Born in Singapore
Education
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) - University of Tasmania at Launceston, Australia
1991 Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) - LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore
1986 G.C.E. 'N' Level - Mount Vernon Secondary School, Singapore
1982 Kong Hwa Primary School, Singapore
Honors
1997 Artist Resident at "Yaddo", Saratoga Spring, New York Upstate, USA
Awards
2001 The Young Artist Award
Conferrer by The National Arts Council, Singapore
1993 The UOB Painting of the Year Award
The United Overseas Bank 12th Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore
Highly Commended Award
The United Overseas Bank 12th Painting of the Year Competition - Singapore
Certificate of Distinction
Philippe Charriol Foundation Contemporary Art Competition, Singapore
1992 Highly Commended Award
The United Overseas Bank 11th Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore
1991 Highly Commended Award
The United Overseas Bank 10th Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore
1987 Appreciation Plate Awarded Mountbatten RC Zone '5', Singapore
Community Work
2012 (2011 - 2012) Volunteering & Providing Adult Private Painting Arts lesson for Mouth
and Foot Painter Mr. Stanley Lim, Singapore
Invited by Mouth and Foot, a non-profit Organization to conduct three days Arts Workshop for
Indonesian and Bangkok Foot Artists at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore
2011 Volunteering & Providing Adult Private Painting Arts lesson for Mouth and Foot Painter Mr. Daniel Tan,
Singapore
2010 Volunteering & providing painting Arts lesson for small group of disabled Adults. Organized by Bizlink a
non-Profit Organization, Singapore
2007 (2005 - 2007) Volunteering & Providing Adult Private Painting Arts lesson for Mouth and Foot Painter Late
Mr. Johnny Ang Yam Kwang , Singapore
2006 Volunteering & Providing A Group of Adult Advanced Painting Arts Lessons for Very Special Arts, Singapore
2005 Volunteering and conducting two adult artists from Very Special Arts in Mural Painting Design at West
Coast Park, organized by Ministry of Environmental, Singapore.
Conducting two-day volunteer painting indoor & outdoor lessons with Very Special Artist’s at Sungei Bulok,
Singapore
Assist Professor Tommy Koh to arrange with few artists’ to donate their Arts works for raising fund for the
Counselor II to Honor The Late Brother Joseph McNally Project in - Ireland
2003 Invited to do a painting: "Inspiring Hope” Poem for “HE MR President S.R Nathan for the President's
Challenge Launch Concert 2003" at the Raffles Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
1992 (1991 - 1992) Conducted private oil painting arts classes for adults at Marine Bay Shopping Centre,
Singapore
1992 (1991 - 1992) Part time gallery assistant at Shenn’s fine Arts Gallery, Singapore
1990 Participated in Mural Arts Painting Project at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
1987 Participated in Mural Art Painting Project at HDB flat Mountbatten RC Zone '5', Singapore
Solo Exhibitions
2008 “Raymond Lau Charity Arts Exhibition”, organized by Tzu Chi Foundation (non-profit organization) to help the
victims of China Sichuan Earthquake and Myanmar Cyclone disasters, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery,
Singapore
“Painterly Dissertation on Tan Swie Hian” - 8th Solo Arts Exhibition organized by Tan Swie Hian Museum
and Candid Creation Publishing LLP, at Tan Swie Hian Museum, Singapore
2006 “The Wall, the World” - 7th Solo Exhibition organized by Liu Hai Su Arts Museum, at
Liu Hai Su Arts Museum, Shanghai, China
2003 “Mural...musing on my wall” - 6th Solo Arts Exhibition organized by Alliance Francaise de Singapour,
at Alliance Francaise de Singapur Gallery, Singapore
2002 “Motherland” - organized by Utterly Arts Exhibition Space, at Utterly Arts, Singapore
2000 “Canvas to Canvas”, by Raymond Lau Poo Seng - organized by Substation, at The Substation
Arts Gallery, Singapore
1998 “Journey to the West”, by Raymond Lau Poo Seng - organized by The National Arts Club, at The Gregg and
Marquis Galleries, New York, USA
1997 Reality: Seen and Imagined - Pictures by Raymond Lau Poo Seng, at The Substation Gallery, Singapore
1994 Raymond Lau - The Experience since September 22, 1993 … , at Empress Place Museum, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2012 “Identity – A Journey Of Self Discovery” – Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition at Changi City Point
Shopping Centre (Atrium , Basement 1)
2011 “Art is a lie” – Telok Kurau Studios 14th Annual Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
“Yesterday Once More” –Very Special Arts Annual Arts Exhibition at RafflesCity Shopping Centre,
Level 3, City Square, Singapore
“Beyond A Prize” - United Oversea Bank 30 years of the Painting Of The Year Arts Competition,
at ION Arts Gallery, Orchard, Singapore
2010 “Forgetting the Roses” – Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
“Singapore Arts Preview”, organized by Singapore Arts Show and specially invited by Very Specially Arts
Artist’s, at ION Arts Gallery, Orchard , Singapore
2009 “Modern Hermit” - Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
2008 Very Special Arts Artist’s Exhibition at Orchard Forum Gallery, Singapore
“Welcome To My World”-Very Special Arts Annual Arts Exhibition at Raffles City Shopping Centre, Level 3,
and City Square, Singapore
A Decade Commemorating (1997~2007) – Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts
Gallery, Singapore
2007 Very Special Arts - Sale of Painting at Orchard Forum Gallery, Singapore
“The Best of UOB, the 26 winning works from the UOB painting of the year Arts competition”,
organized by United Overseas Bank, at Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore
“Singapore Arts Show 2007”, invited by National Arts Council, Singapore Arts Museum & National Heritage
Board, at Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore
2006 “Stepping Out” – Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition at Raffles City Shopping Centre/ Level 1, and
City Square, Singapore
2005 Singapore Arts Society Exhibition ’05 at Ngee Ann Culture Centre, Singapore
The Five Elements/ The Elements of Arts – Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition at Raffles City Shopping
Centre/ Level 1, and City Square, Singapore
2004 Singapore Arts Society 55th Annual Exhibition at Ngee Ann Culture Centre, Singapore
Charity Auction for Counselor II Project to Honor The Late Brother Joseph McNally, at Singapore Arts
Museum, Singapore
“Bring Arts Together”, organized by Path Fiesta at Istana Park, Singapore
2002 Telok Kurau Annual Arts Shown at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
2001 Diversity, organized by Singapore Arts Society Exhibition, at MITA Building Courtyard, Singapore
Singapore Arts, organized by Sunjin Arts Galleries at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore
The Spirit Within - Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Gallery, Singapore
Mini Painting Arts Exhibition, organized by Singapore Arts Society, at Singapore General Hospital,
Singapore
Mini Painting Arts Exhibition, organized by Singapore Arts Society, at Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore
2000 Invitation from Prime Minister of Singapore Mr. Goh Chok Tong, exhibiting my paintings in his office at The
Istana, Singapore
'IN SYNC', organized by Blue Lotus Fine Arts, at Orchard Point Exhibition Hall, Singapore
Telok Kurau Studios Arts 2000 Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
1999 Singapore Arts Society 30th Anniversary, at Orchard Paragon Arts Gallery, Singapore
International Symposium: City/Community - Nokia Singapore Arts 1999, at Singapore Arts Museum
1998 President’s Charity Arts Exhibition, at Tourism Court, Singapore
Mini Painting Arts Exhibition organized by Singapore Arts Society, at Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore
Open House cum Arts Exhibition, at Tourism Court, Singapore
1997 Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition, at Raffles City, Singapore
'Arts Power' Exhibition, at CHIJMES, Singapore
Arts Expo'97, at World Trade Centre, Singapore
1996 The Singapore Arts Society – Art 96’, at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, NAFA Gallery, Singapore
‘Crossing Cultures’ – Arts, at Scotts Lounge, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Singapore
1995 'Singapore Arts Fair 95', at Singapore International Convention Centre, Suntec City, Singapore
The UOB 13th Painting of the Year Arts Competition, at United Overseas Bank Plaza 1, Singapore
'University Fine Arts Graduation Show', at University of Tasmania Arts Gallery, Australia
'From Another Place', at Drawing Exhibition University of Tasmania Arts Gallery, Australia
'In Difference', at Paintings Exhibition, University of Tasmania Gallery, Australia
'Royal Launceston Show', at the Trust Bank Pavilion, Launceston, Australia
1994 NUS Student Union Arts Exhibition, at National University, Singapore
1993 The UOB 12th Painting of the Year Competition, at LaSalle College of the Arts, Cultural Hall, Singapore
'Singapore Artist’s Directory', at Empress Place Museum, Singapore
Cap II - "Happening '93", at Shenn's Fine Arts Gallery, Singapore
1993 (1992 - 1993) Philippe Charriol Foundation Contemporary Arts Competition, at Oriental Hotel, Paragon
Shopping Centre, OUB Centre, Parkway Parade and Centrepoint, Singapore
1992 'Singapore Arts Fair '92', at IMM Exhibition Centre, Singapore
The UOB 11th Painting of the Year Arts Competition, at Museum Arts Gallery, Singapore
'Figurative 92', at Shenn's Fine Arts Gallery, Singapore
'The Space' - Festival of Arts Fringe Event at Hong Bee Warehouse, Singapore
'Arts and Material 92', at Museum Arts Gallery, Singapore
1991 'Impression' LaSalle's Diploma Show, at Empress Place Museum, Singapore
The UOB 10th Painting of the Year Arts Competition, at Museum Arts Gallery, Singapore
NTU Student Union Arts Exhibition, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1990 Arts and Antiques Exhibition, at World Trade Centre, Singapore
Corporate Collection
- Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore
- National Arts Council, Singapore
- United Overseas Bank, Singapore
- The Development Bank, Singapore
- National University, Singapore
- The Singapore Management University, Singapore
- The National Arts Club, New York, USA
- Pan Pacific Publications, Singapore
- Singapore Recreation Club, Singapore
- Cantonment Police Headquarter, Singapore
Private Collection
- HE Mr S.R. Nathan, President of Singapore, Singapore
- Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-At-Large, Singapore
- Mr. Tan Swie Hian
- Mr. T.K. Sabapathy
- Professor Arthur Lim
- Mr. Ching Ling Seow
- Mrs. Lee Yue Yue
- Ms. Chng Seok Tin
- Mr. Woon Wee Teng
- Mr. Lye Swee Koon
- Mr. Ritesh
- Ms. Mun Lee
- Ms. Cindy Ang
Education
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) - University of Tasmania at Launceston, Australia
1991 Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) - LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore
1986 G.C.E. 'N' Level - Mount Vernon Secondary School, Singapore
1982 Kong Hwa Primary School, Singapore
Honors
1997 Artist Resident at "Yaddo", Saratoga Spring, New York Upstate, USA
Awards
2001 The Young Artist Award
Conferrer by The National Arts Council, Singapore
1993 The UOB Painting of the Year Award
The United Overseas Bank 12th Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore
Highly Commended Award
The United Overseas Bank 12th Painting of the Year Competition - Singapore
Certificate of Distinction
Philippe Charriol Foundation Contemporary Art Competition, Singapore
1992 Highly Commended Award
The United Overseas Bank 11th Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore
1991 Highly Commended Award
The United Overseas Bank 10th Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore
1987 Appreciation Plate Awarded Mountbatten RC Zone '5', Singapore
Community Work
2012 (2011 - 2012) Volunteering & Providing Adult Private Painting Arts lesson for Mouth
and Foot Painter Mr. Stanley Lim, Singapore
Invited by Mouth and Foot, a non-profit Organization to conduct three days Arts Workshop for
Indonesian and Bangkok Foot Artists at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore
2011 Volunteering & Providing Adult Private Painting Arts lesson for Mouth and Foot Painter Mr. Daniel Tan,
Singapore
2010 Volunteering & providing painting Arts lesson for small group of disabled Adults. Organized by Bizlink a
non-Profit Organization, Singapore
2007 (2005 - 2007) Volunteering & Providing Adult Private Painting Arts lesson for Mouth and Foot Painter Late
Mr. Johnny Ang Yam Kwang , Singapore
2006 Volunteering & Providing A Group of Adult Advanced Painting Arts Lessons for Very Special Arts, Singapore
2005 Volunteering and conducting two adult artists from Very Special Arts in Mural Painting Design at West
Coast Park, organized by Ministry of Environmental, Singapore.
Conducting two-day volunteer painting indoor & outdoor lessons with Very Special Artist’s at Sungei Bulok,
Singapore
Assist Professor Tommy Koh to arrange with few artists’ to donate their Arts works for raising fund for the
Counselor II to Honor The Late Brother Joseph McNally Project in - Ireland
2003 Invited to do a painting: "Inspiring Hope” Poem for “HE MR President S.R Nathan for the President's
Challenge Launch Concert 2003" at the Raffles Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
1992 (1991 - 1992) Conducted private oil painting arts classes for adults at Marine Bay Shopping Centre,
Singapore
1992 (1991 - 1992) Part time gallery assistant at Shenn’s fine Arts Gallery, Singapore
1990 Participated in Mural Arts Painting Project at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
1987 Participated in Mural Art Painting Project at HDB flat Mountbatten RC Zone '5', Singapore
Solo Exhibitions
2008 “Raymond Lau Charity Arts Exhibition”, organized by Tzu Chi Foundation (non-profit organization) to help the
victims of China Sichuan Earthquake and Myanmar Cyclone disasters, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery,
Singapore
“Painterly Dissertation on Tan Swie Hian” - 8th Solo Arts Exhibition organized by Tan Swie Hian Museum
and Candid Creation Publishing LLP, at Tan Swie Hian Museum, Singapore
2006 “The Wall, the World” - 7th Solo Exhibition organized by Liu Hai Su Arts Museum, at
Liu Hai Su Arts Museum, Shanghai, China
2003 “Mural...musing on my wall” - 6th Solo Arts Exhibition organized by Alliance Francaise de Singapour,
at Alliance Francaise de Singapur Gallery, Singapore
2002 “Motherland” - organized by Utterly Arts Exhibition Space, at Utterly Arts, Singapore
2000 “Canvas to Canvas”, by Raymond Lau Poo Seng - organized by Substation, at The Substation
Arts Gallery, Singapore
1998 “Journey to the West”, by Raymond Lau Poo Seng - organized by The National Arts Club, at The Gregg and
Marquis Galleries, New York, USA
1997 Reality: Seen and Imagined - Pictures by Raymond Lau Poo Seng, at The Substation Gallery, Singapore
1994 Raymond Lau - The Experience since September 22, 1993 … , at Empress Place Museum, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2012 “Identity – A Journey Of Self Discovery” – Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition at Changi City Point
Shopping Centre (Atrium , Basement 1)
2011 “Art is a lie” – Telok Kurau Studios 14th Annual Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
“Yesterday Once More” –Very Special Arts Annual Arts Exhibition at RafflesCity Shopping Centre,
Level 3, City Square, Singapore
“Beyond A Prize” - United Oversea Bank 30 years of the Painting Of The Year Arts Competition,
at ION Arts Gallery, Orchard, Singapore
2010 “Forgetting the Roses” – Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
“Singapore Arts Preview”, organized by Singapore Arts Show and specially invited by Very Specially Arts
Artist’s, at ION Arts Gallery, Orchard , Singapore
2009 “Modern Hermit” - Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
2008 Very Special Arts Artist’s Exhibition at Orchard Forum Gallery, Singapore
“Welcome To My World”-Very Special Arts Annual Arts Exhibition at Raffles City Shopping Centre, Level 3,
and City Square, Singapore
A Decade Commemorating (1997~2007) – Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts
Gallery, Singapore
2007 Very Special Arts - Sale of Painting at Orchard Forum Gallery, Singapore
“The Best of UOB, the 26 winning works from the UOB painting of the year Arts competition”,
organized by United Overseas Bank, at Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore
“Singapore Arts Show 2007”, invited by National Arts Council, Singapore Arts Museum & National Heritage
Board, at Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore
2006 “Stepping Out” – Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition at Raffles City Shopping Centre/ Level 1, and
City Square, Singapore
2005 Singapore Arts Society Exhibition ’05 at Ngee Ann Culture Centre, Singapore
The Five Elements/ The Elements of Arts – Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition at Raffles City Shopping
Centre/ Level 1, and City Square, Singapore
2004 Singapore Arts Society 55th Annual Exhibition at Ngee Ann Culture Centre, Singapore
Charity Auction for Counselor II Project to Honor The Late Brother Joseph McNally, at Singapore Arts
Museum, Singapore
“Bring Arts Together”, organized by Path Fiesta at Istana Park, Singapore
2002 Telok Kurau Annual Arts Shown at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
2001 Diversity, organized by Singapore Arts Society Exhibition, at MITA Building Courtyard, Singapore
Singapore Arts, organized by Sunjin Arts Galleries at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore
The Spirit Within - Telok Kurau Studios Annual Arts Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Gallery, Singapore
Mini Painting Arts Exhibition, organized by Singapore Arts Society, at Singapore General Hospital,
Singapore
Mini Painting Arts Exhibition, organized by Singapore Arts Society, at Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore
2000 Invitation from Prime Minister of Singapore Mr. Goh Chok Tong, exhibiting my paintings in his office at The
Istana, Singapore
'IN SYNC', organized by Blue Lotus Fine Arts, at Orchard Point Exhibition Hall, Singapore
Telok Kurau Studios Arts 2000 Exhibition, at Telok Kurau Arts Gallery, Singapore
1999 Singapore Arts Society 30th Anniversary, at Orchard Paragon Arts Gallery, Singapore
International Symposium: City/Community - Nokia Singapore Arts 1999, at Singapore Arts Museum
1998 President’s Charity Arts Exhibition, at Tourism Court, Singapore
Mini Painting Arts Exhibition organized by Singapore Arts Society, at Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore
Open House cum Arts Exhibition, at Tourism Court, Singapore
1997 Very Special Arts Annual Exhibition, at Raffles City, Singapore
'Arts Power' Exhibition, at CHIJMES, Singapore
Arts Expo'97, at World Trade Centre, Singapore
1996 The Singapore Arts Society – Art 96’, at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, NAFA Gallery, Singapore
‘Crossing Cultures’ – Arts, at Scotts Lounge, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Singapore
1995 'Singapore Arts Fair 95', at Singapore International Convention Centre, Suntec City, Singapore
The UOB 13th Painting of the Year Arts Competition, at United Overseas Bank Plaza 1, Singapore
'University Fine Arts Graduation Show', at University of Tasmania Arts Gallery, Australia
'From Another Place', at Drawing Exhibition University of Tasmania Arts Gallery, Australia
'In Difference', at Paintings Exhibition, University of Tasmania Gallery, Australia
'Royal Launceston Show', at the Trust Bank Pavilion, Launceston, Australia
1994 NUS Student Union Arts Exhibition, at National University, Singapore
1993 The UOB 12th Painting of the Year Competition, at LaSalle College of the Arts, Cultural Hall, Singapore
'Singapore Artist’s Directory', at Empress Place Museum, Singapore
Cap II - "Happening '93", at Shenn's Fine Arts Gallery, Singapore
1993 (1992 - 1993) Philippe Charriol Foundation Contemporary Arts Competition, at Oriental Hotel, Paragon
Shopping Centre, OUB Centre, Parkway Parade and Centrepoint, Singapore
1992 'Singapore Arts Fair '92', at IMM Exhibition Centre, Singapore
The UOB 11th Painting of the Year Arts Competition, at Museum Arts Gallery, Singapore
'Figurative 92', at Shenn's Fine Arts Gallery, Singapore
'The Space' - Festival of Arts Fringe Event at Hong Bee Warehouse, Singapore
'Arts and Material 92', at Museum Arts Gallery, Singapore
1991 'Impression' LaSalle's Diploma Show, at Empress Place Museum, Singapore
The UOB 10th Painting of the Year Arts Competition, at Museum Arts Gallery, Singapore
NTU Student Union Arts Exhibition, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1990 Arts and Antiques Exhibition, at World Trade Centre, Singapore
Corporate Collection
- Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore
- National Arts Council, Singapore
- United Overseas Bank, Singapore
- The Development Bank, Singapore
- National University, Singapore
- The Singapore Management University, Singapore
- The National Arts Club, New York, USA
- Pan Pacific Publications, Singapore
- Singapore Recreation Club, Singapore
- Cantonment Police Headquarter, Singapore
Private Collection
- HE Mr S.R. Nathan, President of Singapore, Singapore
- Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-At-Large, Singapore
- Mr. Tan Swie Hian
- Mr. T.K. Sabapathy
- Professor Arthur Lim
- Mr. Ching Ling Seow
- Mrs. Lee Yue Yue
- Ms. Chng Seok Tin
- Mr. Woon Wee Teng
- Mr. Lye Swee Koon
- Mr. Ritesh
- Ms. Mun Lee
- Ms. Cindy Ang