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ARTWORKS

Natthawut Singthong (Thailand)	Kheng-Li Wee (Singapore)	Rieswandi (Indonesia)
Jeremy Sharma (Singapore)	WWolfgang Widmoser (Indonesia)g	paintings, drawings, sketches of Michelle

EXHIBITIONS | PROJECTS | EVENTS

	TIAN MANGZI apples/planets solo exhibition @ Art Forum, Singapore | 27 - 31 March 2007 click here to see the artworks
UGO UNTORO short short stories solo exhibition @ Art Forum, Singapore | 27 Jan - 10 Feb 2007 an exhibition jointly organised by Art Forum & Michelle Chin click here to see artworks by Ugo Untoro
	TIAN MANGZI: 16 APEL solo exhibition @ Emmitan Fine Art Gallery, Surabaya | 17 Dec 2006 - 7 January 2007 an exhibition jointly organised by Emmitan Fine Art Gallery & Michelle Chin click here for more images and info
YUNIZAR: CORETAN RASA solo exhibition @ Emmitan Fine Art Gallery, Surabaya 26 November - 12 December 2006 more info an exhibition jointly organised by Emmitan Fine Art Gallery & Michelle Chin
	NATTHAWUT SING-THONG solo exhibition | From Bang-Kra-Thing to the Spiritual Forest and places in between Natthawut Sing-Thong @ Art Forum Singapore 4-22 Nov 2006 an exhibition jointly organised by Art Forum & Michelle Chin
UGO UNTORO Short Short Stories by Ugo Untoro @ Valentine Willie Fine Art Project Gallery 7 October – 4 November 2006 click here to view invitation card click here for the texts of Ugo Untoro's "Short Short Stories" that were read on 14 October 2006 @ VWFA, KL an exhibition jointly organised by VWFA & Michelle Chin artworks by ugo untoro
makan seni rupa / eat art	makan seni rupa / eat art group exhibition @ michelle chin's house in jogjakarta 7 April - 1 May 2005
INSIDE-OUT: ruang per ruang project #2 @ michelle chin's house in jogjakarta creation of artworks by 11 artists: september to november 2004 exhibition: 13 december 2004 to 28 february 2005
	pentas boneka / puppet show BONCAMYANG lakon "Ratu Bersin" / The Sneezing Queen @ michelle chin's house, september 2004

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WRITINGS BY MICHELLE CHIN

Apel / Planet Dalam Lukisan Tian Mangzi
published in Michelle Chin, 16 Apel Tian Mangzi. Surabaya: Emmitan Fine Art Gallery, 2006

Tian Mangzi’s Apples / Planets
published in Michelle Chin, 16 Apel Tian Mangzi. Surabaya: Emmitan Fine Art Gallery, 2006

Percakapan dengan Yunizar
published in Michelle Chin, Coretan Rasa Yunizar. Surabaya: Emmitan Fine Art Gallery, 2006

Earl Lu @ 80: Beyond the Golden Mean
essay for exhibition catalogue Earl Lu @ 80: Beyond the Golden Mean, exhibition held at Art Forum, Singapore, September 2005

Inside Out, Ruang per Ruang / Space by Space… in my home
Latitudes magazine, Feb 2005 issue

Spaced Out in Jogja
Jakarta Kini, Feb 2005 issue

Spaced Out in Jogja
Garuda Inflight Magazine, Jan 2005 issue

Inside Out : ruangperruang . . . . . in my home
for exhibition catalogue Inside Out: Ruang per Ruang #2, exhibition held at Rumah Michelle Chin, Yogyakarta, 2004

BALI, paradise created
essay for exhibition catalogue Bali Temptation at Galeri Langgeng, Magelang, June 2004

Dr Oei Hong Djien: An Addiction to Art
Garuda Inflight Magazine, June 2004

Travelling with Artists in the Northern Territory, Australia
Garuda Inflight Magazine, May 2004

Art Galleries in Bali: Focus on Contemporary Art
Garuda Inflight Magazine, April 2004

Bali & Jogja – Ruang & Waktu
for exhibition catalogue: Danu, Arnata, Santiyasa – Dari Dalam Diri, exhibition held at Art Centre, Bali in August 2003

Discovering the Big Picture of Asian Art
preface to book: Understanding Contemporary Southeast Asian Art (Singapore: Art Forum, 2003)

Radical Shit in Jogja: Expect the Unexpected
forthcoming, Latitudes magazine

Impressions of Indonesia
Foreword for exhibition catalogue," The Impressionists", organised by Garisart, Jakarta, 2003

Pulling out all the Stops in Singapore, Global City for the Arts
forthcoming, Mercantile World, September/October 2002

Saturday Nite in Bali
Latitudes, Vol. 20, September 2002

Apotik Komik are Going to Paint the Town Red and blue and green and brown
and yellow and black and white and . . . .
Latitudes, Vol. 20, September 2002

Indonesian Art Hits the Circuit at the Singapore, Jakarta and Hong Kong auctions
Island Life, No. 11, 2002
Form and Nothingness
exhibition catalogue, AIDA by Peter Dittmar,Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore, September 2002

Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Jogjakarta
Latitudes, Vol. 18, July 2002

Balinese Paintings in the Big Picture of Asian Art
Bali Echo, June-July 2002

Lempuyang Community of Fine Arts: Group activity at its Best
* exhibition catalogue, "Irama Kesadaran" by Kelompok Lempuyang, exhibition held at Art Centre, Denpasar, Bali, May 2002

Art or Home Furnishings?
Latitudes, Vol. 12, January 2002

Contemporary Art in Jogja: Art Houses, Galleries and Street Art
Island Life, No. 7, 2001

Bali in Film: From the Documentary Films of Sanghyang and Kecak Dance (1926) to Bali Hai in Hollywood's South Pacific (1958)
Bali Echo, August/September 2001

Paul Husner's Bali
Jakarta Kini, July 2001

Art Galleries in Bali - Focus on Contemporary Art
Island Life, No. 6, 2001

Ni Ketut Cenik: Legendary Dancer of Bali

some of the above writings have been translated into Bahasa Indonesia
click here to go to index page for writings
(if it has been translated, you will see a link to "versi Bahasa Indonesia", under the original title of an article/essay)

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