Founded in 2012, System Sovereign is the multidisciplinary studio of Kiat and Cherry Chan. Based in Singapore, the duo spend most of their time working on projects encompassing fashion, music, lifestyle, art and design. Kiat and Cherry have also been driving forces in the Singapore underground, creating communities in the arts & culture sector.
KIAT
From a young age, Kiat has indulged his love of science fiction, music and art, culminating in a DJ residency at Singapore Super Club Zouk at the age of 20. In 1998, he met the acclaimed creative director Theseus Chan. Under his wing, Kiat won his first four Creative Circle Awards – he would later go on to win awards at Clio, the One Show, Young Guns and New York Festivals besides another two CCAs. Music continued to play a huge part in Kiat’s life, and while he won awards in design, he made his mark as the first Singaporean to be signed to renowned UK label Metalheadz, run by producer/DJ Goldie. Locally, Kiat has also been a driving force in the electronic dance music scene, seeding communities through his co-founding of collectives including Guerilla and Syndicate.
CHERRY CHAN
Cherry began her career as a qualitative researcher and strategic planner in the globally renowned communication company Bartle Bogle Hegarty (Asia Pacific). She won multiple advertising effectiveness awards for her work on brands such as Levi’s and NTUC INCOME. At the same time, Cherry fueled her creative pursuits through the development of music events & collectives such as PopMyCherry (the first all female DJ collective in Singapore), Musique Vondue (an experimental music listening series), the award-winning FFF Girl DJ Bootcamp and most recently audiovisual collective/music label Syndicate. This passion paid off when Cherry was hand-picked from thousands of international applicants to be a participant at the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy. Cherry is always bursting with innovative ideas for the clients and artists she represents and love.
