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By this art you may contemplate the variations of the 23 letters...
The Anatomy of Melancholy, part 2, sect. II, mem. IV
The Library of Babel, Jorge Luis Borges
TAN SU CHEN JASMINE. b.1970 Singapore
+65 96949234. jasminetc21@gmail.com
EDUCATION
1983 - 1986 TANJONG KATONG GIRLS’S SCHOOL
1987 - 1988 VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE
1989 - 1996 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Bachelor of Architecture (Hons)
Dissertation:
EVOLVING ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM THROUGH TEXT
The architectural myths of John Hejduk and other literary works of Kafka, Borges, Calvino, Roussel.
Thesis:
The revelations and enactments of a (dysfunctional) world built upon conditions
WORK
ARCHITECTURE
1996 - 1999 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER LST ARCHITECTS
Design and project management of S$55 million factory building in Pandan Crescent, extension works to Queensway Secondary School, new erection of 5 storey office building within shophouse lot at South Bridge Road, residential competition projects.
DESIGN STUDIO
1999 - 2005 ART DIRECTOR MAXMAX PTE LTD
Design company with printing capabilities with works in graphic design and print, events, installations and corporate identity guidance. Clients include Singapore Tyler Institute, National Arts Council, Visa, Richemont Luxury, MHD, LVMH, MIssion Hills Golf Club, Vidal Sassoon, JP Morgan, Barclays Bank, Christie’s. With offices in Singapore, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
2005 - 2014 OWNER NO LITTLE LIGHT PTE LTD
Multi-disciplinary design practice with projects in spatial design, installations, events curation, book making, graphic design, branding. It is also a collaborative environment where we originate workshop materials and methodologies for new approaches in the making process.
ENERGY
2008 - 2013 PARTNER DUFRESNE PTE LTD
Producer of the Energy Storage Forum and EV Battery Forum wIth conferences held in Shanghai, Beijing, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Adelaide, Tokyo, Berlin. Topics such as smart grids, microgrids, residential energy storage, business cases, regulations, solar and wind technology, lithium ion battery storage and other forms of energy storage such as flywheels, compressed air, pumped hydro, thermal. Electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, incentives and policies, scientific and technical development of systems and materials. Research on the EV battery and its related value chain, building database of companies in the renewable energy field.
ACADEMIA
2015 - 2022 ADJUNCT LECTURER NANYANG POLYTECHNIC
Studio Master Year 1 and Year 2.
Develop and refine the methodologies for Year 2 Design Studio. A rigorous process of keeping to the continuing stages in the 15 week long project, each stage unravelling the next leading to an outcome that is unexpected and ultimately layered with complexity.
ART PRACTICE
2012 - CURRENT
WEIRD COUNTRY Found objects, photographic works, installations
Exhibitions:
WEIRD COUNTRY presents DEATH PROOF
National Design Centre Singapore 9-13 Dec 2015
Inaugural exhibition, invited by curator Keepers Singapore
DEATH PROOF featuring Fourth Orbit
Singapore Contemporary Art Show, Suntec Convention Singapore 21-24 Jan 2016
Invited New Artist Installation
THE HYDROGEN EXPLORER Methodologies, digital art, archival print, NFTs
Group Exhibition:
featuring The Many Faces of the Inexplicable One and The Nameless and the Yet Unnamed
The Arts House Singapore 10-15 Mar 2017 curated by Manfredi Style Italy and MAD Museum.
Solo:
REVELATIONS ASCRIBING TO INFRACTIONS IN SPACE AND TIME
55 Genting Lane 28 Oct - 3 Nov 2022. Selected print works.