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.
History Introduced in 1992, the award is presented by the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and administered by the National Arts Council. It comes with a grant of S$20,000 in support of their artistic pursuits. 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 +YearCategoryNameRef1992DanceJamaludin JalilLiterary ArtsLiang Wern FookMusicJennifer ThamMusicShane ThioPhotographyLee Tiah KheeTheatreLim Jen ErhTheatreOng Keng SenVisual ArtsS. Chandrasekaran1993DanceOsman Bin Abdul HamidLiterary ArtsChia Joo MingLiterary ArtsPhilip Anthony JeyaretnamMusicNg Seng HongPhotographyBey Hua HengTheatreLut AliTheatreWilliam Teo Kah KhengVisual ArtsHenri Chen KeZhan1995DanceMohamed Noor Bin SarmanDanceNirmala SeshadriLiterary ArtsSimon Tay Seong CheeMusicGhanavenothan RetnamPhotographyLim Seng TiongVisual ArtsBaet Yeok Kuan1996DanceMeenakshy BhaskarLiterary ArtsBoey Kim ChengLiterary ArtsOvidia YuMusicSiow Lee ChinTheatreIvan Heng1997DanceKer Ban HingFilmEric Khoo Kim HaiLiterary ArtsTan Mei ChingMusicLim Jing JingTheatreHaresh SharmaVisual ArtsLim Poh Teck1998DancePaul C. OcampoDanceThamizhvanan Narayanasamy VeshnuLiterary ArtsGabriel Wu Yeow ChongMusicJoyce Koh Bee TuanMusicLee Huei MinTheatreAlvin Tan1999Literary ArtsHenry Low Swee KimMusicAravinth KumarasamyMusicChua Lik WukTheatreAng Gey PinVisual ArtsChng Nai Wee2000DanceJeffrey Tan Joo KuanDanceLim Chin HuatLiterary ArtsFelix Cheong Seng FeiMusicKam NingTheatreKok Heng LeunTheatreLee Sze YauVisual ArtsHong Sek Chern2001FilmCheah Chee KongLiterary ArtsAlfian Bin Sa'atMusicYee Ee-Ping TheatreGoh Boon TeckVisual ArtsChua Say HuaVisual ArtsRaymond Lau Poo Seng2002DanceTammy Ling WongFilmRoyston Tan Tsze KiamLiterary ArtsDaren Shiau Vee LungMusicQuek Ling KiongVisual ArtsTay Bak Chiang2003Literary ArtsTan Hwee HweeMusicZechariah Goh Toh ChaiPhotographyKen Seet Thiam WuiVisual ArtsNoni Kaur2004DanceDanny Tan Koon MengLiterary ArtsTan Chee LayMusicChan Yoong HanMusicLing Hock SiangVisual ArtsTang Ling Nah2005DanceAaron Khek Ah HockLiterary ArtsAlvin Pang Khee MengLiterary ArtsCyril Wong Yit MunMusicKatryna Tan Huey WernTheatreLi Xie (Lim Poh Poh)Visual ArtsHeman ChongVisual ArtsMichael Lee Hong Hwee2006FilmKelvin TongMusicLim YanMusicToh Ban ShengTheatreBeatrice Chia-RichmondTheatreChong Tze ChienTheatreYo Shao AnnVisual ArtsFrancis Ng Teck YongVisual ArtsYeo Chee Kiong2007DanceKuik Swee BoonLiterary ArtsTing Kheng SiongMusicPhilip Tan Chin WenTheatreNatalie HennedigeVisual ArtsTan Kai Syng2008DanceDaniel Kok Yik LengDanceXia HaiyingTheatreAidli MosbitTheatreCai Bi XiaVisual ArtsJason Wee2009FilmAnthony Chen ZheyiFilmBoo JunfengFilmHan Yew KwangVisual ArtsDonna OngVisual ArtsHo Tzu Nyen2010FilmSun KohLiterary ArtsSonny LiewLiterary ArtsToh Hsien MinVisual ArtsChoy Ka FaiVisual ArtsRobert Zhao Renhui2011Literary ArtsTroy Chin Chien WenMusicJoshua Tan Kang MingMusicNawaz MirajkarTheatreLim Woan WenTheatrePeter Sau Jia LiangVisual ArtsAng Song Ming2012DanceZhuo ZihaoFilmLiao JiekaiFilmLooi Wan Ping (Lei Yuan Bin)Literary ArtsO Thiam ChinMusicDarren Ng Tzer HueiTheatreBrian Gothong TanTheatreZizi Azah Bte Abdul MajidVisual ArtsGenevieve ChuaVisual ArtsTan Wee Lit2013Bani HaykalChua Yew KokGrace TanKoh Hui LingM. Zaki RazakRuth LingZul Othman (ZERO)2014Chen ZhangyiIan LoyJow Zhi WeiLee Mun WaiSiti Khalijah Zainal2015Chun Kai FengChun Kai QunDiana SohJames TanKirsten TanLoo ZihanRiduan Zalani2016Alecia NeoEzzam RahmanLiu XiaoyiMarc NairPooja Nansi2017Joshua IpKahchun WongKray ChenYarra Ileto2018Sufri JuwahirLim Ting LiZulkifli Mohamed AminFaith NgHilmi Johandi2019Emily KohGabriel ChanHe ShumingTan Wei KeongWeixin Quek Chong2020Irfan KasbanNicole Midori WoodfordSushma SomaYanyun Chen2021Charlie LimChitra Poornima SathishHan XuemeiNorhaizad AdamYeo Siew HuaZen Teh Shi Wei2022Guo NingruHo Rui AnJerrold ChongRit Xu2023Daryl Lim Wei JieJulian WongMelissa TanShyan TanWang Chenwei2024Evan Low Jun FengTan Si EnAlan Choo Su HoZhang Fuming2025Alvin Lee Chang RongHe YingshuGenevieve Peck Jing YiSyafiqah 'Adha SallehinDaryl Qilin Yam
References
External links Young Artist Award