Lim Leong Seng 林龙成
As a full time artist and sculptor, Lim Leong Seng uses bronze to depict Singapore’s most prominent figures. From rickshaw drivers to Samsui women, he allows the audience to not only reminisce the olden days but also to appreciate and remember the history of Singapore through his sculptures. To date, Lim Leong Seng has created over 30 public sculptures which can be seen all over Singapore.
Made in 2012, this work titled Childhood Memories brings the viewer back to the good old times, where fun could be derived from the simplest of activities.
Lim Leong Seng working in his studio
FUN FACTS ABOUT LIM LEONG SENG
Lim Leong seng
Biography
Born 1950, Singapore
Background
1970 Graduated from Bahrauddin Vocational Institute
1986 Kallang Theatre Mural Design Competition – “Expression”
1993 REDAS Sculpture Competition (International), Second Prize
1997 Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore Art Awards, Juror’s Choice
2022 Book Launch “Lim Leong Seng: Journey from the Wilderness” National Gallery Singapore
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 8th Solo Exhibition (Sculpture), Weathering storms as one, Fullerton Hotel,
Singapore
2010 7th Solo Exhibition (Sculpture), Sculpture Square, Singapore
2004 6th Solo Exhibition, ARTrium @ MITA, Singapore
1993 5th Solo Exhibition, Pinetree Town, Country Club, Singapore
1992 4th Solo Exhibition, C-Line Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
1976 1st Solo Exhibition, National Library, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Affordable Art Fair Spring Edition, F1 Pit Building, Singapore
2014 Nanyang Visionaries, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Orchard,
Singapore
2012 Living with Art, Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, ION Art, Singapore
2008 23rd Asian International Art Exhibiton, Guangzhou, China
2003 CDL Singapore Sculpture Award Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum
2001 “A Vision of Change”, University of Brighton, UK
1994 Artistas De Singapura: Pintura Moderna No Oriente, Macau
As a full-time sculptor and painter, Lim Leong Seng has participated in many local and overseas exhibitions in Belgium, China, England, Japan, Korea, Paris, Southeast Asia and Taiwan since 1969. Working mainly out of Singapore and Thailand, Lim has completed numerous publicly and privately commissioned sculptures in Singapore including: Singapore Zoological Gardens, Singapore Tourism Board, Kallang Theatre, Housing Development Board and SIA. He has created more than 30 public sculptures. In 2001, after Lim Leong Seng created live-sized bronze sculptures of early immigrants here depicting a Chinese coolie, an Indian milk seller and a Mid-Autumn Festival lantern procession for Telok Ayer Green, a park near the Central Business District, he developed an interest in the life and culture of early immigrants.
Lim Leong Seng’s later works include samsui women, rickshaw pullers, coolies in godowns and an Indian teh-tarik drink seller. As an artist, Lim Leong Seng’s aesthetic expertise can be seen through his wide range of sculptural concepts, spanning from realistic captures of individuals key to Singapore’s history, to more abstract and symbolic sculptures of family unity.
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