Shalom Lim loves life! Diagnosed with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, this highly-motivated P5 pupil at Changkat Primary School, sings, swims, paints, plays the piano, goes horseriding and is especially adept at Maths and all kinds of computer games. He is also a keen soccer fan as well as a little poet-in-the-making!
In March 2002 when he was only in Primary One, he presented a poem at the Inaugural Muscular Dystrophy Association of Singapore Charity Dinner, entitled “Reaching Out” which he co-wrote with his mother and which, the Guest of Honour, Dr S. Balaji highly commended. The next year in July 2003, Shalom was the 50m Freestyle gold medallist at the National Swimming Championships organised by the Singapore Disability Sports Council.
Shalom’s interest in art was discovered rather incidentally. It was in April 2002 that a professional art teacher, Mr. Ng Geok Seng of B Inspire had been engaged to tutor Shalom’s older brother, Isaac who has high-functioning autism. Shalom has just started school then and his parents did not wish to burden him unnecessarily with extra art classes. But when Shalom saw how much his older brother was enjoying his sessions with the art teacher, he insisted that he should also be given an opportunity to learn. His parents eventually gave in and Shalom attended his first private art lesson with Mr. Ng four months later in August 2002.
Since then, Shalom has made great strides and his paintings have won in competitions, been printed into cards and many of his works are collected by artlovers both in Singapore and abroad.
In April 2004, Shalom’s “Gifts from the Heart” was one of 10 winning entries in an art competition organized by the Disabled Peoples’ Association (DPA). In July 2004, he was awarded the merit prize by VSA Singapore for “Spring is Coming”. Two of his paintings were also selected by VSA for their greeting card project with the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) and for which he was paid royalties.
In January 2005, Shalom took his artworks to Valuair and helped to raise $3000 for the building of a ramp at Changkat Primary School through the sale of his paintings. This story was carried by The New Paper (TNP) on 26 April 2005. In August 2005, he received the Young Talent award for Art from Teach Me Services, under the Asian Womens’ Welfare Association (AWWA).
On 29 January 2006, the Sunday Times carried a full-page feature on Shalom and his older brother, Isaac. The article highlighted their artistic talent and generated much interest and support from the public for their art. Currently, Shalom has just submitted a painting commissioned by Teach Me Services as a
gift for President Nathan who will be officiating at the opening of the AWWA Access Building on 18 July 2006. Shalom has also been appointed to present this painting to our President. What an honour!
Click here to see more of Shalom's Art
In March 2002 when he was only in Primary One, he presented a poem at the Inaugural Muscular Dystrophy Association of Singapore Charity Dinner, entitled “Reaching Out” which he co-wrote with his mother and which, the Guest of Honour, Dr S. Balaji highly commended. The next year in July 2003, Shalom was the 50m Freestyle gold medallist at the National Swimming Championships organised by the Singapore Disability Sports Council.
Shalom’s interest in art was discovered rather incidentally. It was in April 2002 that a professional art teacher, Mr. Ng Geok Seng of B Inspire had been engaged to tutor Shalom’s older brother, Isaac who has high-functioning autism. Shalom has just started school then and his parents did not wish to burden him unnecessarily with extra art classes. But when Shalom saw how much his older brother was enjoying his sessions with the art teacher, he insisted that he should also be given an opportunity to learn. His parents eventually gave in and Shalom attended his first private art lesson with Mr. Ng four months later in August 2002.
Since then, Shalom has made great strides and his paintings have won in competitions, been printed into cards and many of his works are collected by artlovers both in Singapore and abroad.
In April 2004, Shalom’s “Gifts from the Heart” was one of 10 winning entries in an art competition organized by the Disabled Peoples’ Association (DPA). In July 2004, he was awarded the merit prize by VSA Singapore for “Spring is Coming”. Two of his paintings were also selected by VSA for their greeting card project with the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) and for which he was paid royalties.
In January 2005, Shalom took his artworks to Valuair and helped to raise $3000 for the building of a ramp at Changkat Primary School through the sale of his paintings. This story was carried by The New Paper (TNP) on 26 April 2005. In August 2005, he received the Young Talent award for Art from Teach Me Services, under the Asian Womens’ Welfare Association (AWWA).
On 29 January 2006, the Sunday Times carried a full-page feature on Shalom and his older brother, Isaac. The article highlighted their artistic talent and generated much interest and support from the public for their art. Currently, Shalom has just submitted a painting commissioned by Teach Me Services as a
gift for President Nathan who will be officiating at the opening of the AWWA Access Building on 18 July 2006. Shalom has also been appointed to present this painting to our President. What an honour!
Click here to see more of Shalom's Art
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