About Ong Kim Seng
"I imagine what my paintings would look like if I were standing. But I may not do a good job standing up"
Ong Kim Seng
Artist
Awards & Recognitions
1974 - FIRST PRIZE
Port of Singapore Authority Encouragement Scheme Open Art Competition.
1983 - Paul B. Remmy AWS Memorial Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
1988 - Lucy B. Moore Memorial Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
1989 - Clara Stroud Memorial Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
1990 - Cultural Medallion (Visual Arts)
Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore
1992 - Barse Miller Memorial Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
2000 - Winsor & Newton Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
2001 - Singapore Internationale Award
Singapore International Foundation
2001 - Ida Wells Memorial Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
2003 - Silver Award
National Watercolour Exhibition of the People’s Republic of China, Fuzhou, China
2010 - Winsor & Newton Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
2010 - Friend of Heritage Award
National Heritage Board, Singapore
2015 - Frederick Wong Award
American Watercolour Society, New York, USA
Other Awards & Recognitions
"The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands"
- Sir Richard Burton
