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.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Many happenings Part 2
hhoho~~~ many things to tok abt.... but will say briefly ba... Thursday I had ex-studio outing at Rice Table in Internation building, Orchard. And Fri in the office, we celebrated a staff's bdae. I posted some photos before this blog, can scroll down to see.... I think I am damn lucky in the sense that in all the workplaces I went to, the ppl are damn nice... For eg, this time, the bdae gal was a fresh grad student who came to office 1 month before me to work as perm staff. Now the office ppl bought her a bdae cake from Secret Recipe and one guy sort of planned how to celebrate her bdae by doing some acting etc. The rest of us like ying who tried to do up a bdae card and engkiat made some little fake bouquet of flowers to go with the card. For me, I did a little circular model and put some landscaping stuff in it. Haha, so u see how touched the bdae gal is~~
On friday, it was a really surprising one. After the bdae celebration in office, it was near 5-6 pm, it was almost time to leave office. Jus then i checked my hp to see Ed's sms to jio us for mahjong session at near midnight at his house. I was shocked.... wat a happening day. I think sel posted most of the happening in his blog liao, so i shant say anything more~~ haha juz that I feel abit duh at myself for not playing much since i went to sleep at 3am.... so i only played 3 hours... not enuff!!!!!
Yea failed to jog during this weekend... I tot i can jog on sunday, which is today... but I woke up at 5:15 pm. YES, PM! so i hadnt haf any food yet, so mum forbidded me to jog. Oh man.... So I ended up packing my files on my laptop..... Hey, i failed to go IKEA to check out on tables and failed to go Sim Lim to check out on new PC.... I failed in doing alot of things I wanna do!! Please throw stones and rotten eggs at me.
Haiz, jo had stopped playing the game.... Sel oso like giving up cos he passed me alot of things.... though he's still playing the game but for fun sake. I really admire jo's sense of impulse though I know it can be a good or bad thing depending on the situation. Well I think this is me... I am a person who dun haf courage to let things go. Once committed, it will last until the very end. I think it applies to almost everything in my life.... in everything i do. Sometimes i think it is stupidity perseverence.
Recently some ppl been saying they haf many faces to their real self.... this suddenly gave me an idea... It reminded me of a Post-Impressionist aritst, Paul Cezanne, who painted objects from different perspectives and thus his paintings ended up segmented. It inspired Picasso and he brought forward such ideas and developed it until he set up the art movement Cubism. Cezanne would never tot his little idea would make a worldly famous thing. Every angle gives one a different view of the object; of the person; of the event. Becos of fragmentation, the world is a complicated yet interesting matter that no one will ever haf true understanding of things, even themselves... things are everchanging, never fail to amuse anyone.....
"seeing the stars outside my windows, distant yet knowing their existence.
Just knowing the existence, I know they are always by my side.
With that existence, I am comforted and satisfied."
见窗外的星星如此明亮地闪烁着,有如在远方照应着我.
虽遥远但我知晓它的存在, 有如一直在我身边照顾我, 看着我.
虽遥远但因为知道它存在, 我已得安慰, 幸福.
