Ng Woon Lam
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Ng Woon Lam (黄运南)
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_place = Johor, Malaysia
| field = Watercolor, oil painting
| training = New York Academy of Art Master of Fine in Figurative Painting
| awards = American Watercolor Society 142nd International Juried Show 2009, AWS Bronze Medal of Honor; National Watercolor Society 82nd International Juried Show 2002 Philadelphia Water Color Society Award, Singapore Art Society 2007 National Open Juried Show 1st Prize in Western Representational Painting
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Ng Woon Lam (黄运南) is a full member of National Watercolor Society NWS{{Cite web | title = National Watercolor Society Signature members | publisher = National Watercolor Society | url = http://www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org/signature_members.html | access-date = 14 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100411012302/http://www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org/signature_members.html | archive-date = 11 April 2010 | url-status = dead }} and American Watercolor Society.{{Cite web | title = American Watercolor Society Signature members | publisher = American Watercolor Society| url = http://www.americanwatercolorsociety.org/a_signature_members.php | access-date = 22 March 2009 }}
He showed in National Watercolor Society eightieth and eighty-second international exhibition, American Watercolor Society 139th, 140th and 142nd international annual show,{{Cite journal |title=American Watercolor Society 139th, 140th and 142nd Annual Exhibition Catalog|location=New York, Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Ave, New York City|publisher=American Watercolor Society|orig-date= April 2006 |date=April 2007 }} 2003 Florence Biennale
{{Cite web | title = Biennale Artists Gallery 2003 | publisher = Florence Biennale 2003| url = http://www.florencebiennale.org/galleria03.html | access-date = 14 October 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511122606/http://www.florencebiennale.org/galleria03.html |archive-date = 11 May 2008}} and 2006 Oil Painters of America 15th Annual National Show.
He learnt from Singapore master watercolour artist Mr. Gog Sing Hooi,{{Cite web|title=Singapore Master Watercolour Artist Gog Sing Hooi |publisher=Singapore Watercolour Society |url=http://geocities.com/gogsinghooi/ |access-date=18 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027024152/http://geocities.com/gogsinghooi/ |archive-date=27 October 2009 |url-status=unfit }} late and founding president of Singapore Watercolour Society, Associate Professor Emeritus Cheng-Khee Chee (University of Minnesota at Duluth)
{{Cite web | title = Assoc. Professor Emeritus Cheng-Khee Chee awsdf nws | publisher = University of Minnesota, Duluth| url= http://www.umn.edu/lookup?SET_INSTITUTION=UMNTC&type=name&CN=cheng+khee+chee&campus=d&role=any | access-date = 18 October 2008 }} Associate Professor Don Southard and Professor Susanna Coffey at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Professor Edward Schmidt at New York Academy of Art.{{Cite web | title = New York Academy of Art, Faculty Members| publisher = New York Academy of Art| url= http://nyaa.edu/faculty.html | access-date = 18 October 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080822205606/http://www.nyaa.edu/faculty.html |archive-date = 22 August 2008}}
His painting style carries Chinese calligraphic strokes; showing strong influence from master Singapore watercolour artist Gog Sing Hooi.{{Cite web | title = Singapore Master Watercolour Artist Gog Sing Hooi| publisher = Singapore Watercolour Society| url= http://watercolour.org.sg/members/late/gogsinghooi.html | access-date = 18 October 2008 }}
His philosophy of image making is derived from Taiji (太极) philosophy. He is constantly searching for balance and harmony in the dynamic image making process. This is similar to the fundamental building of Chinese Painting{{Cite web | title = MyBioData.htm | publisher = Ng Woon Lam | url = http://www.ngwoonlam.com/oil/MyBioData.htm | access-date = 8 October 2008 }} His journal related to Chinese and Western calligraphic brushwork was published in year 2016.{{cite book |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium of Art and Design Education Research (I-CADER 2015) |chapter=Comparison of Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Brushes with Western Water-Media Painting Brushes |date=2016 |pages=571–576 |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-0237-3_56 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-0237-3_56 |access-date= 8 February 2021 |publisher=Springer |hdl=10356/137872 |isbn=978-981-10-0235-9 |language=en|hdl-access=free }}
He is a tenured Associate Professor{{cite web |title=Assoc Prof Ng Woon Lam |url=https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/cris/rp/rp00644 |website=dr.ntu.edu.sg |access-date= 8 February 2021}} at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore since 2019. His journals and publications{{cite web |title=黄运南 Ng Woon Lam |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Un8wwawAAAAJ&hl=en |website=scholar.google.com |access-date= 8 February 2021}} can be found at Google Scholar.
Publications
- Practical application of browns and grays based on a vector concept—The practical strength the asymmetrical Munsell color space{{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Practical application of browns and grays based on a vector concept—The practical strength the asymmetrical Munsell color space |journal=Color Research & Application |date=2018 |volume=43 |issue=6 |pages=840–849 |doi=10.1002/col.22240 |hdl=10356/136943 |s2cid=125688963 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/col.22240 |access-date= 8 February 2021|hdl-access=free }}
- Development of 3D Color Space to Improve Learning of Color Theory{{cite book |last1=Lam |first1=Ng Woon |last2=Xiao |first2=Yikai |title=Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Modern Management, Education Technology, and Social Science (MMETSS 2017) |chapter=Development of 3D Color Space to Improve Learning of Color Theory |date=2017 |pages=26–32 |doi=10.2991/mmetss-17.2017.6 |isbn=978-94-6252-371-5 }}
- Tonal Design: A Mathematical Guide in Constructing Mood and Weather{{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Tonal Design: A Mathematical Guide in Constructing Mood and Weather |journal=The International Journal of Design Education |date=2020 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.18848/2325-128x/cgp/v15i01/1-15 |s2cid=226710317 |url=https://www.sciencegate.app/document/10.18848/2325-128x/cgp/v15i01/1-15 |access-date= 8 February 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Tonal Design: A Mathematical Guide in Constructing Mood and Weather |journal=The International Journal of Design Education |date=2020 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.18848/2325-128X/CGP/v15i01/1-15 |hdl=10356/142091 |s2cid=226710317 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142091 |access-date= 8 February 2021 |language=en |issn=2325-128X}}
- Comparison of Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Brushes with Western Water-Media Painting Brushes {{cite book |last1=Lam |first1=Ng Woon |title=Proceedings of the 2nd International Colloquium of Art and Design Education Research (I-CADER 2015) |chapter=Comparison of Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Brushes with Western Water-Media Painting Brushes |date=2016 |pages=571–576 |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-0237-3_56 |hdl=10356/137872 |isbn=978-981-10-0235-9 |hdl-access=free }}
- A New Approach for The Teaching of Practical Color Theory{{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=A New Approach for The Teaching of Practical Color Theory |date=2015 |hdl=10356/85157 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85157 |access-date= 8 February 2021 |language=en|website=Handle System}}
Books
- Practical applications of color theory & design concepts{{cite book |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Practical applications of color theory & design concepts |date=2015 |location=[Singapore] |isbn=9789810963750 |pages=1–160 |edition=First }}
- Alchemy of color and brushwork{{cite book |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Tu tu, xie xie = Alchemy of color and brushwork |date=2019 |location=[Singapore] |isbn=9789811416866 |pages=1–100 |edition=1st }}
- A jazz of colors and shapes{{cite book |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Xing se cong rong = A jazz of colors and shapes |year=2015 |location=[Singapore] |isbn=978-981-095-8992 |edition=1st }}
- Perception and Delusion{{cite book |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |last2=Low |first2=Chee Mun, Don |title=Bi fei cuo wu = Perception and Delusion|date=2014 |location=[Singapore] |isbn=978-981-090-5323 |edition=1st }}
- A tale of 3 cities: Ng Woon Lam's watercolors & oil paintings 2013{{cite book |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=San cheng ji : Huang Yunnan shui cai yu you hua zhan 2013 = A tale of 3 cities : Ng Woon Lam's watercolors & oil paintings 2013 |date=2013 |publisher=Huang Yunnan |location=[Singapore] |isbn=978-981-07-6655-9 |pages=1–88 |edition=1st }}
- Ng Woon Lam watercolor & oil painting 2011: live & alive{{cite book |last1=Ng |first1=Woon Lam |title=Ng Woon Lam watercolor & oil painting 2011 : live & alive. |date=2011 |publisher=Ng Woon Lam |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-07-0160-4 |pages=1–40 |edition=1st}}
Major awards
- 2014 American Watercolor Society 147th International Juried Show 2014, AWS Bronze Medal of Honor.{{Cite journal|title=American Watercolor Society 147th International Juried Show 2014| journal= American Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition Catalog 2014|date=March 2014}}
- 2009 American Watercolor Society 142nd International Juried Show 2009, AWS Bronze Medal of Honor.{{Cite journal|title=American Watercolor Society 142nd International Juried Show 2009| journal= American Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition Catalog 2009|date=March 2009}}
- 2002 National Watercolor Society 82nd International Juried Show Philadelphia Water Color Society Award.{{Cite journal|title=National Watercolor Society 82nd International Juried Show 2002| journal= National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition Catalog 2002|date=October 2002}}
- Singapore Art Society 2007 National Open Juried Show 1st Prize in Western Representational Painting.{{Cite journal|title=SAS Annual Show Catalog 2007| journal= Singapore Art Society SAS Annual Exhibition Catalog 2007|date=November 2007|pages=2}}
He contributed to major art journals: Watercolor Magic,{{Cite journal|last=Watercolor Magic|title=Signs of Life|journal=Watercolor Magic|issue=Autumn 2002|date= October 2002|pages=46–52}}{{Cite journal|last=Watercolor Magic|title=Watercolor the World Over|issue=June 2005|date=June 2005|pages=63}} The Artist's Magazine{{Cite journal|last=The Artist's Magazine|title=The Perfect Stroke|journal=The Artist's Magazine|issue=December 2004|date=December 2004|pages=60–65}} and International Artist{{Cite journal|last=International Artist|title=Seeing with Fresh Eyes|journal=International Artist|issue=54|date=April–May 2007|pages=44–51}}
His watercolor artwork Trafalgar was included in Watercolor Splash 8 New Discovery.{{Cite journal|last=Splash 8 |title=Watercolor New Discovery |date=1 August 2004|page=30}}
Education
- Nanyang Technological University Bachelor of Applied Science, Materials Engineering.{{Cite web | title = ng woon lam | publisher = Ng Woon Lam Biodata | url = http://www.ngwoonlam.com/oil/MyBioData.htm | access-date = 18 October 2008 }}
- National University of Singapore Master of Science, Materials Engineering and Science.
- New York Academy of Art Master of Fine Art, Figurative Painting
- His artworks are represented by [http://www.lifineart.com Li Fine Art Gallery], Singapore{{Cite web | title = woon | publisher = Li Fine Art Gallery | url = http://www.lifineart.com/woon.htm | access-date = 8 October 2008 }}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.ngwoonlam.com }}
- [http://www.lifineart.com/woon.htm Li Fine Art Gallery] – profile of Ng Woon Lam
- [http://www.watercolour.org.sg/members/ngwoonlam.html Singapore Watercolour Society] – profile of Ng Woon Lam
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