He is an internationally established artist honoured with Master of Arts, UCE, United Kingdom, B.A. from RMIT Australia and Diploma from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. TAN KAY NGUAN has held 63 solo exhibitions and more than hundreds of joint exhibitions all over the world, namely United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and had won many top prizes and awards in art tournaments in Singapore and overseas. His awards include the Grand Prize in the UOB Painting of the Year (Singapore), 1st Prize in the Dr. Tan Tsze Chor Art Awards – Singapore, 1st Prize in the CAAS Painting Competition – Singapore, The Beijing International Art Exposition Gold Prize Award, Japan Osaka Governor Award, Japan Osaka Mayor Award, Japan Osaka Educational Art Award, Top Influential Artist Award, Ngee Ann Artist Of The Year Award, Gold Arts Award 2019, Japan the Minister of Foreign Affairs Award 2020 etc.