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, September 13, 2009
New dish & New hairdo
Ok~ last week's potluck went very well! Last sunday I went to NTUC at night (ard 7 plus) to get my ingredients, then cooked.... I think I completed cooking at 10 plus pm ahahaaa. I had decided to make small omelette rolls~ I wanted to use bacon but they are not Halal. I forgot that they are still fasting, hence I do not have to worry abt that actually. But too bad, blur blur me tot I had to get halal stuff. So i changed to chilli and black pepper tuna to replace bacon and ham.
So what I did is I added the tuna, plus cheese bits, and some special pepper, then i fold them up like folding popiah. My colleagues said they tasted nice, but somehow I am still disappointed cos the taste didnt turn out the way I had imagined them to be. One gal told me that I shld add milk to the egg. oh ya..... cos the egg part itself is blant mah~ haiz, ok next time i can add milk, some sugar, etc.
Yesterday just went to cut hair, i wanna rectify some kinks to my natural wavy hair, and ended up doing perm.... i was abit scared abt it. Indeed I am feeling weird abt it now. I think I look so much older than before :( Next weekend maybe doing up some highlights and hopefully to tone down this massive bloom of black hair.... u know, my hair is very thick already, and with perm, it's like..... BLAST!
damn.... hahaha shld I invest in some iron clamps for the hair.....
Ok next week is going to be hell lots of OT.... i dun wanna imagine further. I will keep positive and settle my stuff one by one with watever today is left of *sigh*
Saturday, September 05, 2009
My job is testing me to be all-rounder...
No, I am not referring to the boring topic about us being able to multitask in your job, able to do project management as well as perform PR skills. I have something more interesting here.
Last thurs, I became a 'teacher'. I had to rush out a presentation to teach my team how to use photoshop specifically to our field of work, but of cos from there can learn tips and tricks to do other stuff in future of your own interest. Glad that at least my team leader and one senior colleague liked it and said they learnt alot and said "omg, I wondered how much time have I wasted in the past figuring out this and this". But sadly, for the real beginners, they think my lesson is way too difficult and fast for them. Yup, very sorry!! I will try to make a basic basic one for them in future.
Ok, next, I have to decide the tile finishes, draw the tiles, make the tiles layout, and some simple Interior stuff in my work. The contractor side wants me to have them done, some by Monday, some by midweek. This is crazy. While I need to juggle work, I have to be a chef this weekend. why???
ok, my team is having this lunch potluck thing on Monday, and the theme is Western cusine. Everyone is making pretty classy stuff, yummy. therefore I am expected to make something nice as well.... my teamleader said everything I do must start from scratch.... You know, I dun cook.... The time when I was in sweden is just cooking sufficient for myself to stay alive.... Now in this 1 or 2 days time I need to do research, buy groceries and uplevel into an average class chef. STRESS.... haha
I really have not so much time to play around leh.... ok nvm, I am still taking things positively and enjoy parts of my weekends at least. Life is so very interesting.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Butter Factory
I mentioned on my 2nd last previous post that my fren invited us to Butter rite? The new Butter at Fullerton is much nicer than the old one, I feel. The music is sooo much nicer to my liking. However, I dunno why but they love to blast their music so loud that we cant hardly hear one another to an irritable extent and discomfort. We all ended up feeling abit deaf when we came out. Even their speakers already went hoarse. I didnt have this deafness post-symptom from St james and Zouk.
And abt the alcohol, our fren cum organiser ordered champagne, martell and some red wine i think. yea she had to open 3 bottles to get a table of 12 guests. All of great quality. But of cos I am not the type who can drink, so I stick to champagne. Actually last last year when I started trying alcohol, I can still take it, though small amount but I dun get dizzy. And afterwards, each time i drink (I dun drink alot anyway), the situation got worse and my last recent case is 1 glass of champagne (I drank it very slow already!) was enuff to give me terrible dizziness and stomach cramps that were so painful I had to grit my teeth all the way and crunch in pain for quite some time.
So learning from experience, this time I took it real slow, and alternate with a big glass of green tea to dilute the champagne in my stomach. In a way I am like having champagne mixer.... Actually the green tea is meant for the martell but I kope it purely to drink as tea itself. Other than kx and Ying, I think the rest tot that I am drinking martell mixer. Happily I cheers with it :p!! Muaahhaa. yea, I am such a bluffer aka fake-ko arent I. So basically I am drinking more of green tea there. Oh but still, the champagne is real good :)
That night the high part came at ard 2 plus am. Actually I wanna leave at 2am but ended we all stayed til the end and then chatted outside at the open plaza. Tsk, shag but it's still enjoyable despite all the deafening but not bad songs. The songs got better after 2 plus 3am actually... manz, shld have started it earlier. Oh, and people got soooo high that we had 2 couples (strangers) near us doing 'fabulous' and very hair-rising 'performances' that were tooooo hot, toooooo initmate, and tooooo sexy for the eyes... We tried not to look at them... haha... manz....
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).
01:
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
