A Singaporean graphic designer, Mr. Pow Jun Yang, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, got his wish of having an art exhibition fulfilled by a charity. Despite doctors giving him only three months to live, he's been granted a solo exhibition titled 'Canvas Of Memories - Jun Yang Pow' at Suntec City.
Mr Pow Jun Yang’s exhibition includes his blue and white series of iconic scenes and places in Singapore .SINGAPORE - As a graphic designer, Mr Pow Jun Yang's lifelong dream was to stage his own art exhibition . This became an item on his bucket list, when the 31-year-old bachelor was told recently by doctors that he has about three months left to live. Diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in early 2023, he has since exhausted all treatment options, including several cycles of chemotherapy.
He has stage 4 urachal cancer, which arises in the urachus or its remnants. The urachus connects the umbilical cord to the bladder in a foetus, and usually closes before birth.But all the cycles of chemotherapy and operations he underwent to tackle the cancer failed to bring good news.He has since outlived those six months. 'I just tell myself to take each day at a time,' he said. Around November, his doctors gave him a three-month prognosis. That spurred him into action - to try to turn his dream of holding an art exhibition into reality. His sister contacted Ambulance Wish Singapore (AWS), a charity that grants the wishes of terminally ill patients with less than a year's prognosis. In less than a month, the charity, with the help of its partners and sponsors, organised a solo exhibition for him. Titled Canvas Of Memories - Jun Yang Pow, the event is being held at Suntec City from Jan 3 to 5. Speaking to The Straits Times, Mr Pow said: 'I enjoy showing my art to my peers, and I'm gathering my family, friends and colleagues to go to my exhibition. So my exhibition is like a living funeral.Mr Pow is the youngest of three children. His father is a retired construction manager while his mother is a housewife. Mr Pow has enjoyed drawing and art since he was a child, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in design and visual communications from the Glasgow School of Art Singapore, in partnership with the Singapore Institute of Technolog
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