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Dr Iskandar Jalil
Dr Iskandar Jalil was born in Singapore in 1940.
He was conferred an honorary doctorate, awarded as Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by the Nanyang Technological University in July 2016. This followed the conferment of the Meritorious Service Medal in the Singapore National Day Awards [2015] and Order of the Rising Sun - Gold Rays with Rosette [2015] by the Japanese government.
Celebrated as Singapore’s Master Potter and a leading educator in ceramics art, Dr. Iskandar received the nation’s highest cultural award, the Cultural Medallion in 1988 and numerous cultural accolades. He was awarded two Colombo Plan Scholarships, for the study of textile weaving and spinning in India [1966] and ceramics engineering in Japan [1972]. His works are characteristically simple but robust, with highly tactile and rich surfaces.
He is commended as a committed educator whose teaching profession has spanned over four decades. His early career began by teaching mathematics, science and sports before specialising in ceramic art. The schools he taught at included Jalan Daud Primary School, Siglap, Dunman and Telok Kurau and Victoria Secondary schools. He also taught at Geylang Vocational Institute (now Northlight School) and had a long tenure at Baharuddin Vocational Institute (BVI) [1969-1990]. He continued to teach after BVI’s merger with Temasek Polytechnic Design School, retiring in 1999.
Dr Iskandar has held multiple art advisory and educational positions including at the National Arts Council. He had been an external examiner for MARA Institute of Technology, Malaysia and Curtin University, Australia and was instrumental in the founding of the St. Patrick’s Art Centre (later Lasalle College of the Arts) in the 1980s. He also taught at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and National University of Singapore (NUS) Extra-Mural Studies Department.
He has donated his vessels for numerous charity causes and has undertaken extensive volunteer work for community centres, the Association of Paraplegics and with Mercy Relief (in setting up kilns in Cambodia). He also carries out private ‘sponsorships’ for students in the arts. He has shaped pottery collectives at the Malay Heritage Centre and Jalan Bahar Clay Studios and continues to mentor and helm the Temasek Potters (TP) at the TP pottery studio.
- 2016 Honorary Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2015 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Japan Meritorious Service Medal (National Day Awards), Singapore
- 2014 Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation Award, Japan
- 2012 The Public Service Star (BBM) Award, (National Day Awards), Singapore
- 2002 Achiever of The Year Award (Macdonald / Berita Harian), Singapore
- 1997 Pingat APAD, awarded by Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya, Singapore
- 1994 Fellow, Centre of the Arts, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- 1992-2006 Member of Advisory Panel, National Arts Council, Singapore
- 1988 Cultural Medallion (Visual Arts), Singapore
- 1977 Special Award, National Day Art Exhibition, Singapore
- 1972 Colombo Plan Scholarship in Ceramics Engineering, Japan
- 1968 Pottery for Schools, Teachers‘ Training College, Singapore
- 1966 Colombo Plan Scholarship, Textile Weaving and Spinning, India
- 1959-62 Teacher’s Training College, Singapore
- 2017 Ceramic Expressions, Japan Creative Centre (JCC) and Mulan Gallery, Singapore
- 2016 The Cultural Medallion and Visual Arts 1979-2015, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Singapore
- 2015 Balance in Imperfection, with the Temasek Potters, Japan Creative Centre (JCC), Singapore Tribute to Local Clay, A Pottery Exhibition, Maya Gallery, Singapore
- 2013 Iskandar Jalil - A Lifelong Passion for his Craft and his Teaching, Japan Creative Centre, Singapore
- Encore!, Maya Gallery, Singapore
- JBCS Gallery Official Opening, Dragon Kiln, Singapore Shakkei. A Pottery Exhibition, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
- 2012 Tribute.sg, Esplanade: Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
- The 6th Ngee Ann 3D Art Exhibition, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore
- 2007 Fourth World Ceramics Biennale, Incheon, Gwangju and Yeoju, Korea
- 2006 Dragon Kiln, Jalan Bahar, Singapore
- Ceramics: Beyond Borders, Singapore National Library Board, Singapore
- Ceramitivity, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- 2005 Seven Masters, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
- A Different Light: Works from Selected Collections, Drama Centre, Singapore
- 2004 Material Matters : Inaugural Exhibition, The Arts House at Old Parliament, Singapore Crossroads, Making of New Identities, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- 2002 Discovery Phase, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore
- 1999 City / Community : Singapore Art Today, National Arts Council & National Heritage Board Ceramitivity, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Shifting Paradigms: Handmade, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Feature 5, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore
- 1997 Singapore Art ’97, Invited Section, SICEC, National Arts Council and National Heritage Board
- 1996 Down to Earth (Works of Seven Potters), Art Focus Gallery, Singapore
- 1994 Contrasts (with Ng Eng Teng), Takashimaya Gallery, Singapore Gane and Benge Meet Iskandar Jalil, Art-2, The Substation, Singapore
- 1993 Hong Kong Festival of Arts, Hong Kong
- Art in Asia, Singapore Art Fair, World Trade Centre, Singapore
- 1991 Pottery, Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
- Clay Pieces, National Museum, Singapore
- Singapore Pottery, National Stockholm Gallery, Sweden
- 1990 Infinity, Westin Stamford Hotel, Singapore
- 1989 Born of Fire, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
- 1988 Basics, National Museum, Singapore
- Clay and Cloth, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
- 1987 Transformation Image – Contemporary Ceramics in Singapore, National Museum, Singapore
- National Museum’s Centenary Art Festival, National Museum Art Gallery Singapore Ying and Yang, National University of Singapore
- 1986 Clay Works, Alpha Gallery, Singapore
- 1985 International Ceramics, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1981 International Design, Osaka, Japan
- 1979 Ceramics and Sculpture, Gallery Asia, Singapore
- 1977 National Day Exhibition, Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore
- 1976 Contemporary Singapore Sculpture, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
- 1975 14 Singapore Ceramics Artists, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
- 1972 ASEAN Art Exhibition, travelling exhibition to ASEAN countries
- 2009 Wall Mural, Embassy of Singapore in Vientiane, Laos
- 2004 Marina Barrage, Public Utilities Board, Singapore
- 2003 Wall Mural, National Trade Union Congress, Singapore
- 2002 Wall Mural, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
- 1995 The Straits Times 150th Year (Singapore Press Holdings), Singapore
- 1994 Corporate Gifts for Keppel Shipyard, Singapore Pan United Corporation, Singapore
- 1992 Clock Tower, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
- Special gifts for International Design Forum Speakers, Design Centre, Singapore Special gifts, Sotheby’s Singapore, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore
- 1990 Changi International Airport Terminal 2, Singapore
- 1988 Mural, Tanjong Pagar SMRT station, Singapore
- Former President Wee Kim Wee, Singapore
- Former President George Bush, United States of America
- Lee Kuan Yew (Minister Mentor), Singapore
- CapitaLand, Singapore
- Changi Airport Group (CAG), Singapore
- Economic Development Board, Singapore
- Governor of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Keppel Shipyard, Singapore
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and various Embassies, Singapore Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- National Heritage Board, Singapore
- National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
- National Museum, Singapore
- Raffles Country Club, Singapore
- Sultan of Brunei Collection, Brunei Darussalam
- Trade Development Board, Singapore
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