Tang Ping Chiang is a well-known Singapore artist and educator who has worked in the field of art and design since the early 1960s. Tan, a founding member of the Modern Art Society in the 1960s, is widely regarded as a pioneer artist who aided formalist experimentation in Singapore art. The 1964 International Youth Art Exhibition in Shinjuku, Japan, and the 1969 Salon d’Automne art exhibition in Paris, France, as well as Solid, Soft, Dynamic: Three Man Exhibition at Singapore’s National Museum Art Gallery in 1990, are notable exhibitions. His work can be found in important public and private collections around the world, including the Singapore National Museum and the Malaysian National Museum.

Tan is also noted for his sculptural work and writing, in addition to painting. Three large statues titled “Culture Development of Singapore” are positioned within Singapore’s Dhoby Ghaut MRT station. He is the author of a series of travel art journals that take readers on visual tours of daily life in Asian cities and their cultures, as well as a collection of Mandarin essays.