Phoenix Art Gallery - Dharmawangsa Square

Phoenix Art Gallery offers features and displays works from one of Indonesia's renowned senior artist, Tio Tjay, whose paintings carry his signature containing daring colours from a wide range of the colour palette. Every painting bears a provocative message regarding nature, its cry for preservation, and a silent prophecy of the destruction of this earth by mankind.
Tio Tjay's masterpiece appear in full color, in the form of a dynamic and rich compositional variations. The Canvases never stop showing tranquility, shade, as well as radiation of tropic’s atmosphere warmth. He brought the authenticity of Indonesia and Brazil to the canvas without leaving his Indonesian soul as a painter who have had learnt the Chinese style painting. Tio Tjay’s painting show that character is strong, mighty, and masculine through acrylic paint. Whereas with watercolors he expresses the tenderness. Tio Tjay not only actively organizes exhibitions in Indonesia but also in Brazil, Paraguay, Italy and Japan.

Biography
1946 – Born in Jakarta
1956 – Studied at Young Painter Association in Jakarta
1957 – Collective Exhibition at Ypung Painter Association in Jakarta
1959 – Collective Exhibition in Jakarta
1967 – Went to Brazil, stayed in Sao Paulo
1969 – Individual Exhibition, G.F. Domingo – Sao Paulo
The Second Collective Exhibition of Sao Gaetano Do Sul CONTEMPORARY ART – Sao Paulo
The Third Collective Exhibition of Campinas Youth Painter – Sao Paulo
The THIRTEEN Collective Exhibition of Brazillian Japanese Cultural Association – Sao Paulo
Member of AIAP ( International Association of Plastic Art ) – Unesco
1970 – Pre BIENAL – Sao Paulo
The Second Collective Exhibition, MUSEUM CONTEMPORARY ART – Sao Paulo
Third Collective Exhibition of Campinas CONTEMPOLARARY ART – Sao Paulo
1971 – Move to Manaus – Amazone
1976 – The Seventh Collective Exhibition of Santo Andre Contemporary Art – Sao Paulo
1977 – Bienal Sao Paulo
Art ECOLOGI – Sao Paulo
The Forty – First Collective Exhibition of Arts – Sao Paulo
The Twentieth Collective Exhibition Sao Bernado DO Campas CONTEMPORARY ART – Sao Paulo
1978 – The Eighteenth Collective Exhibition of Art Ecologi Rio de Janeiro
Santos Collective Exhibition – Sao Paulo
1979 – Individual Exhibition of G. Paulo Prado – Sao Paulo
Individual Exhibition sponsored by Mr. / Mrs. Adiwoso Abubakar, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Brazil
1980 – Museum Imegem e Som – Sao Paulo
Individual Exhibition of G.Sades Santos – Sao Paulo
1981 – Individual Exhibition of G.Sepia-Asunction – Paragu
Individual Exhibition sponsored by Glasurit ( group BASF ), Maison Franca – Sao Paulo
1982 – Visited Italy
Collective Exhibition with Mito Magia in Castello del’Ovo – Italy
The Third Collective Exhibition of Contemporary Art Rio Claro – Sao Paolo
1983 – Individual Exhibition sponsored by Amazone cultural Foundation in Galery Novetel – Amazone
1984 – Individual Exhibition of G. Cades – Santos
Collective Exhibition in the Cultural Foundation of Capital City – Brazil
1985 – Visited Japan as Brazillian – Japan Cultural member
Collective Exhibition at Tukuyama – Japan
Individual Exhibition at France Cultural Center in Jakarta
1986 – Individual Exhibition in Jogyakarta
Individual Exhibition in Bandung
Individual Exhibition in Surabaya
Individual Exhibition in Balikpapan
Collective Exhibition at Bursa, Hilton Hotel – Jakarta
1987 - Exhibition at Edwin Gallery – Jakarta
Individual Exhibition at Bank BCA & Gallery 8 – Jakarta
1990 – Exhibition at Edwin Gallery – Jakarta
1994 – Auctioneers Sotheby’s ( Nov ) – Amsterdam
Auctioneers Glerum ( Jun ) – Netherland
1995 – Attend the Bursa of Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia at Regent Hotel – Jakarta
1997 – Attend the Bursa of Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia at Regent Hotel – Jakarta
2000 – Two Painter Exhibition at Batavia Gallery – Singapore
2005 – Collective Exhibition with Indonesia National Gallery – Jakarta
Solo Exhibition at Malinda Art Gallery
Exhibition Golden Palatte at Pasar Seni Yaya Ancol – Jakarta
Collective Exhibition Syair Perkawinan at Canna Gallery – Jakarta
2013 – UOB Painting of The Year

Tio Tjay is a high technique painter. His Indonesian masterpiece summon the vision and tropical aspect from Brazil, with a magical taste. -Joy Luyten