Cultural Medallion

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

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