陈声桂1948年出生于中国广东潮安，1955年移居新加坡，1972年毕业于南洋大学，获文学士学位。
由于在推广艺术方面做出贡献，1978年获新加坡政府颁给“新加坡杰出青年奖”（SYA，原称“全国青年服务奖”）；1992年获亚细安颁给“第一届亚细安个人成就奖”;
2000年获得新加坡政府颁给文化奖章；2002年获得德国驻新加坡大使哈索颁给万宝龙（Mont
Blanc De La Culture Award）国际艺术大奖。
2008年获得南洋校友成就奖。以下是推荐文：
Prof Tan Siah Kwee: Perfecting the art of beauty in words
A graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Nanyang
University, 1972, the quiet and determined Prof Tan is ceaseless in his search
for perfecting an art and his Chinese calligraphic skills. To him, gaining
mastery of the art of Chinese calligraphy is a lifelong pursuit that requires
endless patience and a stillness of heart.
He shares how the art form has benefited him. "After
all my years of practising calligraphy, I have been instilled with a great
sense of patience. This has helped me maintain my centre of balance no matter
what life brings," he enthused.
Currently, the President of the Chinese Calligraphy Society
of Singapore (CCSS), Prof Tan not only founded CCSS, but also served for 37
years as its President. He has continued in his capacity so as to promote his
love for calligraphy, which eventually led to Prof Tan embarking on a career of
lecturing calligraphy, a mere two years after he graduated. In 1974, he became
a Lecturer at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, where he spent 12 years. Prof
Tan was subsequently appointed a Lecturer of Chinese Calligraphy at the Centre
for Chinese Language and Culture, NTU, and at the Department of Chinese
Studies, NIE.
Prof Tan has also published over 200 essays on the topic of
calligraphy and art, in books, magazines and newspapers. He has won countless
awards and honours for his work and gained local and international recognition
for his extraordinary calligraphic skills.
He was the first Calligrapher to be nominated by the
Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (now Singapore Tourism Board) to serve as its
cultural ambassador in 1978. Prof Tan has been a judge at numerous art and
calligraphic competitions and exhibitions here and overseas since 1975. These
include the National Day Art Exhibition and the 3rd China Calligraphy and Seal
Carving Television Competition. The latter was organised by the Central China
Television (CCTV).
A man of mission, Prof Tan is keen to introduce calligraphy
to people of all ages. He established the Singapore Senior Citizen Calligraphy
University, as well as introduced children calligraphy classes. It is a dream
of his to spread the appreciation of Chinese calligraphy to as many people as
he could.
Prof Tan has surely made his mark. He was able to raise a
large sum of money to erect the Singapore Calligraphy Centre at Waterloo
Street, with the aid of government funding. Today, many local and overseas
calligraphers call the centre home. He also collaborated with famous sculptor,
Mr Chern Lian Shan, to produce a bronze bust of the late Mr Lee Wee Nam. The
masterpiece, emblazoned with Prof Tan's signature calligraphic strokes, is now
a prominent centrepiece, at the entrance of the Lee Wee Nam library at NTU. The
strokes behold an elegant inscription of the library's new name.
In more ways than one, Prof Tan has contributed to his alma
mater. Till this day, Prof Tan remains keenly involved in NTU alumni
activities. Just last year, he sat on the Organising Committee as Chairman for
the 35th Anniversary Reunion for the Class of 1972 and 30th Anniversary Reunion
for the Class of 1977.
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