Born in 1945, renowned Singapore contemporary ink artist Lim Choon Jin has been involved in numerous exhibitions in Singapore. He graduated from RMIT (Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts) with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors1st Class) and Master in Arts (Fine Arts). Lim has received recognition for his art in the prestigious UOB Painting of the Year Competition and Singapore ASEAN Awards by Philip Morris. Lim Choon Jin's style of alligraphy and Chinese Ink is one of abstraction and dissociation. Transcending calligraphic strokes into non-objective abstraction, the dissociative nature of his works is creates a mental spatial experience that reaches beyond the tactile senses to imbue the viewer with the balancing energies of negative and positive space. Distinctly Eastern in tone, his abstract works are a method of stroke and conceptual depth.

Awards

2005
Highly Commended (Abstract)
24th UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore

2004
Category Winner (Traditional Chinese Medium)
23rd UOB Painting of the Year Competition, SingaporeRMIT BA (Hons) Dean's Excellent Award
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia, joint LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

2003
Certificate of Recognition
Singapore ASEAN Awards 2003 (Philip Morris Asia Limited)

1996
Certificate of Distinction (Traditional Chinese Medium)
15th UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore

Solo Exhibitions

2003

Nature's Splendours
Cape of Good Hope Gallery
MICA, Singapore

Group Exhibitions

2005

24th UOB Painting of the Year Competition and Exhibition
Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, SingaporeEt Cetera
Modern Art Society
Telok Kurau Gallery, SingaporeSingapore Art Show 2005
Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University 
National Art Council

2004

23rd UOB Painting of the Year Competition and Exhibition
Esplanade - Threates on the Bay, SingaporeProof IV
Singapore Printmaking Society
STPI Gallery, Singapore

2003

Philip Morris Singapore-ASEAN Art Awards 2003
ARTrium @ MITA, MITA Building, Singapore

2002

Border
Singapore Printmaking Society
Alliance Francaise De Singapour, Singapore

2001

Nokia Singapore Art 2001
National Arts Council
National Art Museum, SingaporeProof
Singapore Printmaking Singapore
Substation Art Gallery, Singapore

2000

Singapore Printmaking Exhibition in Malaysia
Singapore Printmaking Society
Central Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaART 65th
The Society of Chinese Artists, Singapore
Paragon Exhibition Hall, Singapore

1999

Nokia Singapore Art 1999
National Arts Council
National Art Museum, Singapore

1997

President's 1997 Charity Art Exhibition
LaSalle-SIA Earl Lu Gallery, SingaporeSingapore Art 97
National Arts Council & National Heritage Board
Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, SingaporeThe 2nd Malaysia Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints
Central Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1996

15th UOB Painting of the Year Competition and Exhibition
UOB Plaza, Singapore

1995

Art 60th
The Society of Chinese Artists, Singapore
Orchard Point Exhibition Hall, SingaporeSingapore Art 95 Exhibition
National Arts Council
IMM Exhibition Hall, Singapore

1992

Singapore Art 92 Exhibition
National Arts Council
IMM Exhibition Hall, SingaporeBalimage 1 - 10 Artists
LaSalle Cultural Gallery, Singapore