Founded on 26 September 1970, the South-East Asia Art Association is a Singapore-rooted, regionally-minded society of artists. Its history is inseparable from the post-war story of South-East Asian visual culture — a story it continues to write. 东南亚美术协会创立于 1970 年 9 月 26 日，是一个植根新加坡、 胸怀区域的艺术家社群。它的历史，与战后东南亚视觉文化的故事密不可分—— 而这个故事，仍在续写。
The Association's earliest threads are tied to the Ten People Art Exhibition, an informal circle of Singapore-based artists active in the mid-1960s. Among its formative figures were Yeh Chi Wei, Tan Seah Boey, Choo Keng Kwang and Lim Tze Peng — painters whose long journeys through India, Thailand, Cambodia and Nepal between 1965 and 1972 brought back a new visual vocabulary for the region. 协会最早的脉络，系于《十人画展》——一个活跃于 上世纪六十年代中期、以新加坡为据点的非正式艺术家群体。其中的奠基人物 包括叶之威、陈世保、朱庆光与林子平——这些画家于 1965 至 1972 年间 远游印度、泰国、柬埔寨与尼泊尔，为本区域带回了崭新的视觉语汇。
Out of this circle, on 26 September 1970, the South-East Asia Art Association was formally constituted. Its founding president was Yeh Chi Wei. The intent was modest and ambitious in equal measure: to give South-East Asian artistic expression an organised home, and to make possible the kind of large-scale exhibition that no single artist could mount alone. 正是从这一群体中，东南亚美术协会于 1970 年 9 月 26 日正式成立， 首任会长为叶之威。其初衷既朴素又宏大：为东南亚的艺术表达提供一个 有组织的家园，并使单凭一己之力无法举办的大型展览成为可能。
In its first year of activity, the Association organised the South East Asia University and College Students Art Competition — an unusually early attempt to seed regional dialogue at the level of art education itself. 在成立后的第一年，协会便举办了东南亚大专学生美术比赛—— 这是一次不同寻常的早期尝试，意在从艺术教育的层面播下区域对话的种子。
The 1974 South-East Asia Art Exhibition is the moment the Association came into its own. From that point onward, SEAAA exhibitions became a durable feature of Singapore's art calendar, as well as a vehicle for collaboration with artists, institutions and collectors across the region. 1974 年的东南亚艺术展，是协会真正确立自身的时刻。自此以后， 协会的展览成为新加坡艺术日历上的固定节目，也成为与区域各地艺术家、 机构及藏家合作的桥梁。
Since 1995, the Chinese ink painting master Wu Molin has served as the Association's Honorary Chairman and Chief Advisor. His tenure has anchored a continuing exchange with China, including the regular SEAAA art tours that have become a hallmark of the society. 自 1995 年起，中国水墨画大家吴墨麟一直担任协会的名誉主席兼首席顾问。 在他任内，协会与中国的持续交流得以稳固，包括已成为协会标志的 定期访华艺术之旅。
In 2023, after a long stewardship by Tan Ewe Liang, the presidency was passed to Yeh Toh Yen — a continuity, in name and in lineage, with the Association's founders. 2023 年，在陈有良长期掌舵之后，会长一职交予叶独元—— 无论在名分还是在传承上，都延续着协会创始者的血脉。
The Association's purpose, simply stated, is to celebrate and preserve the beauty of South-East Asian art. In practice this is a programme with several strands. 简而言之，协会的宗旨是颂扬并守护东南亚艺术之美。 落到实处，这是一项由数条脉络交织而成的事业。
Exhibitions. The Association mounts a principal annual or biennial group exhibition, alongside member solos and curated thematic shows in Singapore and the region. 展览。协会每年或每两年举办一场重点联展， 并在新加坡及区域各地举办会员个展与策展主题展。
Instruction. Courses in seal engraving, ceramics, ink painting and calligraphy are offered to members and to the public — part of the Association's commitment to passing the craft along. 教学。协会向会员与公众开设篆刻、陶艺、水墨与书法课程—— 这是协会传承技艺承诺的一部分。
Competitions and outreach. The Association continues to organise competitions and educational events, with a particular interest in nurturing younger artists. 比赛与推广。协会持续举办各类比赛与教育活动， 尤其着力于培育年轻一代的艺术家。
Cultural exchange. Through art tours and visiting-artist programmes, the Association maintains a working dialogue with peer institutions in China and across South-East Asia. 文化交流。通过艺术之旅与访问艺术家计划， 协会与中国及东南亚各地的同仁机构保持着实质的对话。
From the 1971 archive to the 2025 autumn season, the Association's exhibitions are the public record of its work.从 1971 年的档案到 2025 年的秋季展季，协会的历次展览，正是其工作的公开记录。
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