Cultural Medallion
| Cultural Medallion | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Individual’s distinctive contributions to the development of Singapore’s cultural landscape |
| Sponsored by | National Arts Council |
| Date | 1979–present |
| Country | Singapore |
| Presented by | President of Singapore |
| Reward(s) | SGD $80,000 |
| Website | www |
The Cultural Medallion (
. It is widely recognized as Singapore's pinnacle arts award.History
The award was instituted in March 1979 by Minister for Culture
National Arts Council
. The awards was given by the Minister for Culture.
Since 2006, the award was presented by the
Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (previously known as Minister for Culture).[2] On 20 October Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang announced that project grant for the award is revised to S$80,000 upwards from S$50,000, giving recipients better opportunities to create major works.[2]
From 2013, in an effort to recognise multi-disciplinary artists, it was announced that recipients of the Cultural Medallion and Young Artist Award will no longer be categorised according to art forms.[3]
List of Cultural Medallion recipients
| Year | Category | Name | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Dance | Madhavi Krishnan | [4] |
| Theatre | Bani Bin Buang | ||
| Music | Choo Hoey | ||
| David Lim Kim San | |||
| Literature | Edwin Nadason Thumboo | ||
| Art | Wee Beng Chong | ||
| 1981 | Dance | Goh Soo Khim | [5] |
| Theatre | Joanna Wong Quee Heng | [6] | |
| Music | Ahmad bin Ja'afar | [5] | |
| Literature | Wong Meng Voon | ||
| Art | Lee Hock Moh | ||
| Ng Eng Teng | |||
| 1982 | Theatre | Lin Chen | [7] |
| Music | Leong Yoon Pin | ||
| Literature | Goh Poh Seng | [8] | |
| Photography | David Tay Poey Cher | [7] | |
| Art | Georgette Chen Liying | ||
| 1983 | Theatre | Christopher Henry Rothwell Allen | [9] |
| Music | Vivien Goh | ||
| Literature | Arthur Yap | ||
| Photography | Ang Chwee Chai | ||
| 1984 | Theatre | S. Varathan | [10] |
| Music | Kam Kee Yong | ||
| Photography | Yip Cheong Fun | ||
| Art | Thomas Yeo | ||
| 1985 | Theatre | Low Ing Sing | [11] |
| Literature | Lee Tzu Pheng | ||
| Photography | Tan Lip Seng | ||
| Art | Tay Chee Toh | ||
| 1986 | Dance | Goh Choo San | [4] |
| Theatre | Almahdi Al-Haj Ibrahim | [12] | |
| N Palanivelu | |||
| Music | Paul Abisheganaden | [4] | |
| Literature | Wong Yoon Wah | [12] | |
| Art | Pan Shou | ||
| Teo Eng Seng | |||
| 1987 | Dance | Som Said | [13] |
| Theatre | Max Le Blond | [14] | |
| Music | Teng Mah Seng | ||
| Literature | Muhammed Ariff bin Ahmad | ||
| Photography | Lee Lim | ||
| Art | Tan Swie Hian | ||
| 1988 | Dance | Lim Fei Shen | [15] |
| Theatre | Tay Bin Wee | ||
| Music | Alexander S. Abisheganaden | ||
| Literature | Singai Mukilan (N Abdul Rahman) | ||
| Photography | Chua Soo Bin | ||
| Art | Iskandar Jalil | [16] | |
| 1989 | Dance | Neila Sathyalingam | [17] |
| Theatre | Kuo Pao Kun | ||
| Photography | Foo Tee Jun | ||
| Art | Goh Beng Kwan | [18] | |
| 1990 | Dance | Santha Bhaskar | [4] |
| Theatre | Han Lao Da | [19] | |
| Music | Lim Yau | ||
| Literature | Chew Kok Chang | ||
| Photography | Peng Seng Wu | ||
| Art | Anthony Poon | ||
| Ong Kim Seng | [16] | ||
| 1992 | Dance | Ying E Ding | [20] |
| Theatre | Phan Wait Hong | ||
| Music | Choo Hwee Lim | ||
| Art | Wang Sui Pick | ||
| 1993 | Music | Tay Teow Kiat | [21] |
| 1995 | Dance | Goh Lay Kuan | [22] |
| Art | Han Sai Por | [18] | |
| 1996 | Music | Phoon Yew Tien | [23] |
| Literature | Lew Poo Chan (Dan Ying) | ||
| 1997 | Theatre | Lou Mee Wah | [6] |
| Literature | Ho Minfong | [13] | |
| 1998 | Literature | Rama Kannabiran | [24] |
| 1999 | Literature | Abdul Ghani Hamid | [25] |
| Art | Chua Ek Kay | [18] | |
| 2000 | Art | Tan Siah Kwee | [16] |
| 2001 | Art | Tan Kian Por | [26] |
| Music | Yan Hui Chang | [27] | |
| 2002 | Music | Jeremy Monteiro | [28] |
| 2003 | Art | Lim Tze Peng | [29] |
| Theatre | Ong Keng Sen | [30] | |
| Literature | Yeng Pway Ngon | [31] | |
| 2004 | Photography | Teo Bee Yen | [32] |
| 2005 | Film | Jack Neo | [4] |
| Literature | M. Balakrishnan (MA. Ilangkannan) | [33] | |
| Music | Dick Lee | [34] | |
| Visual Arts | Chng Seok Tin | [35] | |
| Lee Wen | [36] | ||
| 2006 | Art | Tan Choh Tee | [37] |
| Music | Lynnette Seah | [38] | |
| 2007 | Film | Eric Khoo | [28] |
| Literature | Isa Kamari | [39] | |
| 2008 | Literature | Chia Hwee Pheng | [40] |
| P. Krishnan | [41][40] | ||
| Music | Iskandar Mirza Ismail | [42][40] | |
| 2009 | Dance | Angela Liong | [43] |
| Literary Arts | Tham Yew Chin
| ||
| Music | Lan Shui | ||
| Visual Arts | Ang Ah Tee | ||
| 2010 | Music | Liang Wern Fook | [44] |
| Literary Arts | Suratman Markasan | ||
| Visual Arts | Amanda Heng | [45] | |
| 2011 | Music | Kelly Tang | [46] |
| Visual Arts | Lim Yew Kuan | ||
| Theatre | Atin Amat | ||
| Music | Yusnor Ef | ||
| 2012 | Literary Arts | J.M. Sali | [47] |
| Music | Jennifer Tham | ||
| Theatre | Thirunalan Sasitharan | ||
| Visual Arts | Ho Ho Ying | ||
| Milenko Prvacki | |||
| 2013 | Ivan Heng | [48] | |
| Mohamed Latiff Mohamed | |||
| Tsung Yeh | |||
| 2014 | Alvin Tan | [49] | |
| Chong Fah Cheong | |||
| K. T. M. Iqbal | |||
| 2015 | Chua Mia Tee | [50] | |
| Haresh Sharma | |||
| Lim Hung Chang (Lin Gao) | |||
| Margaret Leng Tan | |||
| 2016 | Koh Mun Hong | [51] | |
| Asiah Aman (Nona Asiah) | |||
| 2017 | Djamal Tukimin | [52] | |
| Law Wai Lun | |||
| 2018 | Louis Soliano | [53] | |
| Low Mei Yoke | [54] | ||
| 2019 | Eric James Watson | [55] | |
| 2020 | Sarkasi Said | [56] | |
| Vincent Leow | [57] | ||
| 2021 | Chia Joo Ming | [58] | |
| Rahimah Rahim | [59] | ||
| 2022 | Aravinth Kumarasamy | [60] | |
| Kok Heng Leun | [61] | ||
| 2023 | Suchen Christine Lim | [62] | |
| Osman Abdul Hamid | [63] | ||
| Meira Chand | [64][65] | ||
See also
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