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Pixie Tan is an Art Director and Educator from Singapore. Her practice takes a collaborative approach to questioning the conditions of labour. Drawing from her experience in fashion and advertising, she designs sustainable and socially minded solutions for artists and cultural groups. She is the co-founder of Stranger(‘s) Touch, and a founding volunteer of Don’t Mind If, a ground-up initiative designed with the hopes of uplifting, celebrating and advancing the local communications design industry, community and profession.

Please contact her at hello@pixietan.com.


Experiences

Currently: 

Designer in Residence,
Lasalle College of the Arts

Founding Volunteer,
Don’t Mind If

Freelance Art Director
Selected clients/projects include:
Branding: Stranger(’s) Touch, Livingwear Co (Fashion Brand), Teresa Lim (Teeteeheehee), A Weekend Affair (Symposium/Art Festival), True Essence Taiwan (Beauty)

Films and Photos: Frame by Frame Singapore,  Macallan, Shiseido, Zalora, Smilemakers Collection, The Cutscene Company, Sony Singapore, The Sam Willows, Lenne Chai.


2019⸺2021
Art Director, The Merry Men Works
Part-Time Lecturer, Lasalle College of the Arts

2018
Junior Designer, Firecracker Works
2017⸺2018
Sans Titre, assistant to art director Erik Hartin.

2014⸺2017
Creative Director, Of Trying Times 

Education

Masters in Arts Pedagogy and Practice, Goldsmith University, LASALLE College of the Arts. (2023-24) 
 
First Class Honours,
BA (Hons) Design for Art Direction,
University of the Arts, London College of Communication (2015–18)

Diploma in Apparel Design and Merchandising with Merit,
Temasek Polytechnic School of Design (2011–14)

Exhibitions

2022
Stranger(’s) Touch, Crane, Singapore 

2021
Digital Resources, Maybe We Read Too Much Into Things 

2020
Streets of Hope 2, Orchard District, National Arts Council 

2019 
Eriks Shadow, East Side Open Studios, Singapore
Street of Clans Festival, Koh Clan, Singapore
Deviations, 49 Hackney Road, London

2018
Vestoj for La Manutention, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Self-Protection Manifesto, Institute of Comtemporary Arts, London
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York
Potluck by Potluck, Singapore
Open Call 2, Supernormal, Singapore



 

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