Tan Choon Ghee is one of the most established artists in Malaysia. Born in 1930, Choon Ghee comes from Penang where he studied art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1951. He would then continue to study at the Slade School of Art in the United Kingdom in 1958 where he would eventually be awarded with scholarships from the West Germany government as well as the Australian Broadcasting Commission of Australia.
