Drawing Out is an annual exhibition featuring the multi-disciplinary talents of SOTA Year One and Two Visual Arts students in a variety of media such as drawing, painting, ceramics and sculpture. They investigate the nature of the materials used and express learnt techniques through painting, dry media, coiling, modelling and carving.
The concept behind the title of the exhibition “Drawing Out” began 10 years ago. It was driven by the idea of identifying the artistic potential in every student and guiding them to discover their strengths through a self-reflective process. Such self-discovery is encouraged to allow students to aspire towards self-mastery in their skills and also to gain confidence in materialising their ideas into a final form through the art-making process.
Oil Painting by Loh Min En (VA 2.2)
YEAR 1 DRAWING
IMAGINATIVE SPACES
DREAMS AND FANTASIES 6
TRAVEL 12
DAYDREAMS 17
SYNTHESIS 22
PERSPECTIVE
HOME 27
SONG 32
CONCRETE JUNGLE 37
REAL AND SURREAL 42
YEAR 2 PAINTING
STILL LIFE, A COLLAGE 48
WATER 51
IDENTITY 54
MY FAVOURITE 57
BEAUTY 60
TOGETHER 63
THROUGH THE LENS OF ANOTHER
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A BEAUTIFUL WORLD 69
THE URBAN AND NATURE 73
EVERYDAY 76
FAMILIAR 80
HUMAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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SCULPTURE
YEAR 1
PAPER SCULPTURES
SPRAY PAINT ON PAPER 88
PLASTER CARVING
INFLATE 94
YEAR 2
WIRE WORKING
LINES IN SPACE 98
PLASTER CARVING
INFLATE 102
CERAMICS
YEAR 1
SLAB WORK
ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGE 107
COILING
ANCIENT VESSELS 111
YEAR 2
SLAB WORK
ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGE 115
COILING
ANCIENT VESSELS 119
Extending the study of Visual Arts into the two-dimensional realm with Drawing and Painting, students explore observational and abstract concepts to create drawings with dry media such as graphite and/or charcoal and wet media such as watercolour, acrylic and oil paint; they expand their understanding of the visual elements and principles of art onto 2D planes. Through monochromatic and polychromatic approaches, students investigate fundamentals of drawing and painting through sub-themes relating to the imagined world, space and perspectives.
Drawing by Lu Hui En (VA 1.4)
IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.1 | DREAMS AND FANTASIESDry Media on A2 PaperBY JOY CHAN YING QI BY KATE CHANG KEI YAN
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.1 | DREAMS AND FANTASIESDry Media on A2 PaperBY KAYLA KHOO XUAN TING BY MIRANDA LIM ZHI MIN
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.1 | DREAMS AND FANTASIESDry Media on A2 PaperBY CHUA XU XIAN, ISAAC BY HALISHA ILHANNA
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.1 | DREAMS AND FANTASIESDry Media on A2 PaperBY PHONE MYAT NYEIN BY SHASTI HARITHA NANDAGOPAL
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.1 | DREAMS AND FANTASIESDry Media on A2 PaperBY AASTHA BHATIA BY ANGELINA YIP ZHENG YI
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.2 | TRAVELDry Media on A2 PaperBY EVAN NG MUN JUN BY KRISTIN KWEK KAI LI
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.2 | TRAVELDry Media on A2 PaperBY STOBIE JULIANA JEAN BY EVANGELINE TENG
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.2 | TRAVELDry Media on A2 PaperBY JULIA TEO EE PINN BY HANNAH ABIGAIL TAN
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.2 | TRAVELDry Media on A2 PaperBY WANG YI JEN BY TAN HWEE ERN KATE
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.2 | TRAVELDry Media on A2 PaperBY LOW FREYA BY FATINA CHEN SIJIE
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.3 | DAYDREAMSDry Media on A2 PaperBY VIJAY BASKAR PRARTHNA BY TAN YUN XI LIV
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.3 | DAYDREAMSDry Media on A2 PaperBY ROHAN CHAPLOT BY NG REI YIN
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.3 | DAYDREAMSDry Media on A2 PaperBY FAITH YU KAI TING BY CLYDE REGINALD REUTENS
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.3 | DAYDREAMSDry Media on A2 PaperBY ISABELLE NG XUE QI BY ZHAO JIANHUI, JODIE
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.3 | DAYDREAMSDry Media on A2 PaperBY CHEW JIE YU, AILEY BY CHEYANNE LING XUAN YI
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.4 | SYNTHESISDry Media on A2 PaperBY RACHELLE YEO MYN BY LIEW LI YU JADE
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.4 | SYNTHESISDry Media on A2 PaperBY YEO ZHI ZHEN VICTORIA BY LI XIAOQIAO
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IMAGINATIVE SPACES VA 1.4 | SYNTHESISDry Media on A2 PaperBY ARINA CHERNOVA BY JIA CHEN YAN
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IMAGINATIVE SPACESVA 1.4 | SYNTHESISDry Media on A2 PaperBY ELLA TAN XUAN LING BY ELLIOTT LEIF CHUA YIWEI
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IMAGINATIVE SPACESVA 1.4 | SYNTHESISDry Media on A2 PaperBY ELENA CHEN SIYING BY TANAKRIT LIM
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PERSPECTIVES VA 1.1 | HOMEDry Media on A2 PaperBY CHIN JUN SHANG ALOYSIUS BY CHARMAINE NG YU HAN
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PERSPECTIVES VA 1.1 | HOMEDry Media on A2 PaperBY JOLYN CHIA JIE YEE BY LOW QIAN RU, JAIME
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PERSPECTIVES VA 1.1 | HOMEDry Media on A2 PaperBY RHEA SRIVASTAVA BY KATE CHANG KEI YAN
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PERSPECTIVES VA 1.2 | SONGDry Media on A2 PaperBY POH CHIN TZE, ISAAC BY CHONG YONGWEI, JADE
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PERSPECTIVES VA 1.2 | SONGDry Media on A2 PaperBY SNEHAA NAGARAJAN BY KATIE TAN YAN LIN
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.3 | CONCRETE JUNGLEDry Media on A2 PaperBY PHILYRA YUNYI SOON BY CHEYANNE LING XUAN YI
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.3 | CONCRETE JUNGLEDry Media on A2 PaperBY MIRA BALAGOPAL BY FOONG YUN QI
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.3 | CONCRETE JUNGLEDry Media on A2 PaperBY CHANG ZHI HAN BY ZARA ALIYAH CASHA
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.3 | CONCRETE JUNGLEDry Media on A2 PaperBY NATALIA GOH XIN XUAN BY WAN JIA XIN RUBY
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.3 | CONCRETE JUNGLEDry Media on A2 PaperBY ANG SZE YEE BY YU KAI EN, CLAIRE
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.4 | REAL AND SURREALDry Media on A2 PaperBY LIM YI RUI NATASHA BY RACHELLE YEO MYN
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.4 | REAL AND SURREALDry Media on A2 PaperBY LEANNA WANG LE QING BY LU HUI EN
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.4 | REAL AND SURREALDry Media on A2 PaperBY ALYA SYAHIRAH ADRI YANI BY KANG JI SU
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.4 | REAL AND SURREALDry Media on A2 PaperBY SOPHIE HANNAH POH ENN YI BY NG KAILE, CALEB
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PERSPECTIVESVA 1.4 | REAL AND SURREALDry Media on A2 PaperBY HO CHEN RUI, DAYNA BY CHOI MINJOO
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.1 | STILL LIFE, A COLLAGEBY SHU-MYIN LIM BY VIOLETTE EVANGELYNNE LOVELL LIE
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.1 | STILL LIFE, A COLLAGEBY TEH LE QI JODI BY CHIANG RUI EN, ERIN
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.1 | STILL LIFE, A COLLAGEBY ALYSSA LEE QIN YING BY CHENG ZHI XIN
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.1 | STILL LIFE, A COLLAGEBY ANJANA CHIDAMBARAM
WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.1 | WATERBY BRANDON CHEW JING QI
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WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.1 | WATERBY ANJANA CHIDAMBARAM BY TAN WAN LIN, DAZLYNN BY YU QI EN
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.2 | MY FAVOURITEBY LOH MIN EN BY GENEVIEVE LOH XIAO JUN BY LEAH ANDREA CORDEIRO
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.2 | MY FAVOURITEBY LAU XUAN NING, CLAIRE BY CHONG KEN YOU BY CHEN HO YAN, MIKY
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WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.2 | BEAUTYBY LEANNA YONG JIA HIU BY ZHAO CHUQIAO BY NICOLE CHUA YI TONG
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OIL PAINTINGVA 2.2 | TOGETHERBY LOH MIN EN BY PEARLIN CHEW SEKERCIOGLU & JESLYN TAN HUI EN
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.3 | THROUGH THE LENS OF ANOTHERBY ALICE CHONG CHUN LI BY ALEXIS TANG KAY
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.3 | THROUGH THE LENS OF ANOTHERBY ZELLE TEO YINXI BY JADIS TAN YAN EN
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ACRYLIC PAINTINGVA 2.3 | THROUGH THE LENS OF ANOTHERBY CHEN QIANQIAN BY ASHLEY LEONG BY GAO FEI
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WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.3 | A BEAUTIFUL WORLDBY STEFANIE LOW SIEW YIN BY CHEN QIANQIAN
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WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.3 | A BEAUTIFUL WORLDBY CLARISSE LIM XUAN PEI BY ELLIS SUNG EUN AH
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WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.3 | A BEAUTIFUL WORLDBY CHARIS LAM YEE IAN BY CRYSTAL BING JIE CLARK
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OIL PAINTINGVA 2.3 | THE URBAN AND NATUREBY CLARENE TAN JIAYING BY JACIE LIM YUN SHUEN
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OIL PAINTINGVA 2.3 | THE URBAN AND NATUREBY COLETTE SUN XI YUE BY JACE PHIPATANASUPHORN
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WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.4 | FAMILIARBY KHOO SZE MIN SOPHIA BY KIARA CONSIGLIERE GOH SZE MIN
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WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGVA 2.4 | FAMILIARBY LAM TUNG ALLY BY LIM JIA XUAN, KATE BY SEOW YUE TONG
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OIL PAINTINGVA 2.4 | HUMAN AND THE ENVIRONMENTBY LIEW SHAN YIN ALYSIA BY SOFIA HUANG
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In the three-dimensional realm with Sculpture and Ceramics, as students continue to hone their sensitivity in 3D media such as paper, clay, wire and plaster, they expand their understanding of visual elements and principles of art in 3D space concurrently. Using additive (coiling) and reductive (carving) approaches, students continue to nurture their understanding through their own investigation into form (paper and plaster), lines (wire), composition (tile-collage) and history (ancient vessel).
Wire sculpture by Loh Min En (VA 2.2)
PAPER SCULPTUREVA 1.3 | FLORA & FAUNABY CLYDE REGINALD REUTENS BY NATALIA GOH XIN XUAN
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PLASTER CARVINGVA 1.3 | INFLATE CarvingBY NATALIA GOH XIN XUAN BY CHEYANNE LING XUAN YI
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PLASTER CARVINGVA 1.4 | INFLATE CarvingBY LIM YI RUI NATASHA BY YEO ZHI ZHEN VICTORIA
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WIRE WORKINGVA 2.1 | LINES IN SPACESpray Paint on Galvanized WireBY CHLOE LING QIAOYI BY CHENG ZHI XIN BY SHAUNA NG EN QI
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WIRE WORKINGVA 2.1 | LINES IN SPACESpray Paint on Galvanized WireBY VIOLETTE EVANGELYNNE LOVELL LIE BY SHU-MYIN LIM
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WIRE WORKINGVA 2.2 | LINES IN SPACESpray Paint on Galvanized WireBY SHERYLN CHOW KAH MIN BY NATALIE TAN QI LEI
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WIRE WORKINGVA 2.2 | LINES IN SPACESpray Paint on Galvanized WireBY JESLYN TAN HUI EN BY LEAH ANDREA CORDEIRO BY LOH MIN EN
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SLAB WORKVA 1.1 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGE Relief TileBY ANGELINA YIP ZHENG YI BY TAMMY TEH
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SLAB WORKVA 1.1 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGERelief TileBY KATE CHANG KEI YAN BY KAYLA KHOO XUAN TING BY LEUNG LER TONG
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SLAB WORKVA 1.2 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGERelief TileBY EVANGELINE TENG BY KATIE TAN YAN LIN BY MARLEEN TOH
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SLAB WORKVA 1.2 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGE Relief TileBY HANNAH ABIGAIL TAN BY EVAN NG MUN JUN
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COILINGVA 1.1 | ANCIENT VESSELSSgraffito / Inlay on TerracottaBY ANGELINA YIP ZHENG YI BY CHIN JUN SHANG ALOYSIUS
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COILINGVA 1.1 | ANCIENT VESSELSSgraffito / Inlay on TerracottaBY LEUNG LER TONG BY JOLYN CHIA JIE YEE
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COILINGVA 1.2 | ANCIENT VESSELSSgrafitto / Underglaze on White StonewareBY JULIA TEO EE PINN BY EVANGELINE TENG
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COILINGVA 1.2 | ANCIENT VESSELSSgrafitto / Inlay on White StonewareBY FATINA CHEN SIJIE BY CORRINE LYE JIA LING
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SLAB WORKVA 2.3 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGERelief TileBY STEFANIE LOW SIEW YIN BY COLETTE SUN XI YUE BY GAO FEI
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SLAB WORKVA 2.3 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGE Relief TileBY CRYSTAL BING JIE CLARK BY CHARIS LAM YEE IAN
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SLAB WORKVA 2.4 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGERelief TileBY JOAB JEOW LEE CHOK BY TAN CHYENNE BY LIM JIA XUAN , KATE
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SLAB WORKVA 2.4 | ARCHITECTURAL COLLAGERelief TileBY LIM JIA XUAN ALLORA BY JOANNE SIM
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COILINGVA 2.3 | ANCIENT VESSELSCoiling, Inlay / SgraffitoBY CLARENE TAN JIAYING BY ALICE CHONG CHUN LI
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COILINGVA 2.3 | ANCIENT VESSELSCoiling, Inlay / SgraffitoBY CRYSTAL BING JIE CLARK BY ALYSSA GIAN ZHENING
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COILINGVA 2.4 | ANCIENT VESSELSCoiling, Inlay / SgraffitoBY LIM JIA XUAN, KATE BY KHOO SZE MIN SOPHIA
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COILINGVA 2.4 | ANCIENT VESSELSCoiling, Inlay / SgraffitoBY KATE ONG SI-EN BY JOANNE SIM
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CREDITS CREDITSSpecial Thanks to the School Steering CommitteeMrs Mary Seah, Principal
Ms Amy Khoo, Vice-Principal, Arts
Mr Kevin Ho, Vice-Principal, Academic & Affective
Ms Pauline Ann Tan, Vice-Principal, Academic & Affective
Ms Justine Tan, Director, Corporate Planning & Services
Ms Yang Tien, Dean, Arts
Mr Chooi Khee Wai, Dean, Curriculum
Ms Lim Jong Yann, Covering Dean, Affective
Mr Lee Yew Wah, Deputy Director, Finance & Services
CREDITS FACULTY OF VISUAL ARTSMs Lim Boon Eng, HeadMs Ong Hui Har, Acting Subject Head
YEAR 1 ARTS MENTORS - Mrs Lee Wen Jie and Mr Tan Wee Lit YEAR 2 ARTS MENTORS - Ms Guo Yixiu and Ms Ivy Toh
Ms Fang Siwei, Ms Hailey Cheong, Mr Hilmi Johandi, Mr Jason LimMr Keith Ang, Mr Khiew Huey Chian, Ms Lydia Wong, Ms Priscilla TeyMs Rossalyn Tan, Mr Ryf Zaini, Mr Soh Ee Shaun, Dr Vincent LeowMr Yap Kheng Kin, Mr Yeo Ker Siang, Mr Zainudin Bin Samsuri
WORKSHOP MASTERSMr Leroy Sofyan, Mr Mohamed Elfie, Mr Nyan Soe
Our sincere thanks to all SOTA staff, our families, friends and everyone who have made this publication possible.