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KWOK KAY CHOEY 徐 國 基 IS A BI-CULTURAL ARTIST, and a TAI CHI INSTRUCTOR.

HE WAS EXPOSED TO BOTH EASTERN ART AND WESTERN ART while growing up in Singapore. His father was a fine art artist. His grandmother had a fish farm which gave him an opportunity to get closer to nature. He was a student of master artist Chen Wen-Hsi in Chinese painting and western painting. He also received his education at the Teachers' Training College, Singapore.He studied contemporary art at The Art Students League in 1962.And he was winner of the 1966 Edward G. McDowell Traveling Scholarship.

HIS ART WORKS are widely exhibited and collected by various institutes, including the Singapore Art Museum. He is a member of the Contemporary Artists Guild of New York. He is also a performing member for The Chinese Music Ensemble of New York.

A RENOWNED ART EDUCATOR He teaches students of all ages and of different backgrounds. He had given Chinese painting demonstrations at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and at The American Museum of Natural History in the 1990s.He was an adjunct professor of Chinese Art at Westchester Community College Center for the Art.He has conducted workshop series for the Brooklyn Public Library and for public schools in New York.He is an instructor for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden continuing education program and for the Greenwich House Older Adult Center art classes.

A TAI CHI INSTRUCTOR. A practitioner of tai chi/qigong for more tha 50 years, he often participates in tai chi seminars in Asia. He has instructor certification in Tai Chi for Arthritis from the Dr. Paul Lam Tai Chi for Health Intitute. He practices the Yang style, tracing tai chi's martial arts origins while emphasizing its health benefits.He is an instructor for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden continuing education program. He also teaches at older adult centers in New York.

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