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Cultural Medallion
Awarded forIndividual's distinctive contributions to the development of Singapore's cultural landscape
Sponsored by National Arts Council
Date1979 (1979)–present
Country Singapore
Presented by President of Singapore
Reward(s)SGD $80,000
Website www.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.

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History

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

YearCategoryNameRef
1979Dance Madhavi Krishnan [4]
TheatreBani Bin Buang
Music Choo Hoey
David Lim Kim San
Literature Edwin Nadason Thumboo
ArtWee Beng Chong
1981Dance Goh Soo Khim [5]
Theatre Joanna Wong Quee Heng [6]
MusicAhmad bin Ja'afar [5]
Literature Wong Meng Voon
ArtLee Hock Moh
Ng Eng Teng
1982Theatre Lin Chen [7]
MusicLeong Yoon Pin
Literature Goh Poh Seng [8]
PhotographyDavid Tay Poey Cher [7]
Art Georgette Chen Liying
1983TheatreChristopher Henry Rothwell Allen [9]
MusicVivien Goh
Literature Arthur Yap
PhotographyAng Chwee Chai
1984TheatreS. Varathan [10]
Music Kam Kee Yong
Photography Yip Cheong Fun
Art Thomas Yeo
1985TheatreLow Ing Sing [11]
Literature Lee Tzu Pheng
PhotographyTan Lip Seng
ArtTay Chee Toh
1986Dance Goh Choo San [4]
TheatreAlmahdi Al-Haj Ibrahim [12]
N Palanivelu
Music Paul Abisheganaden [4]
LiteratureWong Yoon Wah [12]
ArtPan Shou
Teo Eng Seng
1987DanceSom Said [13]
Theatre Max Le Blond [14]
MusicTeng Mah Seng
LiteratureMuhammed Ariff bin Ahmad
PhotographyLee Lim
Art Tan Swie Hian
1988DanceLim Fei Shen [15]
TheatreTay Bin Wee
Music Alexander S. Abisheganaden
Literature Singai Mukilan (N Abdul Rahman)
Photography Chua Soo Bin
Art Iskandar Jalil [16]
1989Dance Neila Sathyalingam [17]
Theatre Kuo Pao Kun
PhotographyFoo Tee Jun
Art Goh Beng Kwan [18]
1990Dance Santha Bhaskar [4]
Theatre Han Lao Da [19]
MusicLim Yau
LiteratureChew Kok Chang
PhotographyPeng Seng Wu
Art Anthony Poon
Ong Kim Seng [16]
1992DanceYing E Ding [20]
Theatre Phan Wait Hong
MusicChoo Hwee Lim
Art Wang Sui Pick
1993Music Tay Teow Kiat [21]
1995Dance Goh Lay Kuan [22]
Art Han Sai Por [18]
1996Music Phoon Yew Tien [23]
LiteratureLew Poo Chan (Dan Ying)
1997TheatreLou Mee Wah [6]
Literature Ho Minfong [13]
1998Literature Rama Kannabiran [24]
1999Literature Abdul Ghani Hamid [25]
Art Chua Ek Kay [18]
2000ArtTan Siah Kwee [16]
2001ArtTan Kian Por [26]
MusicYan Hui Chang [27]
2002Music Jeremy Monteiro [28]
2003Art Lim Tze Peng [29]
Theatre Ong Keng Sen [30]
Literature Yeng Pway Ngon [31]
2004Photography Teo Bee Yen [32]
2005Film Jack Neo [4]
Literature M. Balakrishnan (MA. Ilangkannan) [33]
Music Dick Lee [34]
Visual Arts Chng Seok Tin [35]
Lee Wen [36]
2006ArtTan Choh Tee [37]
Music Lynnette Seah [38]
2007Film Eric Khoo [28]
Literature Isa Kamari [39]
2008LiteratureChia Hwee Pheng [40]
P. Krishnan [41] [40]
Music Iskandar Mirza Ismail [42] [40]
2009DanceAngela Liong [43]
Literary Arts Tham Yew Chin
Music Lan Shui
Visual Arts Ang Ah Tee
2010Music Liang Wern Fook [44]
Literary Arts Suratman Markasan
Visual Arts Amanda Heng [45]
2011Music Kelly Tang [46]
Visual ArtsLim Yew Kuan
TheatreAtin Amat
MusicYusnor Ef
2012Literary ArtsJ.M. Sali [47]
Music Jennifer Tham
Theatre Thirunalan Sasitharan
Visual Arts Ho Ho Ying
Milenko Prvacki
2013Theatre Ivan Heng [48]
Literary Arts Mohamed Latiff Mohamed
Music Tsung Yeh
2014Theatre Alvin Tan [49]
Visual Arts Chong Fah Cheong
Literary Arts K. T. M. Iqbal
2015Visual Arts Chua Mia Tee [50]
Theatre Haresh Sharma
Literary ArtsLim Hung Chang (Lin Gao)
Music Margaret Leng Tan
2016Visual Arts Koh Mun Hong [51]
Music Asiah Aman (Nona Asiah)
2017Theatre Djamal Tukimin [52]
Music Law Wai Lun
2018Music Louis Soliano [53]
Dance Low Mei Yoke [54]
2019Music Eric James Watson [55]
2020Visual Arts Sarkasi Said [56]
Vincent Leow [57]
2021Literary Arts Chia Joo Ming [58]
Music Rahimah Rahim [59]
2022Dance Aravinth Kumarasamy [60]
Theatre Kok Heng Leun [61]
2023Literary Arts Suchen Christine Lim [62]
Dance Osman Abdul Hamid [63]
Literary Arts Meira Chand [64] [65]

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