Name: Ho Soon Yeen
NRIC: S7032095I
Date of Birth: 11 September 1970
Schools/Tertiary Institutions Attended:
2009 Ananda Marga Gurukula, Singapore
1999 – 2002, 1995 – 1997 Nanyang Technological University, National Institute (NTU/ NIE)
1989 – 1990 LASALLE – SIA College of the Arts
1987 – 1988 National Junior College
1983 – 1986 CHIJ St. Nicholas Secondary School
Qualifications & Awards Attained:
2009 Diploma in Yoga & Intuitional Science, Ananda Marga Gurukula, Singapore.
1999 – 2002 BA (2nd Upper Hons in Visual Arts) with Dip Ed, NTU/ NIE.
1995 – 1997 Dip Ed (Art Specialisation), NTU/ NIE.
Awarded Yu She Yuen Gold Medal & Rotary International 75th Anniversary Gold Medal for Best Student 1996 – 1997, NTU/ NIE (Dip Ed).
Career History
Teaching History:
2010 – 2011 Ananda Marga Yoga Society & Slender Shapes International Pte Ltd (as a Yoga Instructor)
2009 - 2011 St. Anthony’s Canossian Convent Secondary School (SACSS) (as a Flexi-Adjunct Art Teacher)
2006 - 2008 Convent Of The Holy Infant Jesus Secondary School (Toa Payoh)
2002 - 2005 MacPherson Secondary School
1997 – 1999 Chung Cheng High School (Branch)
Cluster- /National – level Involvement as a teacher:
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SYF Art & Crafts Exhibition Organising Committee (Logistics committee) (2008)
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GCE ‘N’ Level Coursework Norm-setter (2007)
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GCE ‘N’ Level Coursework Marker (2006- 2007)
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Art Elective Programme Exhibition (2007)
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GCE ‘O’ Level Coursework Marker (2005)
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E5 Cluster Art Representative (2004 – 2005)
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SYF Art & Crafts Exhibition Organising Committee (Publicity committee) (2004)
Other Work Experience:
1993 – 1994 Printmaking Assistant of Ms Chng Seok Tin in LASALLE – SIA College of the Arts.
Freelance Illustrator of Children’s books & learning materials for Child Educational Company.
1991 – 1992 Museum Assistant in The National Museum Gallery, Singapore.
Achievements/ Accomplishments
Work/Interest-Related:
2006 - 2011 Painted Untitled 1 (Tree of Life Series) for a fundraising art auction for SACSS.
Designed book and compact disc covers, banners, certificates and
backdrops for school and others events (e.g. Sports Day, Honours Day, Yoga Fair).
Initiated opportunities for students to showcase their artworks in the school.
E.g. Wall mural paintings, Graffiti wall murals, Installation artworks.
Co-organised annual art exhibitions in school.
Organised an ‘O’ Level Art Coursework-sharing session for teachers & students from Ahmad Ibrahim Sec. School.
Coordinated a basic ceramics workshop for more than 200 primary school students.
Organised an art enrichment trip to Perth for students.
2004 Designed and co-created the souvenir for the Guest-of-honour of the
Official Opening ceremony of the new school campus.
2003 Initiated opportunities for students to showcase their artworks in the school. E.g. Wall mural paintings, interdisciplinary project, stained glass mirror project, painted tile mural project, ceramic tile project.
Conceptualised mural painting along the spiral staircase together with the contracted artists involved.
Gave a sharing on “Fostering Creativity In The Classroom” together with fellow
colleague during the E5 Cluster Learning Day.
Personal:
Selected Exhibitions/Activities:
2012 Artwalk 2012, an annual art exhibition organised by the Nelson & District
Arts Council, British Columbia, Canada.
Designed the official logo for Gaia Shifts, an eco-feminist community
landtrust, Nelson B.C., Canada.
2009 – 2011 Designed publicity posters, certificates and yoga handouts for Ananda
Marga Yoga Society of Singapore.
Organised What Makes Me Happy? - a children’s art competition in
conjunction with Yoga Fair: A Carnival of Bliss for Ananda Marga Yoga
Society of Singapore, Fort Canning, Singapore.
2008 Pameran Poskad ’08, an Art exhibition of postcard-sized artworks by
International artists, House, Singapore.
2006 Aspirations 2006: Passion, an annual art exhibition organised by the
Singapore Teachers’ Art Society, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore.
2004 Teachers As Artists / Artists As Teachers, an art exhibition & drama performance event in National Institute of Education, Singapore.
2003 Import/Export, Project Collaboration between University of OTTAWA
and National Institute of Education, Singapore.
2002 Blk 124 Kim Tian Place, group exhibition, International Symposium on
Public Engaged Art, Substation, Singapore.
2001 Blk 124 Kim Tian Place, Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore.
Open Ends, A Retrospective on Performance Art in Singapore, Substation,
Singapore.
Ephphatha, BA Year 4 graduating Art Exhibition, The Art Gallery, Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
Women/Beyond Borders Singapore, Sculpture Square, Singapore.
2000 A Retrospect, BA Year 3 art exhibition, The Red Door Gallery, Nanyang
Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
HOPE: Affiliate Exhibition Nokia Singapore Art 1999, CHIJMES, Singapore.
Nokia Singapore Art 1999 (Open Section), Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Singapore.
1997 1997 International Printmaking Fanfare, Nanyang Technological
University, National Institute of Education, Singapore.
Drawing: Propositions and Possibilities, Penrith Regional Gallery & The
Lewers Bequest, NSW, Australia.
1996 Artists in Education / Education in Art, Singapore Art Museum,
Singapore.
1992 – 1995 Designed posters, postcards for events and plays by The Substation, The
Necessary Stage & The Drama Box. Curated an art exhibition in
conjunction with the M1 Youth Connection organised by The Necessary
Stage. Performed with Theatre Ox.
1992 The Space, Singapore Arts Festival Fringe Event, Singapore.
We Kissed: The New Criteria, Substation, Singapore.
My Pen is in your hand; your Pen is in my hand, solo performance art, performance event in Gallery 21, Singapore.
Body Fields, a solo performance art piece, The Fifth Passage Art Gallery, Singapore.
1991 Women, Space & Objects, group performance art with Amanda Heng & Juliana Yasin, National Sculpture Exhibition, The National Museum Gallery, Singapore.
Private Collections:
Monkey. Woman. Thinker and Bad Luck View (1992) under the collection of T.K. Sabapathy, an art critic and art historian, Singapore, 1992.
Break Free (Artist’s Proof - 2012) under the collection of Cynthia Olivas, Nelson B.C. Canada, 2012.
Trilogy: Past. Present. Future (Artist’s Proof - 2012) under the collection of Wendy Ramsay, Nelson B.C. Canada, 2012.
Publications:
2012 Nelson Star, July 20, 2012, page 29, ArtWalk presents…, Nelson B.C.
Canada.
2002 A Study of Community-based Public Art Projects in Singapore, a BA
(Hons) Thesis, NTU/NIE, Singapore.
d + a: design and architecture (asia), issue 007/2002, page 078
– 080, art for, by and with the people.
1997 Drawing: Propositions and Possibilities, Penrith Regional Gallery and The
Lewers Bequest, New South Wales, Australia, page 3 – 4.
1993 Art and Asia Pacific: Art Quarterly ISSN 1039-3625, sample issue 1993,
page 54 & 57, Trimurti: Contemporary Art in Singapore.
1992 Man: life & style, Aug – Sep 1992, A Shusse publication, M.I.T.A. (P) No.
76/4/92, ISSN 0217-9288, page 26 – 28, man review: Art: Bosom Buddies.
Mondial Collections, Volume 2 Number 3, 1992, page 80, Finishing
Touches.
Zaobao Zhoukan, August 23, 1992, page 15.
Life! The Straits Times, August 21, 1992, page 1 – 2, Women on the edge.
8 Days, August, 1992, page 16-17, Rebels with a cause.
Life! The Straits Times, July 24, 1992, page 2, Nurturing the arts.
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