Dean
Jane Allan

Postgraduate Diploma in Art History (with Distinction), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Master of Arts (Hons) in French Language and Literature, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

Professional Achievements:

• Co-writing and taking to successful validation the first Bachelor of Arts Design History degree programme at the Manchester Polytechnic, United Kingdom, in 1976.
• Organising the first Student Artists and Designers in Education Residencies and Exhibition, Glasgow in 1991.
• Developing and delivering a well-received Fashion Theory and History Course, Glasgow in 1996.
• Writing the self-evaluation documents for two Master’s Programmes and taking them to successful revalidation, Glasgow in 2002.
• Supervising two students in one year to successful completion of their PhDs (one by practice and one by written submission) at the Glasgow School of Art in 2005.

Undergraduate Studies

Programme Leader, 2D Studies
Bridget Haworth

Master of Arts in Fine Arts, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Further Education), University of Derby, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History and English, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Certificate in Western Art, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Business & Technology Education Council Diploma (with distinction) in Foundation Studies (Art and Design), Tamworth and Lichfield College, United Kingdom

Programme Leader, 3D Studies
Janet Teoh

Master of Fine Arts in Gold & Silversmithing, RMIT University, Australia
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, RMIT University, Australia
Diploma in Visual Arts (Jewellery Design), LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Professional Achievements:

• Exhibited in 200 Rings, a travelling exhibition that showed at several venues in the United States of America including the North Carolina State University Museum, Velvet da Vinci in San Francisco, Obsidian Gallery in Tucson, Arizona, Gallery M for 2005 SNAG Conference in Cleveland, Ohio and Sam Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine, between 2004 and 2005.
• Head of delegation representing Singapore and presented a paper on Contemporary Jewellery Practice at the People-to-People Exchange Programme: ASEAN Cultural Interaction at the Grassroots, Phase III, in Mandalay, Myanmar in 2004.
• Fabricated ring was selected for publication in 1000 Rings, a Lark Book’s Publication in 2004.
• Promoted and reinforced the practice of Contemporary Jewellery in Singapore by setting up a jewellery retail brand, Mokume, between 2003 to 2005. Mokume received the Singapore Fashion Awards Moet & Chandon – “Fresh!” as Fashion Jeweller of the Year 2004.
• Exhibited in Women beyond Border at various venues including Sculpture Square, Singapore, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Singapore and a permanent collection in California, United States of America in 2001.

Lecturer, Foundation Studies
Rashid Gapur

Master of Fine Arts, RMIT University, Australia
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (with High Distinction), RMIT University, Australia
Diploma in Visual Arts (Painting) LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Professional Achievements:

• Awarded the Wetterling Teo Gallery/Ericsson Singapore Scholarship Art Award in 1996.
• Exhibited at the International Snow Sculpture, Quebec Carnival, Canada in Edition 2001.
• Exhibited at the International Nature Art Symposium and Exhibition, Summer, 1998.
• Exhibited in The President’s Young Talents Exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum in 2001/
• The Creation and Voice of the Woods 2001, “KYO-SO-GAKU” in the Forest, 2001.

Lecturer, Foundation Studies
Chen Chin Tyng

Master of Fine Arts in Gold & Silversmithing, RMIT University, Australia
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (Gold & Silversmithing), RMIT University, Australia
Diploma in Visual Arts (Jewellery), LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Lecturer, Foundation Studies
Urich Lau Wai-Yuen

Master of Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
Diploma of Visual Art (Painting), Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

Professional Achievements:

• Exhibited at SURFACES  – The 29^th Annual Exhibition of Printmaking Society Singapore, FETTERFIELD – Singapore Performance Art Event, 30 Years After Reform – He Nan Contemporary Art Show (China), Performativity_2: Neo Intuition, Slight Repartee, OPEN: Autumn Party ’08 - In conjunction with The Artists Village: 20 Years On, Labyrinth (China), Yogyakarta International Videowork Festival #03 – “Basic Frames” (Indonesia), Let Arts Move You Project 2007 (LAMU) (Malaysia), 2007 Pingyao International Photography Festival – “Blow-Up: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition” (China), Limited / Unlimited – The 27^th Anniversary Exhibition of Printmaking Society Singapore and 24 Hours of Exquisite Crisis and Encounters (US) etc. Solo exhibitions include Video Conference 1.1 / Video Conference: Solo 1.0.
• Curated Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak (R.I.T.E.S) and Videology (Singapore)
  Research interests include video and electronic art, collaborative art projects, working methods, studies and exhibitions.
• Awarded LASALLE-SIA Degree Programme Travel Award (2003), University of Tasmania’s Tasmania International Scholarship (2001), NAC’s Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship (1996) and the National Arts Council Bursary (1995).
• Member of The Artists Village, Singapore (2009) and Printmaking Society, Singapore (2007).

Lecturer, Foundation Studies (also Drawing Co-ordinator)
Dahlia Osman

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, RMIT University, Australia
Diploma in Fine Arts (Printmaking), LASALLE College of the Arts

Lecturer, Foundation Studies
Erzan Adam

Bachelor of Contemporary Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia
Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) (with President’s Distinction), LASALLE College of the Arts

Lecturer, Foundation Studies
Gnanamary d/o Thorarajoo

Bachelor of Design (with Distinction), RMIT University, Australia
Diploma in Graphic Design, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

Lecturer, Foundation Studies (also Projects Co-ordinator)
Sawn Hwang

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, RMIT University, Australia
Diploma in Visual Arts (Painting), LASALLE College of the Arts
Diploma in Graphic Design, Temasek Polytechnic

Professional Achievements:

• Exhibited at Anthology of Art, Art and Theory in Dialogue, initiated by Jochen Gerz and organised by Kunstakademie Braunschweig and the Academy of Visual Arts in Rennes, France.
• Commissioned patrons: Siemens, Singapore Armed Forces.
• Awarded the Fly by Night Challenge for short film, Two Packets of Dutch Lady.
• Awarded the 3rd Ericsson Scholarship by Ericsson Telecommunications Pte Ltd.
• Co-founded the markmaker’s Society.

Lecturer, Foundation Studies
Nadia Oh

Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia, University of Central England in Birmingham, UK
Diploma in Graphic Design, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore