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.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
UM day 9&10 (19th & 20th May)
These days have been real busy too…. More and more measurements to be taken. Oh yes, forgot to tell you that we put on yellow helmets when we went inside for the first day. So we all looked like future contractors… lol. Rudy took a picture of us (elita, xuhui and me) putting on our helmets… the funny thing is that I was helping xuhui to put on, while elita helped me at the back… so we formed this “toot toot train” formation…. So cute… ^^
Finally on Friday, it was our last day in Malacca and taking the measurements at the ulu shophouse. From morning to afternoon, me and Xuhui were drawing/ drafting our plans to scale. Being bored, we switched on the tv and tried to decipher wat the Malay ppl were saying while we worked. We ended up laughing… becos we were making funny guesses at what they were saying etc that we felt ourselves being so duh… After 3 pm, we 2 decided to go to the shophouse for a last look. When I was there, I witnessed this UM student, called Din (in short), went up the roof!! I saw it with my own eyes…. At first, he climbed up some toilet wall… den hopped to this concrete beam, sat on it and slowly stood up and squeezed through the bare rafters. His fren aka my partner, Wei Qian, threw one end of the tape for Din. Din caught it and bit the end with his mouth and climbed up the roof tiles with his hands and legs…. The whole action was very risky lor… Not only it is so darn high and out in the open, the house is on this collapsing and unstable mode. Other side of the roof had been totally gone or collapsed. Damn zai!
Wey Shan, another UM student, wanted to trace a window glass pattern, but the windows were in that collapsed section… so she had to break the glass to let it come on. This set me and Xuhui throwing stones and broken tiles at the glass, shiok! Cos since young, we were taught not to do this do that, and not to break things. And so now, I get to experienced this little thrilling moments.. hhaha, but in the end, we only got a small part broken…
At night, the night market at Jonker Street started again. It only occurs on fri and sat nights. So I bought some local sweets which look good and I am very tempted to try them myself but I restrained from doing so. I should share with my family and frens mah. I caught some flu this day.. I kept sneezing since morning, so at night I had some running nose …after dinner at night market, I went back hotel while the others went to Geographer, which is a nice bar shop ( I went there b4 during year1), and drank and chat. Rudy came back hotel after a while and wanted to watch this dvd of this comedy movie called “Harold and Kumar”. I oso got curious abt the show, so I went to watch in his room, using Eng Kiat’s laptop. Only his lappy worked. Ours cannot read the disc. So Eng kiat ended up watching with us too~ After the show, I went back to the hotel and started packing up with the gals…. Our room was really messy with all the drawings and tools lying all ard…. After packing, it was abt 3 plus am…. Sleep!
