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.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Proposal and Engaged
I know this is abit late but still, I want to write this down to be part of the records of my life. On Tuesday 7th June 2011, which is 1 year after getting attached, Ed proposed to me! haha, so yup, I said yes. Definitely. And he thinks so too! argh, no uncertainties! But still Ed said he was so worried that the things will not carry out properly that he had butterflies in his stomach and couldn't sleep on Sunday! Monday he had to rush and coordinate things before the proposal next day.
Awww, so sweet of him and so sweet of all my friends and my dear sis who have participated and helped one way or the other.
The account of events which had interestingly taken place since early Tues morning....
I did OT until I reached home at 5:30am..... (Ed, Yock and Sis had been preparing stuff together during Monday night when I was OTing!) Sis woke up and asked me, "Are you going to sleep?"
"Of cos!!" And my sis said nothing afterwards. Halfway I was sleeping, my phone vibrated at my bedside. Thinking what it could be, I picked it up and there was this message alert that read "You have downloaded an App. You can change your setting to Automatic Download so that you can sync without external device." Something like that. I was puzzled, who could have just downloaded an app using my account? Surely not at this unholy hour of 5 plus in the morning! Can't be Ed rite. Then I saw my phone connected to my house's wireless connection. Hmm, my sis using computer this early? But I didn't suspect her as she didn't have my password. That's what I thought. Aiya, I'm tired. Don't care lar! And so I went back to LalaLand.
Next morning Ed called to wake me up at 11:30am. Mum also came into my bedroom and asked why I took leave and where am I going today. I told her I don't know. Mum retorted, "But when I asked your sis, she said 'Don't tell you!~~"
"Huh, why did she answer like that. I don't even know myself where I am going later!" Mum paused and spoke again, "Oh, Ed came yesterday."
"Huh, no lar, he came on Sunday. Yesterday I was OTing! He didn't come la!~" Mum kept silence and walked away.
After I bathed, Ed already arrived and we hurried off to lunch at PS Cafe in Dempsey. Super nice relaxing place! Food is great except that our dessert, Ultimate Fudgy Brownie Cake, was so rich and so sweet that it was a big killer and we felt we could not eat any food or sweet stuff for the rest of the day. Afterwards we went to Marina Bay Sands (as I don't want to go swimming/gym today). Throughout the trip, he tried very hard to kill off my anticipation that he may be proposing today. And said that I need to choose diamond with him, so that he knows which ones I like so that he can buy thereafter. How disappointing. And further to that, he tried to convince me not to get the ring and contribute the money to the house or furniture. And so I really think through and said maybe can consider to buy me Cintiq graphic tablet! And he said that is possible and still cheaper than a diamond ring.... Near the end of walking around looking at diamond shops there, I finally commented that a 0.4 diamond is good enough. Too big is not good. Hahaha..... (At this moment, Ed was thinking 'Oh damn it! Should tell me earlier!! Ahhhhh!~~")
We went to visit ArtScience Museum, which was showcasing Salvador Dali's and Van Gogh's exhibitions. Not bad except that the Lotus pond is not very well maintained.... We hurried back to Marina Sq to help Mum change money to Ringgit. So it's time for dinner and we were still too "full". Ed suggested to go to Sogurt to have yogurt as dinner... I didn't suspect him for specifically choosing that place for yogurt. Marina Link has a few yogurt shops lor. Anyway, we went and played with ipad. He also suggested to go inside our JC school to exchange present. I can't believe I still didn't suspect anything because maybe he can be just choosing a meaningful place to exchange gifts during our 1st yr anniversary together. Halfway through he went to receive or make a call. He came back and asked me to give up in my ipad activities to proceed to our next destination, which is our JC school.
Upon entering, a security guard called out to us and Ed ran over to explain to her (that he is the guy going to propose and which he told me later that she replied very loudly "Oh! Soooo you are the guy PROPOSING!!!") By the time I walked up to them, she was telling Ed to call the rest of the people down to leave afterwards. I was still not giving a second thought about this. I was just puzzled that we outsiders still have to help her ensure the rest of the students to come down to leave.
Finally at the class bench, and I commented it was too dark to see anything clearly!! I was opening his gift when he opened a video on my ipad (which is a bdae gift from Ed ^^). I was puzzled at how the video got into the ipad. Then upon opening the present aka box, I saw my own ring. I was all the more puzzled at how he got my ring in there. And then the boards that said "Will you marry me?" and "June 7" came down, hung from strings, then our 2 angry birds soft toys came down too! And I am MORE puzzled how I didn't notice my yellow bird was missing at home and how did it ended up there. And then paper stars were thrown down and I thought it was water at first.... Oh oh oh all puzzled! And Ed ran to a big box and brought out a bouquet of 99 roses!! Woooww and I had to find the real ring in there. I panicked until Ed gave me a hint. It was kept in a rose ringbox which looked like a rose stalk!! hahaha Ed said it was obvious but I thought in times of panic like this, it was a good camouflage. He began to ask me the question and commenting that I should answer soon as he had been kneeling abit too long... Tsk!! So impatient! After "ya la ya la", I said, "yes, yes, YES!~" and after opening the box, I was shocked to see the ring with quite a big diamond and I actually exclaimed loudly "Ahhh, it's so big!"
Ed called the rest to come down. And I looked up at the balcony to see one bunch of my JC classmates! I was too jubilant and kept laughing and squatting to the floor. But unfortunately, we had to quickly bring down the boards and carry the bags, box etc to get out from the school as the security guards already threatened with the security alarm. Some left due to work early the next day. The rest of us went to Holland V to have supper, drinks and chit chat. This is when I "interrogate" them on how all these started and to find out my sis has been the "spy" and helped out a fair bit. I'm so touched!
It was a surreal happy ending. Currently the ring is sent for resizing. Abit loose. Hopefully it can be collected by end of this week or earlier.
Btw, both of us went back to clean up the place next day but most of the stars were gone though. The cleaner in the school is too hardworking.... or somebody else is hardworking to have cleared up earlier than us..... And managed to gave Ed his present on the second day too. Oh well~ what a memorable day and week! Get to walk around, eat, watch movie and exercising!!
Thanks dear!!
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
