Name : Juliana S.Y. Chan
Known as : North Swallow / Hoku Tsubameko. Currently renamed to NS Chan Studio
Occupation:
- Current: Architect
- Others: Freelance graphics designer and Illustrator
Societies:
- Alumni of NUS Students' Comics and Animation Society
- Artists Society of Singapore (ASOS)- Secretary
[Profile in ASOS can be view
here.]
Hobbies:
- Painting
- Drawing
[More Introduction can be viewed at my Official Website
here.]
: Achievements :
Year 2015
- Pencil Drawing “Young Memories” featured in American art magazine, “Strokes of Genius 8”. Oil Painting “Simple. Happiness” exhibited at “SG50 National Day Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition 2015”, organized by Ngee Ann Cultural Centre Ngee Ann Kongsi. Oil Painting “Sri Mariamman Temple in Chinatown, Singapore” selected for “Arising Star” FASS Artists Grand Art SG50 Exhibition, organized by the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore). Oil Paintings "Her Family" and "Still Life No.3 - Together with Joy" selected for "Blossom and Flourish" Singapore National Women's Art Exhibition 2015 (in conjunction with the celebration of SG50), organized by the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore).
Year 2014
- Pencil Drawing “Honesty of Time” featured in American art magazine, “Strokes of Genius 7”.
Year 2012
- Assistant Treasurer of Artists Society of Singapore. Works featured in art publication of Artists Society of Singapore.
Year 2010
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Extravaganza - Graphite 2010 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 2010 at Suntec Hall, 14 Nov.
Year 2009
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Extravaganza - Graphite 2009 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 09 at Suntec Hall, 21 Nov.
- Thesis project selected for City Exhibition (NUS Architecture Graduation Exhibition- "How does your garden grow?") held at Iluma Urban Entertainment Centre, 13 Jun.
Year 2008
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Graphite 2008 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 08 at Suntec Hall, 22 Nov.
- Exhibited individual installation for team exhibition “Site, Situation, Spectator” collaborated among Department of Architecture, University Scholar Programme and NUS Museum. Installation is exhibited in NUS Museum.
Year 2006
- Selected for Student’s Exchange Programme (SEP) to Lund, Sweden.
- Design Projects (Year 3 semester 1 and semester 2) selected for Department exhibition.
Year 2003-4
- Head of Manga Sub-Committee in NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society.
- Pioneer as Head of 2004 “Graphite” Organising Committee to organise first TERTIARY manga drawing competition for 3 universities: NUS, NTU and SMU.
- Design Project (Year 1 semester 2) selected for Department exhibition.
Year 2001-2
- Assistant Secretary and Head of Publicity of Hwa Chong Junior College Chinese Orchestra (HCCO).
- Won gold medal in team competition (HCCO) in Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) 2001.
- Performed duet in HCCO concert at Victoria Concert Hall 2002.
- Awarded First in comic illustration for competition organised by HCJC’s Comics Club 2002.
Year 1997-2000
- Awarded Best in Art Elective Programme (AEP) subject in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
- GCE O’ Levels: 9 distinctions, includes Higher Art Distinction in AEP, 1997-2000.
- Selected by school NYGH and Ministry of Education to represent Singapore in 1999 to Atlanta, Georgia, USA for overseas summer programme in Atlanta College of Fine Arts.
- 3rd prize winner in Singapore Story – Youth Edition Art competition organised by National Youth Council in 1998.
- Merit Prize winner in Care-for-Nature Spot-Art competition at Sungei Buloh Nature Park in 1998.
Year 1996
- Awarded 2nd position for Lions International Peace Poster Contest in Southeast Asia.
: Career History :
Associate at DP Architects, 2014-Current
Architectural Executive at DP Architects, 2012-2014
Architectural Assistant at DP Architects, 2009-2012
Freelance Graphics Designer, 2008-2011
Internship at K2LD Architects, 2007-2008
- Completed interior project for renovation of apartment at Hillington Green, Singapore.
- Completed interior project for creation of wedding banquet showroom at G-Hotel, Penang.
Internship at DP Architects Pte Ltd, 2006
- Participated in A&A works for Saint Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore.
Internship at The Design Studio of Colin K. Okashimo and Associates, 2005
- Model-making
Freelance Graphics Designer, 2004 - Current
- T-shirt design for NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society.
- 2 Website Interface designs for NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society, working with programmer.
- Poster Design for Graphite 2005 Competition.
- Costume designs for University Scholar Programme Rag Day 2004.
- Banner and nametag design for 3rd Great Asian Streets Symposium held in NUS, Department of Architecture.
- Logo and T-shirt design for Hall XI, FOC 2004 “Ignixion”, in Nanyang Technological University.
Multimedia Artist (contract-based), and Graphics Designer (freelance) at AsknLearn.com Pte Ltd, 2003-2004
- Participated in website competition.
- Developed illustrations and digital graphics for website layout or interface design, character design, stories illustrations, logos and icons, brochures, product covers, banners, posters, and simple computer-based animations.
- Participated in computer animated e-Learning softwares for educational uses.
: Qualifications/Education :
- Registered Architect - Qualified Person (QP) from 2012 - current.
- University Scholar's Programme, NUS, Singapore, 2009.
- Master Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2009.
- Bachelor (Honours) Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2003-2007.
Monday, January 03, 2005
A Year continuing with old Troubles-Troubled
2005 has come... yet I do not feel that total rejuvenation on myself, neither refreshed nor genki. However, I did set down my mind on work-related stuff.... determined and motivated in some ways. However, time to time I still feel the troubles I had lingering with me still. They are not going away. Indeed, hiding them for a year or more isn't going to help further.
From the past, I always tot myself as a strong person, able to self-motivate and brush away or solve troubles by my own. Also I used work to make me feel happy cos doing work such as drawing comics etc are my happy times. So not only it made me feel happy at that time, it also helped me forget abt the problems and brushed it away. It always worked. As years passed by and finally reached last semester, too many troubles gripped upon me. Is it because this is the adulthood I'm reaching, or is it just my luck tt I getting into all these stuff? why why why? Many times I questioned, many times I pondered, answers are never found.
Is it because I have changed? Is it because I realised that I am a not as strong as I tot to be? or is it tt this is the true colours of my nature? Or is it...... But after all this, I am clearer of the fact tt I am living in the world of
two beings... me and myself. One of me is groomed by the society where I lived through the times of living hell. It made me dark, cold, yet strong. That me is independent, calm, alert and strong, nevertheless cold, anti-social, self-centred and protective of ownself and competitive.... After an incident that crumples my strong self and meeting nice souls who slowly open up my self more, I developed another me or in true fact, awakened the me that was locked up after the dark appeared since then. This me was kind and caring... She always put others before her, trying to help whoever she likes and loves, however she's vulnerable and get herself wounded too much in the process of protecting people.
Indeed, becos of my extremes of the two personalities, I am able to be a person of
extremes... I can take good points of both and therefore, a better person. I am really happy. I am able to see many things and helped me in my work.
However, something juz triggered me or maybe I am exhausted. I no longer haf the energy to maintain in that neutral stand between the two beings. Can u understand the
struggle between the 2 contradicting beings for years? It's a painful battle... takes up lots of energy and it's very tiring. The pain for years are always covered up by my determination to strive. It's juz that now both have developed their own minds or something that they beginning to grab me at the sides and tearing me apart... One day, I might fall prey to my own 2 selves. I'ld be torn into pieces, blood gushed away, eaten up and lost into abyss of nothing. Now am I the third me? If so, I shall prevent this tragedy. I will strive to be the master of my 2 selves again and put them to be my left and right hand men, so they can assist me. I can't let them turn into uncontrollable monsters. To capture them and make them listen means I must be stronger and improve my skills. (hmm this whole drama scenes sound like anime......) But things are working like this in real life, that's y people can think of such things to draw out.
So it is... I am determined to be a
MASTER of my 2 selves.... this is one of my resolution this year. What worries me is that I have other problems besides self problems. There are feelings problems and family problems.... I think maybe in the end I wont die from my 2 selves, but die from all these troubles. Unless I call upon the dark self and become cold and strong, and so I wont be bothered by them. However, the other me is not being able to bear this. Ok.... so I am troubling again.... of the old troubles. A year with old troubles... a nice start....
everyone has two sides... itz juz how different the two sides are.... dun worry abt that... juz learn how to control ur emotions... and actions den everything should fall in place...
actually the two sides could be developed becos one side is really u... the other side is wat u or others hope to be... well... juz be urself?? den u wun care abt how many sides u actually have... den u'll juz be julie after a while... 1 julie....
Ed is right to an extent but I think people usually have more than 2 sides. Multi-faceted and we differ when we hang out with different group of people or in different situations. Personally, I've come to the conclusion that there is no single side of a person tht is the "true" side of that person. Because that would make tht person one-dimensional and most of us have much deeper and richer characters than that.
hmm yar, u all are right...~ juz that they are too extreme for me to stand in the middle
Juz follow ur intuition and do wat u wan 2 do. They are juz advisors there to help u. Dun let them take full control or u will find it hard to go back to ur neutral self.