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, April 28, 2008
Crashing
I feel my world crashing yesterday.
Recently realising alot of things...n knowing things I shouldnt have. Ignorance can be a bliss. but truths can never be hidden for long. better to know sooner.
And oso finally being confirmed that the Graphite poster I am working on, may not be needed afterall due to some changes in the categories of the competitions. details i cant say here though. I juz feel disappointed things have to be turned out this way. my poor organiser was not feeling any better.
I love sixoneders. We met up for lunch at Holland V this afternoon. I think they are the only ones left to keep me sane. I regain my sanity now. Seems I have to work on being a level headed person :) ganbatte to myself. It's a challenging lesson to be picked up~
Monday, April 21, 2008
New PC
Sat morn woke up by Sis who told me to get a new cpu/processor since i need it for sch anyway. Moreover it's 3 years old liao, saving it or changing parts will be more exp since it's the old generation type.
So off we went to simlim to buy... then Sunday went back to collect.... I feel like i am a sim lim staff liao la... been going there for the past 3 days. anyway the staff is good la. I am his 3-yrs customer liao lor, so of cos la haha.... so now my processor is one of the latest with 3 GHZ for the cpu speed... but I didnt get any super high end graphics la.... bleah~ Spent my whole weekend on the computers and yesterday in installing back my stuff which are so darn messy as I haven pack them properly yet. Supposed to back up my files etc after internship.
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Love is something that cannot be forced. Though you didn't do that directly, but the way u treat urself is indirectly forcing me; forcing me to think that if I have had accepted you, you wouldnt be in this state. Dun push me anymore.
I am tired. Tired of so many things.
Why am I feeling so upset. work. environment. ppl. omg, it's sucking energy, passion and happiness from me.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Computer DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sob sob it started hanging since last Thurs... And finally on Tues night, it died and had to lug it to Sim Lim on Wed during lunch to get it fixed. After almost 2 hrs, we found out the rams are faulty, so I get a one to one replacement from Kingston for free. And also maybe graphic card loose. But watever it is, it is solved. IT SEEMED SOLVED.
Working well on it all the way until juz now..... It started hanging and then cant start up anymore. Not enuff time for me to back up my latest drawings.... shucks.... i think HDD is fine so I hope data is still there. Juz that the new Rams may be faulty again but we tried all kinds of configuration on the slots.... And finally my sis said maybe it's the mother board that is dying.... My mother board is the older generation type. Changing it means my Rams and the newly bought 7600GT graphic card will be wasted... selling them? i dunno how to sell them, as in where and how. see how la. Means tml i will contribute to taxi industry again, and lug my CPU to the store... shag sia....
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Hesitation...
I am hesitating. it's a conflict of mind and emotion. Difficult choice to make/decide. It's all uncertainty.
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I had a fren who has been 'lost' and 'disappeared' after a break-up with his first gf.... and then recently I have this another person doing the same thing, or rather going towards that similar consequences.... and worse, he already done it long time ago and now becos of me, he's doing it the second time. Knowing that having a fren disappeared or him sinking into endless depression or an abyss of darkness, and somemore i am partly involved, I felt the need to consult and pull him out of that asap... nip in the bud thingy.....
I dunno whether how good my 'consultation' is or whether it is his fortune that he listened and tried after I talked to him several hours.. over a few days.... And seeing him trying to keep going though in his low spirits.... I felt relieved abit. Jia you, my fren. I wont want to see a second person to disappear.... It is very sad.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Issues with brain and heart
ok... i am sneakily blogging this in the office....
juz suddenly wanna say that the troubling problem has been solved yesterday... things are cleared but the other party needs time to really get over it.I really thank him for seeing as a perfect person and appreciated my presence that much. It's touching really.
On the other matters....well I feel that things can be settled in a few words.... but then there is so much uncertainties in me before i can be brave enuff to make the decisions and say out the few simple words.
As what the anime XXXHolic mentioned, words are very powerful... well to me, definitely is and that the consequences caused from these words can be very serious too.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Random~
Been MIA-ing due to office work + working on the Graphite Manga Poster 2008.... sheesh... so stressful.
Anyway, I juz uploaded the Penang Photos onto my comp... and many of the photos are poorly taken and I will need soime time to edit them... so I guess I will post them another time >.<
Yesterday went to Zouk with Ying, jiayu, ch and wj. Ahaha after Ying's countless invitations to zouk, finally the 5 of us went there for the first time together... And our dear host is sooooooo high already.... and we all tried to protect her against evil guys preying on gals on the dance floor. And of cos some ppl 'zuan dao' can~~~ hahahahahahahahhahahahaahaha *erhem* And ya, i think i cannot take Long Island. This is the 2nd time I drank it. and similarly, the effect will start after like 30min-45min..... haha got delay one. Then I will begin to see things turning green... and many many stars will cloud my eyes until i cant see anymore.... it's all yellow. haha... jialat rite.
Ok, something else...For the past few weeks.... something has been bothering me... and it is like abit confirmed on Fri..... During the end of 2006, someone said somethings to me... and I didnt expect that in 2008, someone else said somethings exactly to me... And I never expect that to happen... and my reactions and answers are almost the same... I really dunno wat is the best way to counter that kind of situations.... And after I got home.... I felt so miserable becos I would not want to hurt people... and esp they are nice nice people... Though it's not my fault, but I will feel it is still becos of me that the person is in pain. so i will feel so sorry....that i cried alittle. It's never my intention to hurt them.... Why cant close friendships happen between a guy and a gal?? Once a gal nice to him, he will think the gal likes him. Does that mean I have to be distant and cold towards all my guy frens?? Haiz..... why are the guys i met so far are like that? Or somehow I am soooo misleading? help....
And on some other matters ....
"For a moment, I wish that you are mine and I am yours..."
03:
The NUS Architecture Graduation Exhibition- "How does your garden grow?"
I am grateful and honoured that my Thesis Project is selected for this exhibition. Honestly speaking, the process had went through multiple changes, and many horrible late nights, stayovers in the computer studios, having Macs for almost every day towards submission period... Much worse is the physical tiredness, mental tireness and depression and all.... Every bit of progress is difficult, full of obstacles and never a smooth path. I won't be able to pull through without encouragement and help from friends and family. Thank you so much!
Opening Day
Date: Saturday, 13 Jun '09
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Iluma Urban Entertainment Centre
201 Victoria Street Singapore 188067, Level 7 (@Sky garden for the opening ceremony)
02:
My Exhibition Installation @ NUS Museum, UCC - from 7 March to 7 May "Site, Spectator, Situation"
This exhibition project is collaborated among NUS Dept. of Architecture, University Scholar Programme(USP) and NUS Museum for my USP Final Year Project. The opening ceremony and presentation on 6 March was a success! Thanks to Noora (NUS Museum), Lilian Chee (Supervisor from Archi) and the departments for their support and those who turn up and those who visited my installation! :)
My installation is a collage of maps collected during my travels. It is a "Mind" map that existed in my mind based on experiences and memories of places. Hence, it's a cognitive map that is subjective to everyone. Hopefully, this installation will be placed somewhere else later and I'll inform you if it happens. If you drop by UCC, feel free to take a look!
3 other students' works are at NUS Arts Canteen, Kampong Glam and lastly in Museum (level 1).
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Kaleidoscope 2007 Exhibition 27-28th Oct 2007
@ Suntec-MY. PLAYGr0und
It was kinda rush as I only had a sunday to colour up the whole thing. Thanks to my anime friend who encouraged me all the way as I felt like giving up halfway several times then. There are other students and studios participating in this exhibition, such as Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS). Many wonderful artworks. Hopefully more NUS ppl take part!!
Photograph with courtesy from NUS Students' Comics and Animation Society
