Cultural Medallion

Cultural Medallion
Awarded forIndividual's distinctive contributions to the development of Singapore's cultural landscape
Sponsored byNational Arts Council
Date1979 (1979)–present
CountrySingapore
Presented byPresident of Singapore
Reward(s)SGD $80,000
Websitewww.nac.gov.sg/singaporeartsscene/culturalMedallion/overview.html

The Cultural Medallion (Malay: Pingat Budaya[1]) is a cultural award in Singapore conferred to those who have achieved artistic excellence in dance, theatre, literature, music, photography, art and film. It is widely recognized as Singapore's pinnacle arts award.

History

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The award was instituted in March 1979 by Minister for Culture Ong Teng Cheong and administered by the National Arts Council. The awards was given by the Minister for Culture.

Since 2006, the award was presented by the President of Singapore instead of 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

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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 Theatre Ivan Heng [48]
Literary Arts Mohamed Latiff Mohamed
Music Tsung Yeh
2014 Theatre Alvin Tan [49]
Visual Arts Chong Fah Cheong
Literary Arts K. T. M. Iqbal
2015 Visual Arts Chua Mia Tee [50]
Theatre Haresh Sharma
Literary Arts Lim Hung Chang (Lin Gao)
Music Margaret Leng Tan
2016 Visual Arts Koh Mun Hong [51]
Music Asiah Aman (Nona Asiah)
2017 Theatre Djamal Tukimin [52]
Music Law Wai Lun
2018 Music Louis Soliano [53]
Dance Low Mei Yoke [54]
2019 Music Eric James Watson [55]
2020 Visual Arts Sarkasi Said [56]
Vincent Leow [57]
2021 Literary Arts Chia Joo Ming [58]
Music Rahimah Rahim [59]
2022 Dance Aravinth Kumarasamy [60]
Theatre Kok Heng Leun [61]
2023 Literary Arts Suchen Christine Lim [62]
Dance Osman Abdul Hamid [63]
Literary Arts Meira Chand [64][65]
2024 Music Dr Ghanavenothan Retnam [66]
Visual Arts Siew Hock Meng [67]

See also

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References

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Further reading

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  • Purushothaman, Venka (ed.) (2002) Narratives : Notes On A Cultural Journey : Cultural Medallion Recipients 1979 - 2001. Singapore : National Arts Council.
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