Singapore Young Artist Award

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The Young Artist Award is a cultural award in Singapore conferred to those who have achieved artistic excellence in film, literature, performing arts and visual arts. It is the highest accolade for art practitioners aged 35 and below. [1]

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History

Introduced in 1992, the award is presented by the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and administered by the National Arts Council. [2] It comes with a grant of S$20,000 in support of their artistic pursuits. [3] From 2013, recipients of the Cultural Medallion and Young Artist Award will no longer be categorised according to art forms.

List of Young Artist Award recipients

YearCategoryNameRef
1992DanceJamaludin Jalil
Literary Arts Liang Wern Fook
Music Jennifer Tham
MusicShane Thio
PhotographyLee Tiah Khee
TheatreLim Jen Erh
Theatre Ong Keng Sen
Visual ArtsS. Chandrasekaran
1993DanceOsman Bin Abdul Hamid
Literary ArtsChia Joo Ming
Literary ArtsPhilip Anthony Jeyaretnam
MusicNg Seng Hong
PhotographyBey Hua Heng
TheatreLut Ali
TheatreWilliam Teo Kah Kheng
Visual ArtsHenri Chen KeZhan
1995DanceMohamed Noor Bin Sarman
DanceNirmala Seshadri
Literary ArtsSimon Tay Seong Chee
MusicGhanavenothan Retnam
PhotographyLim Seng Tiong
Visual Arts Baet Yeok Kuan
1996DanceMeenakshy Bhaskar
Literary Arts Boey Kim Cheng
Literary Arts Ovidia Yu
Music Siow Lee Chin
Theatre Ivan Heng
1997DanceKer Ban Hing
Film Eric Khoo Kim Hai
Literary ArtsTan Mei Ching
MusicLim Jing Jing
Theatre Haresh Sharma
Visual ArtsLim Poh Teck
1998DancePaul C. Ocampo
DanceThamizhvanan Narayanasamy Veshnu
Literary ArtsGabriel Wu Yeow Chong
MusicJoyce Koh Bee Tuan
Music Lee Huei Min
Theatre Alvin Tan
1999Literary ArtsHenry Low Swee Kim
MusicAravinth Kumarasamy
MusicChua Lik Wuk
TheatreAng Gey Pin
Visual Arts Chng Nai Wee
2000DanceJeffrey Tan Joo Kuan
DanceLim Chin Huat
Literary ArtsFelix Cheong Seng Fei
Music Kam Ning
Theatre Kok Heng Leun
TheatreLee Sze Yau
Visual ArtsHong Sek Chern
2001FilmCheah Chee Kong
Literary Arts Alfian Bin Sa'at
MusicYee Ee-Ping
Theatre Goh Boon Teck
Visual ArtsChua Say Hua
Visual ArtsRaymond Lau Poo Seng
2002DanceTammy Ling Wong
Film Royston Tan Tsze Kiam
Literary Arts Daren Shiau Vee Lung
MusicQuek Ling Kiong
Visual ArtsTay Bak Chiang
2003Literary Arts Tan Hwee Hwee
MusicZechariah Goh Toh Chai
PhotographyKen Seet Thiam Wui
Visual ArtsNoni Kaur
2004DanceDanny Tan Koon Meng
Literary ArtsTan Chee Lay
MusicChan Yoong Han
MusicLing Hock Siang
Visual ArtsTang Ling Nah
2005DanceAaron Khek Ah Hock
Literary Arts Alvin Pang Khee Meng
Literary Arts Cyril Wong Yit Mun
MusicKatryna Tan Huey Wern
TheatreLi Xie (Lim Poh Poh)
Visual Arts Heman Chong
Visual ArtsMichael Lee Hong Hwee
2006Film Kelvin Tong
MusicLim Yan
MusicToh Ban Sheng
Theatre Beatrice Chia-Richmond
TheatreChong Tze Chien
TheatreYo Shao Ann
Visual ArtsFrancis Ng Teck Yong
Visual ArtsYeo Chee Kiong
2007DanceKuik Swee Boon
Literary ArtsTing Kheng Siong
MusicPhilip Tan Chin Wen
Theatre Natalie Hennedige
Visual ArtsTan Kai Syng
2008DanceDaniel Kok Yik Leng
DanceXia Haiying
TheatreAidli Mosbit
TheatreCai Bi Xia
Visual ArtsJason Wee
2009Film Anthony Chen Zheyi
Film Boo Junfeng
Film Han Yew Kwang
Visual Arts Donna Ong
Visual Arts Ho Tzu Nyen
2010FilmSun Koh
Literary Arts Sonny Liew
Literary Arts Toh Hsien Min
Visual Arts Choy Ka Fai
Visual ArtsRobert Zhao Renhui
2011Literary ArtsTroy Chin Chien Wen
MusicJoshua Tan Kang Ming
MusicNawaz Mirajkar
TheatreLim Woan Wen
TheatrePeter Sau Jia Liang
Visual ArtsAng Song Ming
2012DanceZhuo Zihao
FilmLiao Jiekai
FilmLooi Wan Ping (Lei Yuan Bin)
Literary Arts O Thiam Chin
MusicDarren Ng Tzer Huei
Theatre Brian Gothong Tan
TheatreZizi Azah Bte Abdul Majid
Visual Arts Genevieve Chua
Visual ArtsTan Wee Lit
2013Bani Haykal [4]
Chua Yew Kok
Grace Tan
Koh Hui Ling
M. Zaki Razak
Ruth Ling
Zul Othman (ZERO)
2014Chen Zhangyi [5]
Ian Loy
Jow Zhi Wei
Lee Mun Wai
Siti Khalijah Zainal
2015Chun Kai Feng
Chun Kai Qun
Diana Soh
James Tan
Kirsten Tan
Loo Zihan
Riduan Zalani
2016 Alecia Neo [6]
Ezzam Rahman
Liu Xiaoyi
Marc Nair
Pooja Nansi
2017 Joshua Ip [7]
Kahchun Wong
Kray Chen
Yarra Ileto
2018Sufri Juwahir [8]
Lim Ting Li
Zulkifli Mohamed Amin
Faith Ng
Hilmi Johandi
2019Emily Koh [9] [10]
Gabriel Chan
He Shuming
Tan Wei Keong
Weixin Quek Chong
2020 Irfan Kasban [11]
Nicole Midori Woodford
Sushma Soma
Yanyun Chen
2021 Charlie Lim [12]
Chitra Poornima Sathish
Han Xuemei
Norhaizad Adam
Yeo Siew Hua
Zen Teh Shi Wei
2022Guo Ningru [13]
Ho Rui An
Jerrold Chong
Rit Xu
2023Daryl Lim Wei Jie [3]
Julian Wong
Melissa Tan
Shyan Tan
Wang Chenwei
2024Evan Low Jun Feng [14]
Tan Si En
Alan Choo Su Ho
Zhang Fuming
2025Alvin Lee Chang Rong [15]
He Yingshu
Genevieve Peck Jing Yi
Syafiqah 'Adha Sallehin
Daryl Qilin Yam

References

  1. ↑ "Young Artist Award winner goes heavy on themes of failure, imperfection". TODAY. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Medallion accolade for authors Suchen Christine Lim and Meira Chand, and dancer Osman Abdul Hamid". The Straits Times. 5 December 2023. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Hoo, Shawn (5 December 2023). "Meet the five Young Artist Award recipients, from cinematographer to a poet". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cultural Medallion, Young Artist Award recipients announced". TODAY. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Cultural Medallion, Young Artist Award recipients for 2014 announced". TODAY. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Young Artist Award recipients". The Straits Times. 4 October 2016. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Malay author-playwright, Shanghai-born composer awarded Cultural Medallion". TODAY. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cultural Medallion goes to jazz stalwart, dance choreographer". The Straits Times. 24 October 2018. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Ong, Sor Fern (15 October 2019). "Young Artist Award: The next wave". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Ong, Sor Fern (15 October 2019). "Composer Eric James Watson hits a cultural high note with Medallion honour". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Ong, Sor Fern (10 December 2020). "2020 Young Artist Award recipients count their blessings in a pandemic year". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Ong, Sor Fern (24 November 2021). "Young Artist Award goes to musician Charlie Lim, dancer Norhaizad Adam, and more". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  13. ↑ Lim, Charmaine (5 December 2022). "Sound designer Guo Ningru and animation film-maker Jerrold Chong among Young Artist Award recipients". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  14. ↑ Hoo, Shawn (26 November 2024). "Young Artist Award 2024: Recipients take Singapore arts to a global stage". The Straits Times.
  15. ↑ Hoo, Shawn (28 November 2025). "Five recipients from film-maker to lighting designer". The Straits Times. Retrieved 27 December 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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