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 day4- 14th May “I am so stupid”
Haha, as expected, I didn’t manage to wake up at the time I wanted… I set 2 alarms on my hp… duno y it didn’t ring…. I didn’t hear it too… am I that sleepy? Anyway I woke up near 7am, which I am supposed to be at the Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock street already… My assigned partner, Woi Chean knocked on my door, that made me woke up… sp hurriedly I washed up while he waited for me outside. Xuhui oso overslept.. lol… At the site, we were separated into 2 grps of 2 each to sit at the different street junction to count the diff types of vehicles. Me and Woi Chean sat down at a shophouse steps and chit chat while we count the vehicles passing by… seemed we were pretty relaxed rite… neh… haha woi chean very funny….and he’s pretty caring to his friends ard him, including gals of cos. Many times he wont act like big brother and told me to stand inner abit to prevent kenna knock down by cars at the turning corner. This morning at the shopfront, he tried to find clean sitting area for me. He even took a piece of cardboard lying there and cleaned it with his hand, wept away the dust and dirt and let me sit on it while he sat on the dirty concrete floor… aww…. So sweet rite? Haha. Also, when the sun began to rise, he kept shifting place for me so that I would not get hit by the sun rays. Aiyo~ so in the end I told him I was too lazy to move liao, so we settled there until 9 plus am…
We walked back to our hotel and I sun bian bought some shampoo etc from guardian, which has no signboard outside…lol. Hey, many things were cheap leh… the dove shower cream is 6.88 ringgit!! Wah, means ard 3 bucks in singapore leh… woi chean told me I can get cheaper in shopping centres… heehee, shall reserve my money for buying stuff there then. I’ll juz get the necessary toiletries here will do… ok, so from now til 2plus pm, I stayed in my hotel, sleeping lor… den when I juz woke up, xuhui knocked on my door and we went to haf lunch, before we met up the rest of the grp members and proceeded to Puri Hotel for discussion with our professors. Oh man, lots of work to do. Tonight no sleep but I tink I will fall asleep. After discussion, we went to Jonker St. again for dinner in a mini eatery place. We toked abt our grp members, whether we are gum or not. I think I let the issue affected me and I seemed to feel down. I think nothing serious or much to make me feel sad but I juz feel down lar… Den ard 8 plus, we went back hotel. And I realised I am such a dumb person.
Me and jiayu were waiting for the lift. The door opened with an Indian guy. He looked ard and said something like wrong floor he wanted. So he asked us to come in. And the next horrible thing is… after I came in, he closed the door! And squashed jiayu!! OMG! Den she scolded him, “oh my god, wat are u doing..!” so after he pressed the door opened, jiayu came in… wah… muz be damn pain… she had the sian face liao… den this guy pressed first floor. But when door opened, he went out and looked ard and wanted to come back in again. But I pressed button 3 very fast so too late for him to go back in…Den jy was telling me that actually I shouldn’t go into this lift with this stranger lor… he looked so suspicious as he came all the way down and looked ard and wanted to go back up again…. And in this lousy small lift, which alarm is spoilt, things can be very bad if they were to happen lor. This sort of make me realised that yes, it is very dangerous… I think I let my guard down since I had a fren to accompany me… I feel so dumb and stupid… Y am I not alert at times when I needed to be. In Singapore, I am very alert at such things… Y when I come here, I seemed to forgot all this…. Karina was saying that maybe I am still not used to the new environment…ok… I think I am forever a child, stupid, dumb, or always think ppl are nice and etc.. I dunno… whatever. Had to go bathe soon and do work after that… sian… haha~ I juz found out that Puri Hotel got wireless! But dunno need to pay ornot leh…. Hmm, nvm, after this 1st busy phrase is over, I will try the internet. We are changing hotel on Mon, called Ba Ba Hotel. It is opposite Puri Hotel lor!! Yes man! I can juz run across the street and use internet! Heehee~~~ ok la, should end here~~ ^ ^
