Kee Yong Kam

Kam Kee Yong was born into humble beginnings in Penang, Malaysia in 1938 where he grew up in a very talented and musical family. Kam's keen interest in exploring the expression of both visual and aural colour has established him not only as a professional musician, but also a visual artist, with several solo exhibitions of his paintings.

In 1960, Kee Yong entered the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied the violin with Fredrick Grinke and Molly Mack, chamber music with Watson Forbes and composition with Alan Bush. While he was a student there, he won the John E. West Prize for composition and the Gowland Harrison Exhibition Award for violin. At the same time, Kee Yong was also giving art exhibitions of his own art works at the Cathay, Pugh and Carr, and Woodstock Galleries in London.

For Kee Yong, the sensations of the eye and ear are inseparable. He hears the colours of sound in his music as vividly as he sees the colours in his paintings. In both his music and art, Kee Yong draws inspiration from the Orient, Nature and Christianity. An avid researcher of ancient Chinese history, he has drawn upon this rich source to paint and compose. His music has been hailed by the Singapore Straits Times as "moving" and ha...

Publications
1963 - Commissioned by Cathay Arts Publications of London to do 13 artworks for publication into greeting cards for international distribution.

1982 - Commissioned by the Straits Times, Singapore, to do a series of over 20 sketches of musician characters for publication in the Straits Times.

2000 - Art book,"Colour and Sound" published.,

Exhibitions:
1958---Penang arts Council, Penang, Malaysia.
1963---Woodstock Gallery, London, U.K.
1964---Cathay Gallery, London, U.K.
1965---Pugh and Carr Gallery, London, U.K.
1965---Cathay Gallery, London, U.K.
1972---Singapore Art Society, Singapore Conference Hall, Singapore.
1990---Avant Garde Gallery, Oakville, Canada
1994---Sweeguan Gallery, Singapore
1997---Artfolio SPACE, Singapore
2000---Artfolio SPACE, Singapore