Jimmy Quek began learning art in 1971. He has been practising art full time
since 1986. He has held 11 one-man art exhibitions and participated in more
than 80 group art exhibitions in Yokohama, Kobe, Sapporo, Rotterdam, New
York, Washington DC, Indianapolis, Dallas, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Beijing, Quanzhou, Shanghai, Korea, Fukuoka,
Osaka, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines, Indonesia,
Malaysia and Singapore.
Jimmy signs his painting "Prabhakara" which in Sanskrit means "source of
light".
Jimmy was the winner of First Prize IBM Art Award Singapore in 1988. He was
awarded Merit Award and Highly Commended Work in IBM Singapore Art
Award 1988 and 1987, Certificates of Commendation in Painting of the Year
Exhibition in 1983 and 1986. He was awarded Third Prize in National Art
Competition, Western Painting Open Section in 1974.
He has judged several local and regional art competitions. He has served as
External Assessor for Diploma in Visual Art Assessments for 2-D Studies in
the School of Fine Art, LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts. He was a member of
the Course Accreditation Committee for Department of 2D and 3D Studies of
LaSalle- SIA College of the Arts, Singapore.
Jimmy’s paintings adorn major areas of corporations, institutions, ministries,
convention centre, airline lounges, banks, hospitals, offices and homes of art
lovers and art collectors worldwide. His works are in the permanent
collection of Singapore Art Museum.
He was requested to conduct Sketching/Drawing (Elementary / Intermediate
/ Advanced levels) lessons and acrylic painting courses at Federation of Art
Societies, Singapore when it was located at Church Street in the early 90s. He
conducted painting workshops for teachers at Metta School in 2003 and
taught art at Siglap Community Centre and Mountbatten Community Centre
in the 80s.
Jimmy commits to making himself available for those who require artistic
assistance and visual art consultation. He shares his skills and experiences in
the field of visual art with those who wish to discover the joy of art making at
his home studio at Tampines. He has ongoing drawing and painting lessons
available for adults and kids in Singapore since 2009.
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46 years of art making by
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Singapore artist Prabhakara Jimmy Quek and his painting at
Raffles City Convention Centre