de Medina.
1976 - 1979 Academy Tilburg,
the Netherlands
Trained by well-knowned Dutch artists as Nico Molenkamp
(Oil-painting and
Watercolours), Ru van Rossum (Grafic Arts)
· Exhibitions
Solo
1997
Surpost Kit-Ling 97 in connection with the issue of stamps sold to
benefit children "Help Me"
1996 Ala libi hab' tu fesi, Surinamese
Museum at Fort Zeelandia
1992 Centro Andres Bellos
Group (Selection)
2003 / 2004
2003
Carifesta 8, Paramaribo - Suriname
2002
"Banana Paper Exhibition", Osaka, Japan
2001 / 2002 IV Caribbean Biennial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2001 / 2002 "Between Lines", Cariforum
traveling exhibition.
2001
2001 / 2000 / 1999 / 1998 / 1997 Surifesta, Paramaribo
2000
Carifesta,
St. Kitts & Nevis
2000
Suriname
2000, Trinidad
1999 / 1998 / 1993 National Art Exhibition, Paramaribo
1998/99
Zeelandia
Suites, Paramaribo
1998
Art
Gallery Readytex, Paramaribo
1997
Woman
& Identity, Bonaire
1997
Galerie Steinhoff, Paramaribo
Art Events
2003
Carifesta 8
1999
Surifesta
1998
Surifesta
1997
Surifesta
· Working experience
1979 - 1987 Art
teacher at the "Miranda College" Senior High School and
the Surinamese
Pedagogic Institute;
Art lecturer at the
Advanced Teacher Training Institute;
Specialist for the Project
“Renewal Curriculum
Primary Education”.
1996
Project manager of the Christmas songbook
"Popular X-Mas Songs in
Suriname”,
with accompanying music on cassette and CD.
Since 1988 Visual Artist.
Favorite
techniques & materials: Painting and
drawing.
Oil & Acrylic. Since 1998 experiments in painting
on wood.
Book illustrations (front pages of books not included)
1988-1989 Free-lance
illustrator for the publishing company
“Educatieve Uitgeverij de Ruiter”,
the Netherlands, mini-informatie series.
1998
Emilina, a publication of CCS (Cultural Center Suriname)
Calendars
1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994
In total four 12 & 13 –page calendars for Randoe
NV Suriname
1997 A six-page art calendar for FinaBank, reproductions of six paintings
from
the series "Pikin fu busi”, compiled by Rudi de La Fuente.
Stamps
1997
Stamps sold to benefit children
1997
Christmas stamps
1999
America '99
1999
125e Anniversaire de l'Union Postale Universelle
1999
Christmas stamps
Award
Surifesta 2001 Art Poster Contest: First
Prize
· Collections
Work included in various private collections in
Suriname and in
different foreign countries.
State collection of Suriname
· Bibliography
Books
-
Visual Arts in Suriname. The twentieth Century,
Chandra van Binnendijk
& Paul Faber,
Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, 2000.
Exhibition books
-
National Art Exhibition 1993 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000
- Vrouw & Identiteit, 1997
- Suriname 2000
- Suriname, van Nederlandse kolonie tot onafhankelijke staat, 2000
- "Between Lines", 2001
Newspaper and magazine articles. (Selection)
-
Expo Kit-Ling '92: Prachtige vrouwententoonstelling van Surinaamse
cultuur en natuur,
Elvira Rijsdijk, de Ware Tijd 1992.
-
Cultuur enzo…, Javaanse Cultuur, Elvira Rijsdijk, de Ware tijd 1992.
-
Een Surinaamse vrouw in de kunst, Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi,
de Ware Tijd
1996.
- Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi, Solo expo, kinder- en kerstzegels,
de Ware Tijd
1997.
- Kinder- en kerstpostzegels
van Kunstenares Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi,
PIT-magazine 1997.
- Galerie Steinhoff:
Waar vrouwelijke beeldende werkers niet in het niet
vallen,
de Ware Tijd 1997.
- Beeldende kunst door Surinaamse vrouwen, Elvira Rijsdijk,
De Surinaamse
Krant 1997.
- A woman to remember, Kenneth Ramchand, Trinidad Guardian 1997.
- NK'98 van hogere kwaliteit dan '97, Carla Tuinfort, de West 1998.
- "Popular X-mas Songs in Suriname",
Een hartverwarmende
kerstproduktie,
Elvira Rijsdijk, Kompas 1998.
- Karin Chin A Sen / Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi
exposeren in Zeelandia Suites,
PIT- magazine 1998.
- Mini-expo: Schilderijen op hout en drie soorten keramiek,
Elvira Rijsdijk, de Ware Tijd 1998.
- A passion for the unusual, Essiba Small, Trinidad Guardian, 2000.
- The Washington Times, A Special Report on Suriname,
February, 13, 2001.
- Cariforum Review # 7, 2002
· Statement:
Art is more than a painting on the wall or a sculpture
in a hall.
Art should be more part of our daily life. "Art is life"
and "Life is Art".
· Sidelines
- Secretary of the FVAS, Federation of Visual Artists in Suriname.
(Since
1998)
- Organizer of Mini-Exhibitions in the lobby of hotel Zeelandia Suites and
writer of informative articles about the artists on display.
- Member of the committee "Art & Cultural Education",
compiled by the Director of Culture. (Since 2002)