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.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Cooking Skills Uplvled?
Nah, nothing much actually. Yesterday wanna grill my fish fillet for dinner and I suddenly wanted to change it to fried fish pieces that have a crispy layer of flour after i have prepared all my garlic, onion and ginger.... erm... but still i carry on... and the worse is... i didnt add water or egg to the flour for the fish pieces to dip in.... erm... but watever it is, it turned out good k. So, my first ever crispy grilled (supposed to be fried) fish with my beautiful sunny side up. hehe~~ sweet~
Well after all the grumbles abt boring sweden, maybe I shall say something good abt it:
- low humidity: I simply love this weather... not the coldness of cos... when I first arrive in lund when it is like end of summer, everything is cool and reasonably dry. I like it when i dun feel sticky and sweaty like we always feel back in sg. I feel so clean all the time here.
- food will not go soft even if left open to air after a few days. This feature is really cool! U can leave ur packet of biscuits, chips or cereal open and they remain crispy as ever!!
- No bugs: I think maybe it is during this time of the year when most bugs went to hibernate or migrate, that I dun see any ants or flies etc so far. Not on the streets, not in my room (except one spider that got in when i open my window), not in the kitchen!! No lizards or cockroaches or watever! YESH!!!!! so basically, ur food is always clean even if u left them lying around for a few hours or overnight. No one will come and eat it. No one as in no buggy bugs. Imagine no need to yell at cockroaches or shooing away lizards, nor do u need to be weary of flies or getting bites by mosquitoes. Really! I LOVE IT!
- Reduced tension of using water: Here, there's plenty of water. Unlike back at home, ur parents will scream at you for using water too much. Well we can peacefully use water to our pleasure. Hmpf, that means can bathe longer~~ SHLD bathe longer, haha~~~~ aww too bad they dun have bath tub. anyway i dun have much leisure time to soak myself in bath tub anyway.
- Electricity: Well, I aint sure how costly is their electricity charges but wat i know is, we paid a big sum of money for our hostels that include water and electricity. If u see in the the selfish way, you can say that we can use electricity as much as we want!! muahaha. nah i aint that evil. But at least I dun feel the pressure when I forgot to off lights when I accidentally doze off etc. This is another good good feature for me.
- environment friendly. well, the ppl here recycle stuff regardless if they get back money for them ornot. this is very motivating! haiz... when will singaporeans learn? generally most of us cant be bothered abt recycling. Anyway, i know my corridor mates are very organised at this. and they have compartments or bin specially for different materials. And end of each week, the person at duty will recycle them at the garage downstairs. I of cos became more environmentally friendly due to their influence and i feel really good. And it is becoming a habit. For plastic bottles and glass bottles, if u recycle at Willy's (my nearest departmental store), you can get some money per bottle! Great motivation oso eh~
- hmm dunno if it is legal to say this but here the regulations against downloading stuff is nil? or so lax that they dun care abt it. so u get wat i mean rite? yea, u can fill ur days watching movies and listening to music to ur pleasure...
- hmm wat else.... i can only think of these 7 points at the moment.
haiz i miss the bright white lightings.... here in these hostel rooms are all dim and orange... too good for making u doze off and sleep... Last few days when I was trying to draw my plans, my eyes were tearing like hell... cant see properly lor... haiz....
ok, back to work~~ or maybe resting and lazing ard abit. hehe~
