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.
Currently:
Designer in Residence,
LASALLE College of the Arts, School of Fashion
Masters in Arts Pedagogy and Practice,
Goldsmith University, LASALLE College of the Arts. (2023-24)
Founding Volunteer,
Don’t Mind If
Freelance Art Director
Selected clients/projects include:
Branding: Both Side’s, Now, 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.
Previously:
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
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
Currently:
Designer in Residence,
LASALLE College of the Arts, School of Fashion
Masters in Arts Pedagogy and Practice,
Goldsmith University, LASALLE College of the Arts. (2023-24)
Founding Volunteer,
Don’t Mind If
Freelance Art Director
Selected clients/projects include:
Branding: Both Side’s, Now, 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.
Previously:
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
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