Year of Birth:
1946

Disability:
Partial Visual Impairment with 10 percent vision

Occupation:
Artist

Do art out of interest. Went with a friend to learn drawing from a teacher Mr Yeo Hwee Beng and was naturally addicted. Art is a part of life, to express myself and as a form of communication.

Chng Seok Tin, 54, is a renowned local professional printmaker with visual impairment. She obtained a Master of Art from New Mexico State University in 1981 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of

Iowa in 1985.

Seok Tin is an icon for women today with her optimism towards life despite her disability from a 1988 operation to remove a brain abscess, which left her with only 20% sight retention in her right eye. However, Seok Tin continues to produce works in no less quantity or quality, drawing from sources of inner feelings and memories. She has not allowed her impairment to deter her from living the life of an artist.

"The public should be more understanding towards the physical limitations imposed on artists with disabilities" - Chng Seok Tin