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, August 31, 2008
On ur own
I think one cannot expect any ideals.... I am saying that cos almost all ideals, beliefs and expectations are seemingly out of reach for me.... as i realised.
This set a disappointment environment but I am not going to sink too much in it.
I realised that at the end alot of things I have to be independent still. I must remember who I am, what i do and how i handle in the past. Otherwise, I think i will fall and get hurt myself. Think i still have to depend on myself alot, really.
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I am currently thinking of wat thesis topic I want to do for my final year design but there is like alot of headache and doubt and hesitation etc. I was pretty worried until last night I have a dream abt it. I had alot of dreams.... cant remember alot of them. But the latest one was related to my thesis topics... I woke up and jot them down... in the end, they are not what I want either. haha~~ oh well....
Friday, August 29, 2008
Sleep early, wake up early
For the past 2 days, I had been sleeping early thus waking up early.... i think becos Wed was a long day in school.... until i buay tahan and dozed off at 11pm.... argh and sadly missed all my animes..... Wed animes are the most interesting ones k....
Yesterday Jov flew back to Japan.... Me and ed chatted on our way back from changi but I was pretty sleepy to talk coherently~ After he left at city hall station, I slept all the way to clementi. Heng I didnt overshoot my station. It's like 11 plus pm but there's still many ppl ard in mrt trains... wah....
The cold night makes me feel like I aint in Singapore.... some kind of Autumn season.... cold wind, little sun.... and how i wanna snug in bed....
ok tonight's last episode for 9pm chinese drama series on ch 8 muz not be missed. :)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
interaction
many many things need 2 hands to clap
communication, talking, discussing.....
in any kind of situations, there is no beneficial or productive conversations for good memories and feelings if one was juz talking and the other is not reactive. yesterday's thesis presentation by a tutor made so much sense in relating the discussion between tutor and student with that of couples in dating. it's so true. otherwise, nothing good is going to come out of it.
so, we have to talk. talk. talk. with substance of cos. they are telling students not to be afraid of talking to tutors.... but in other scenarios with different roles, i dunno.
Things fade with time. How to sustain?
Even sustainability of building and urban spaces are so vague and it's juz a bust word.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
New Laptop
yay! Got my new laptop Thinkpad T400 on Monday. Been fiddling with it by installing some widgets etc... and playing with the games that came with Windows. Graphics really really not bad. I love them :D
Right now i cant install some programs which is essential to my work.... argh...got compatibility issues.... how how~
though its monitor is 14 inch, the screen dimensions are different from the previous 14".... it's now wider and shorter. or maybe it's just the thicker border around the monitor.
Argh I am still back to my nocturnal timing.... i am falling asleep now but hopefully can tahan until night.... well i do admit playing with the widgets and microsoft games til 5am....while my hair was abit wet.
Start of sch and I have so many work here and there, it's irritating.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Post submission~~
It's still only a draft paper, there's final one later in 3 weeks time, but we took alittle break now.
The last 2-3 days before submission was hell. I was like 2 days with only 2 hrs of sleeping.... working like mad.... or crying while working. cos u realised it was a mess of crap.
And after submitting, I was struggling to keep awake in school with some archi frens before we set off to changi to send jy off to Holland. I slept in wj's car soundly all the way. It's damn amusing cos when we set off from sch, it's like 6 plus pm when the sun is up. By the time I woke up, the sky was like so dark. I felt as though we travelled very long to somewhere far... haha
I managed to woke up next morning to meet up with the sixoneders for lunch at suntec. Another enjoyable outing, though we only stayed at the restaurant. ahaha~ I was so chirpy and happy... we had large turnout too. alot of ppl changed hairstyle.... or has different one in some ways or another... venki hair is longer cos haven cut.... jovie rebonded her hair before flying off to japan, wemin has longer but better hair-look after returning from US. haha he was constantly praised for his hair thruout the lunch lol. n me, my hair no longer rebonded. it's getting longer, thicker n messier.... eeek.
after tat i went orchard to repair my hp n shopped in taka. happy with wat i bought but my left feet hurt like hell.... shucks the injury is not going any better....:(
so who has the photos!! send send!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
DANGER DANGER
Archi students are now panicking and rushing their dissertations. And so, I am pretty MIA.... admist of printing my stuff, though very sleepy and busy, I decided to draw something that juz came up in my mind..... I feel like a big fat sleepy bird hanging on thin branch.... like it's gonna break soon.....
I left 9 days to finish up my dissertation. HELP!!!!!!!!!! Macross Frontier on emergency state! All residents please proceed to nearest shelter. Our fleet is on level 2 Battle Mode!! Danger danger!!
*chirp~*
Sunday, August 10, 2008
No to Surrender
I destroyed it.....
Juz when my bio clock is turning back to appropriate timings, I destroyed the timing.... right after yesterday when i saw my tutor. I slept whole of afternoon then.... night time was the time I awoke from the unrestless sleep. I have to face all these depressing stuff again.... work wise or ppl wise....
My eyes are abit sore...
tears are already my close frens who accompanied me when no one else does. So they arent strangers to me when i said hello to them after months. And I stared at the words on my readings, and I cant see them properly as visions got blurrer. I forgot what I did but I only slept at 8am..... and afternoon I slept it all away......
But... despite disappointment and depressed, I should not give up and surrender.
Now whenever tears wanna well up, i felt some kind of pain coming right from the back of the eyes where the nerves are.... ok, my eyes are sore and also sore from the lack of proper sleep.
So mustnt mustnt let myself and my body down. I will pull through, as long as no more external factors aggravate me.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Tears and more heart pain
I went to school to meet my tutor today.....
And he said, "you left 2 weeks, u know. 2 weeks, how are you going to complete your dissertation like this.... it's
too late now, if you have not read up on this this this...."
"and you really need to restructure your dissertation"..... " your focus have to carry through all chapters".... "it's already tedious for me to read up to chapt2..."
blah blah blah....
i'm doomed.
I came home.... I feel very depressed to start working on it cos I simply dunno how.... I went to sleep... until 9pm..... I dun even want to eat anything.... my heart and head felt heavy....
Now... my tears juz kept running....
Oh my god, I dun wish to turn mad like how this character that Fann Wong acted out in this 9pm drama series. cos many times i was like that.... or felt like doing that but I tried to hold back... if one day I burst out.... think I may go hospital le.... but choy! no never....
....
for some reasons tears welled up in my eyes....
as i began searching for food in the kitchen....
yes i know it's 1 plus am now....
last time when ppl used to think one tends to eat alot alot when they are sad or depressed? I never believed i would do that. but now i am doing it.....
i really hoped from this half of the years to the next, i wont have to bear anymore sadness n tears le... enuff is enuff...
finally i getting sleepiness at 1 plus or 2 plus am.... yay~
maybe cos i am mentally tired, bored, sian or watever.
Hope this dissertation will be done completely soon.....
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Tired
These days been working like an owl... day = zzz, night = work.
Yesterday after handing in my uncomplete juz for tutor to check, i kinda took a break and work on my manga stuff.... but i can feel the drowsiness since midnight. so amazingly i finally get to zzz at 3am fast :) but i got up at 2pm today.... and even til now i can still feel drowsiness... as if the 11 hours of sleep does not help..... and whenever i zzz, every single moment i was having dreams. i think that's y no matter how i sleep, i wont get enuff....
Why i have so much dreams recently? even when i am really tired to sleep off fast? argh brain too active? 24 hours tired...... but all these dreams are damn fantasy... like drama series kind... still show background, process and emotions and personalities of the characters.....
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Feet pain+money
Today I did alot alot of things... like all outdoor things i have to settled are packed in this one day. Here goes....
3pm, went to Department of Archi to print my super uncomplete dissertation draft to hand in to my tutor.
After handing in and listening to him talking to Hon abt her dissertation, both of us had a chat at lobby.
After that, went to YIH to hand in Giro form, then the IT Co-op to order laptop. (yea finally gave up my desire of buying HP Pavilion ones...)
Then went to central lib to borrow books.
Went to clementi Sing Post to collect something.
AND MY INJURED FEET HURTS AGAIN!!!!!!!!! I dun wan to rely on painkillers for months n months!
Anyway I concluded that I really have to spend money again... Few things to buy or on the way liao.
1. Toiletries/ beauty products: Hair mist spray, Bodyshop Tea tree blemish oil, Bodyshop facial scrub
2. School Needs: smaller waterbottle, laptop (on order le!)
If all add together..... $46 + $2107 (laptop)..... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sure got many other things la.... haiz....
Monday, August 04, 2008
Cats
Thank to Uncle andrew for telling me such cat animations are ard in Youtube - Simon's Cat. Damn cute. I hope the artist makes more of these soon.
Sometimes I feel like a cat... The kind that 'sa jiao' when it needs food (attention) and sometimes want to be alone... and it gives the 'hmpf' snobbish look! aww so cute and fluffy. anyway enjoy!
(ps: turn off my blog music by clicking the red CROSS button on ur Int.Explorer menu bar before watching the show~)
