PROFESSIONAL CV
杨典
Tien, Yang
tienyang@nutsidea.net
www.nutsidea.net
(65) 97277440
artist, animator, writer, actor, story specialist, educator, father, husband
MFA (Computer Art/Animation), Academy of Art College (now Academy of Art University)
Private tutelage under Jean Detheux (former Vice Dean New York Studio of Drawing, Painting and Sculpturing) in Fine Art
Tutelage under Ed Hooks in Acting (2000-2002)
BSc (Physics)
Currently serving as Deputy Director (Animation) in-charge of Dip. in Animation, Dip. in Interaction Design, and Dip. in Motion Graphics & Broadcast Design in Nanyang Polytechnic
Steering Committee Member of Singapore Ministry of Education Arts Education Review Committee
Committee Member of Singapore Ministry of Education Curriculum 2015 Taskforce
Member of Apple Distinguished Educators Program
Member of the Lego NXT Mindstorm Developers Program
BETA Tester for Synthetik Software Inc. Studio Artist
Sponsored Digital Artist of Wacom
Founder/Creator of Animation 2000 Program with National Arts Council
solo art exhibition
“Into Natue” — Solo Exhibition, 1990 National University of Singapore Library
“Painting in Time” — Solo Digital Art and Animation exhibition, 2004 Jun-Oct, epSITE Singapore
Special Installation “Malleable Sonic and Art” — Showflat by Institute for Infocomm Research, collaborative work with Lonce Wyse (sound & interactivity), 2005 Nov – present
Running Exhibition of Selected Works — Solo, 2005 – Aug 2006, 3 Babas Cafe
“9 Notes” — Solo Exhibition, 2006 National University of Singapore Main Library
group exhibition
Group exihibition in “aniGma-2007″, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia, May 10 2007, 12 works on display
Group exihibition Ai Tong Art Exhibition, Singapore, 29 June – 2 July 2007, 4 works on display
Group exihibition in Vth Novosibirsk International Biennial of contemporary graphic art September 14 – November 15, 2007, 1 work on display
online art galleries
http://www.nutsidea.net/
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/n/nutsidea/
other online info
http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1786&page=5
http://www.vudici.net/SAFO/workshopvideo_stills.html
http://www.vudici.net/SAFO/post-workshop.html
http://www.epson.com.sg/promo/event_paintingintime.shtml
http://www.wacom-asia.com/casestudy/nanyang_polytechnic.html
http://www.wacom-asia.com/community/procorner/essay/webcommunity.php
Role in Film
Art Director, Legend of the Sea 2007
Role/s in Animated Short Films – Narrative
Director, “Snow City”, ComGraph 2001, Silver in Open Category
Director, “Chinese New Year e-Greeting”, Animex04, Computer Web Animation Award
Director & Creative Director, “Legend of Bukit Timah”, featured short in Animex, KAFI 03 Finalist, featured short inSICAF 03
Director, Creative Director & Story Lead, “Gan Cheong Kin” Season 2, Episodes 1,6
Director, Creative Director & Story Lead, “Gan Cheong Kin” Season 2, Episodes 4, Silver Award OPEN Category, ComGraph 2006
Director & Creative Director, “Potion-X”, ExCEL Day Special 05, NYP; Award of Excellence in CG Overdrive
Public Lectures/Talks/Workshops
“You Call THAT Painting?” — Organized by EpSITE (Epson), supported by NAC, 2004
“the ‘Eyes Narrow Open’ in Painting” — Organized by EpSITE (Epson), supported by NAC, 2004
“I Shout with My Art”, a workshop organized by NTU SIGGRAPH Students Chapters, 2006
“A Nut’s Journey to Alternative Digital Media in 90 Minutes”, talk organized by NTU SIGGRAPH Students Chapters, 2006
“Empowerment of the Individual Through Art and Animation”, talk organized by Ministry of Education, Teachers Learning Journey 2006
“Who Says My Child Can’t Do Art?”, public talk at the National Library Ang Mo Kio Branch, 27 May 2007
“Seeing the World Again through Animation”
Under the hype over animation, much is mentioned about the commercial and industrial value of it but little, if not absent at all, is its relevance to education. From story creation to a frame by frame recreation of our visual world, there is a lot of science and art behind it all. In this short presentation, the speaker will bring you on a mind bending journey into this little talked about mystic world of animation.
Keynote speaker for ICT Festival 2008, Ministry of Education S7 Cluster schools, Ai Tong School, 25 July 2008.
“Deconstructing and Reconstructing Pedagogy in the Age of Digital Media — 12 years of Shape-reforming Against Conventional Wisdom in Education”, Spotlight Speaker for International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology 2008, at Suntec Singapore 5-6 August2008
“Let Loose Your Hair and Create Some Fun Apps for Education”, Special Speaker for Apple Distinguished Educator (Higher Ed), i.JAM Educational Training Development Briefing, 1 Sept 2008
Upcoming Exhibition/Talk
2009 Novosibirsk Graphic Biennial @ Novosibirsk State Museum
2009 Solo Art Exhibition in Singapore (venue to be decided), working title “Meditated Wilderness”