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, May 23, 2005
UM Day 3-13th May "Injury Day... again"
[photos after this blog]
I woke up pretty early in the morning to do some work, while bren and karina went out early with her grp mates to do the street study. So left me and elita in the room. I did some work and read the Undo book b4 the rest came back. After that we dressed up neatly and set off to the Local Authority centre to get to know abt their conservation projects etc in Malacca. When we went in the “conference room”, it is like a parliament discussion room lor! Like we see the ministers and all sitting there, with rows of seats at both sides of the long room, and there are mikes in front of us. Then we have the authority ppl in the main chairs at the front, which has a lot of flags standing in the backgrd… wah…. Wat a serious atmosphere. I then realised I got a cut at my finger….
Blood has dried too… dunno how I got it. So after that, me, bren, karina and other UM students went to this stall to have noodles and ice-kacangs and chendols… wow, yesterday I had ice-kacang, now chendol… oh manz, I gonna get fat! From 3pm onwards, we visited other places. We went to SCDA house in street 55…. Again… Last year in year 1, me and ex-studio went there b4 lor…. Haiz sianz…. Later we visited Chee Hong Teng/Mazu Temple….den to its theatre building opposite the street which is still under renovation. This temple or theatre (the whole project) is awarded something like the best conservation project. These days we were walking and sweating under the hot sun. Most of us were sunburnt, so am i…. now my face contrasted more with my limbs… best… A contractor there demo us how to “cut” the porcelain pieces for those mosaics we see on the roof decorations. It seemed easy but when we tried to do it, it is yucky, so difficult. And as we cut, bit s of fine porcelain fly ard and stuck on to our skin. I was cutting halfway when suddenly I saw my left arm was bleeding…. A fresh blot of blood… oh ok…. Some tiny bits of porcelain muz have been pierced into my skin. I stood up and walked away to other areas… Den realised another part of that arm near my wrist was bleeding too! Hey…. So serious ar? Ok, so this cutting porcelain business can be so dangerous. Later, the lady from the temple project brought us ard to point out which are the bird nest houses. Hey, I found out that there are many of these houses are ard! And many swallows are flying ard… Hey, my fellow mates are flying in the sky~~ lol….. yea, swallows do live in the north after all….heehee….
Today is Friday, so there’s this night market aka pasar malam throughout most of the Jonker’s street… cool~~ but a lot of mosquitoes ard, but since I am wearing jeans it should be ok. Wah, we bought a lot of food… ate until pretty full… but compared to others, I ate the least…. I controlled myself mah. I bought some stuff/items too….very nice and proud of my findings. We continued to the end of the street where we spotted one crowd. We went near to see, and found this popular Malaysian guy who was in the guiness records for piercing into the coconut using 1 finger within 1 min I think. I heard from my frens that he’s super popular… and a lot of ppl who crowded to see him perform some tricks and the famous piercing coconut stunt are his friends or fans lor. They all very supportive of him and bought his medicines and ointments. He let us tried some of them. I rubbed some on my neck and it is really effective! But then I know it is just another kind of ointment that works like painkiller….of cos I didn’t buy…wah many bought, so he’s earning big bucks in one night…. Later we went back hotel…. Hot, tired and sweaty. After I took off my jeans, I realised I had mosquito bites! I didn’t feel itchy and the spots are swollen and red… as though they are scratches..! Ros said these are commando mosquitoes… they are really amazing to climb up from the bottom of my jeans… elita got 3 vertical bites at her hips cos she’s wearing a skirt….oh man… afterwards I felt those horrible itches….-_-. After bathing, it was almost 11 plus, yet we had some small grp meeting.. great, tml I have to do traffic study (counting different types of vehicles technically) at different times of the day… wah sian….and now is already 2:13am. Ok I better sleep now…. Haiz, each day I sure get ‘injured’ in some ways… hopefulky it will end from today….
Ok la, nitez!
