Born in 1946, Chng Seok Tin graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1972. In 1980, she took up post-graduate studies in printmaking which was followed by a year's practice under S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris. Since the 1980s, Chng has been instrumental in promoting interest in printmaking and has held more than 20 solo exhibitions. In May 2005, Chng was the first Singaporean to hold a solo exhibition at the United Nations Headquarter and was awarded the Cultural Medallion in the same year.A theme that Chng explored in the 1990s is the human condition, in which she questions the greed of man, the race for money, fame and power. In ‘Social Climbers’, the climb is shown to be fraught with danger and difficulty as climbers are seen falling from great heights as the ropes break.
