Born in 1963 in the Malaysian state of Kedah, Jayson Yeoh is
a self-taught watercolor artist. His passion and love for art started at young
age. His artistic and self-exploration journey was bittersweet and full of ups
and downs. However, his persistency and perseverance brought him to what and
who he is currently.
Reminiscing the past, he was once in a dilemma of choosing
his own life career – to be an art educator or an artist. After due diligence
and consideration, he decided to choose the former due to life’s demands and
expectations.
Therefore, YS Art Centre was formally established by him in
1991. Being in the industry for two decades, he had received the Outstanding
Teacher Award from the Education Bureau of Shanghai , Hangzhou and Beijing,
China and many other institutions for his excellence in teaching art.
Although he had been active in the art education industry
for many years, his enthusiasm and passion for artistic endeavours were still
burning in his heart. In recent years, he gradually eased himself from the
hectic schedule of teaching and took time out to paint or do outdoor
landscaping and sharpen his skills. Shifting from being an educator to an
artist, he still felt that being an artist or painter is still his forte.
Besides that, he also enjoys travelling and painting as such activities allow
him to understand better the culture and customs of the locals.
His artworks have been selected for numerous exhibitions and
competitions in both local and international juried exhibitions. In 1994, he
won the Honorable Mention Award in the National Youth Open Watercolour
Competition organised by the Malaysia Teo Chew Association. In 2006, his work
was selected for the National ‘Enchanting Colourful’ Watercolor Open. His artwork ‘Serenity’ won him the Second
Place Founders Award in the 2013 International Watermedia ‘Legacy’ Exhibition
in The Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, USA. Among his best achievements include
‘The Wittnauer Watch Award’ -87th Annual Open Juried Exhibition by The Canadian
Society of Painters in Watercolor 2012 and the ‘Award of Distinction’ by the
Missouri International Annual Open Juried Exhibition 2013.
In 2014, another of his artworks won the Artist Merit Award
at the International Annual Open Exhibition by the Missouri Watercolor Society,
USA and he has recently been awarded with the Signature Status by the MOWS.
He is currently a member of the Contemporary Malaysian
Watercolorists Association (CMWA) , Singapore Watercolour Society (SWS) and the
Penang Watercolour Society (PWCS)
Jayson Yeoh has actively participated in numerous
exhibitions all over the world. He was one of invited guest of honor in ‘The
3rd GNWP China , Shanghai Exhibition’ , ‘The World Watermedia Exposition’
,Thailand 2014,The 1st International Watercolor Exhibition-IWS Vietnam 2015,The World Watercolor Triennale-Korea
Watercolor Association 2015,70th Anniversary of The Basque Watercolour
Association Exhibition (BWA) : 21st Century Watercolour, a vision of future,
Bilbao, Spain 2015, Homer Lover and
Peace through Art Watercolour festival & Contest, Municipality of Bornova, Turkey2015, The Incheon Global
Cities Art Exhibition , Incheon International
Watercolour Association , Korea 2015 and
Master of Watercolor,Saint Petersburg 2015.
His works are in the collections of Citi Bank Kuala Lumpur,
Mr. Roland Folger (President & CEO of Mercedes- Benz) and Mr.Lim It Leang
(The Art Brush Studio-Langkawi).
Despite his list of achievements, he never rests on his
laurels and constantly strives to pursue greater heights and achievements in
the art of watercolour painting.
Indefinite Irrelevance #38, watercolor
