This website consists of a series of reflective thoughts and questions on the challenges faced by a design educator.
Welcome to my site, I am TIA BOON SIM, an Architect by profession but choose to be a rewarding Art and Design Educator.

I'm not insane i'm just falling behind at the rainbow chase Trying to catch the rainbow tail, holding it tight and not letting it go Seeing the path I tell myself I'm on the right track again Starring at the flame I find tranquility, serenity and peace Capturing the moment I share with you this dark background picture Yes, you must endure the high temperature and hard work Yes, you must be willing to get your hands dirtied Yes, let's forget about generating ideas and getting down to doodling, creating and producing..... Yes, you cannot sit in the office and talk art, design, architecture and education. See new pages club street 08 poster08 raku firing 07 watercolour07

Most Current in 2023 - NEW! Visit tiastudio.blogspot to view latest sketches, drawings and paintings. Visit urban sketchers to view tia as Singapore's correspondent. Visit USk-singapore to view Singapore sketchers blog set up by tia. Visit tiastudio.wordpress to view recent activity in wood firing. My work Visit Top of the class and Design excellence to view my architecture. Visit Exploration Pad to view my paintings. Visit My workand More visuals to view the art work. Visit Art4students to view my teaching. Education & Professional Organisations B.Arch (Hons) National University of Singapore, 1979 Registered Architect with Board of Architects, Singapore, 1982 Corporate Member of Singapore Institute of Architects, 1982 Higher Education Teaching Accreditation Program, Staff Education Devpt Assoc, UK, 1999 Committee Member of Chinatown Project Committee, Singapore Tourism Board, 1999 Committee Member of IT Committee, Singapore Institute of Architects, 2000 Honorary Member of Society of Interior Designers, Singapore, 2001 Scholarship from Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, 2001 Tutor, Saturday Art School, Pratt Institute, New York, 2002 Tutor, High School of Art and Design, New York, 2003 Master of Science in Art and Design Education, Pratt Institute, New York, 2003 Pratt Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2003 Advisory Board Member to Arts4YoUths, Singapore, 2003 Founding Member of Thow Kwang Clay Artists, Singapore, 2008 Correspondent for Urbansketchers, 2008 Founder of Urbansketchers-Singapore, 2009 Founding Board Director of Urban Sketchers, an international non-profit organisation, 2009 Invited Presenter at First International Urban Sketching Symposium, Portland, USA, 2010 Invited Speaker at Second International Urban Sketching Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011 Designer of National Day First Day Cover, 2011 Featured on "Our Stories", National Day, 2013 Presenter at Fourth International Urban Sketching Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, 2013 Presenter at TEDxCity2.0, Singapore, 2013 Exhibitions & Invitations Guest Critic, Second Year Architecture Studio, National University of Singapore, 1986 Guest Critic, First Year Architecture Studio, National University of Singapore, 1993 Guest Critic, First Year Architecture Studio, National University of Singapore, 1995 40th Anniversary School of Architecture Exhibition, NUS, 1998 Guest Critic, LaSalle SIA, Interior Design Program, 1998 Brave Heart, Staff Exhibition, Temasek Design School, 1999 Mohamed Sultan Exhibition with Architect William Lim, Er Lu Gallery, Singapore, 2001 Tuscany Exhibition, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2001 Guest Critic, Urban Design Studio of James Rossant, Pratt Institute, 2002 Guest Critic, Architecture Sophomore Art Room Project, Pratt Institute, 2002 Guest Critic, Diploma in Interior Design, Singapore Polytechnic, 2003 Guest Speaker, Odyssey Dance Theatre, 2004 Singapore, Korea Art Exchange Exhibition, 2004 Consultant, East Zone Centre of Design Excellence, 2005 Guest Speaker, East Zone Learning Festival, 2005 Dragon Klin Pottery Exhibition, 2005 Asia Pacific Painters & Calligraphers Exchange Art Exhibition, 2006 Guest Speaker, Singapore Art Teachers Association Art Camp, 2006 Consultant, T-G Space Consultant, Shanghai, China, 2006 Guest Lecture, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, 2006 Jalan Bahar Clay Studio Exhibition, 2006 Pure Clay Art Exhibition, Ngee Ann Cultural Center, 2007 Flashpoint#01 - Dragon Kiln Wood Firing Exhibition, 2008 Flashpoint#02 - Dragon Kiln Wood Firing Exhibition, 2009 "Inside-Out:Sketches of Tiong Bahru" - Exhibition at White Canvas Gallery, 2010 "From the Belly of the Dragon" - Dragon Kiln Wood Firing Exhibition, 2011 "Tiong Bahru Revisited" - Exhibition at White Canvas Gallery, 2011 "Urban Sketchers Singapore" - Book Launch cum Exhibition at URA Centre, 2011 "$uper $ingapore $ale" - an contemporary art exhibition at ION Gallery, 2012 "Penang Trip Exhibition" - True Blue Cuisine, 2012 “We Draw the World Together” Exhibition, 2014 “We Draw Singapore Together” Exhibition, 2015 “We Draw ASEAN Together” Exhibition, 2017 “We Draw Amaravati Together” Exhibition, 2018 Instructor for “Lisbon Alphabet Course”, Lisbon, July 2022 Lead Tutor for "Urban Sketching" course at Singapore University of Technology and Design, SUTD, 2012 till today Judge for Art Competition "SG75", 2020 till today Selected Private Collections Exonet, New Zealand & Singapore, 1999 Mr Cheng, Singapore, 2001 Mr Lee, Guangzhou, China, 2004 Ms Nance Chong, Singapore, 2005 Mr Lee Suan Hiang, Singapore, 2006 Mr Charles Yeo, Singapore, 2006 Mr Tan Kay Ngee, Singapore, 2007 Mr Keen Wong, 2008 Mr Boo, Singapore, 2009 Mr Kariyani, Singapore, 2009 Mr Sabini, Singapore, 2009 Ms Teo Huey Ling, 2010 Ms Tan Huan Lian, 2010 Mr Chan Kok Hua, 2011 Mr Wong Toon Jin, 2011 Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, 2012 Ambassador Haruhisa Takeuchi, skyline sketches of Tokyo and Singapore, 2016 Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, 2018 Mr Terence Yeung, 2022 contact me