Ong Kim Seng BBM AWS DF NWS is a Singaporean artist Ong of
international status. He was President
of the Singapore Watercolor Society from 1991 to 2001. He is currently Honorary President, in which
capacity he interacts with other watercolor organisations internationally. He has won six awards from the American
Watercolor Society (AWS): the Paul B. Remmy Memorial Award in 1983, the Lucy B.
Moore Award in 1988, the Clara Stroud Memorial Award in 1989, the Barse Miller
Memorial Award in 1992, Winsor & Newton Award in 2000 and the Ida Wells
Memorial Award in 2001. He has been an
active member of the American Watercolor Society since 1990 and was the first
Asian outside the U.S.A. to be awarded membership. Kim Seng was bestowed the Dolphin Fellowship
of the AWS in 2000.
In 1991, he was awarded the Cultural Medallion for Visual
Arts by the Ministry Of Information and the Arts, Singapore. He won the Excellence for Singapore award
presented by the Singapore Totalisator Board in 2000 , the Singapore Internationale
by the Singapore International Foundation in 2001 and the 2001 Arts Supporter Award presented by
the National Arts Council. In 2004 he was conferred the Singapore National Day
Award , the Public Service Star BINTANG
BAKTI MASYARAKAT ( BBM) by the President of the Republic of Singapore , H.E. Mr
S.R Nathan.
Judge for two international Biennale in the Shanghai
Zhujiajiao International Watercolor Biennale , 2010 and 2012 .
Midday in Bhaktaphur , Nepal, watercolor
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