Tay Bee Aye

Tay Bee Aye
(郑美爱)
Tay Bee Aye; (郑美爱)
Born	February 28, 1958; Singapore
Nationality	Singapore
Education	LASALLE College of the Arts
Known for	Installation art
Awards	Honorable Mention, Philip Morris Singapore Art Award; Commendation Award, Singapore Power Ltd Art Competition

Tay Bee Aye (Chinese: 郑美爱; pinyin: Zhèng Měiài) is a Singaporean multidisciplinary visual artist. She creates public installations to engage audiences directly with themes regarding Singapore society.[1] She is also a pioneer in interactive contemporary art for children in Singapore.[2]

Biography

Born the third of seven children, Tay initially could not afford an art education, first working to support her family after finishing her Cambridge GCE O Level Examinations. Only during her career did she have opportunities to travel internationally.[1] In 1997, Tay quit her job as an accounts executive to study art full-time at LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, under the Georgette Chen Art Scholarship funded by the College.

By the time Tay graduated in 1999, she had participated in several arts activities and festivals, such as the 2000 and 2004 Art Festival projects at Clifford Pier for Tracking Time, as well as the exhibition, Reconstruction of a City, at St James Power Station. In 1998, Tay received a Commendation Award at the Singapore Power Ltd Art Competition, and in 1999 and 2002, two Honorable Mentions at the Philip Morris Singapore Art Award.

In 2002, her installation of 600 small, handcrafted lip-shaped fabric cushions were on display at the atrium of Suntec City, as part of the Nokia Singapore Art 2001 exhibition. The installation was well-received, though with a many of the small cushions being stolen by the public during the exhibition period.[3] In Tay's series, Her World, featured in her second solo exhibition in 2005, Tay critiques the representations of women in media produced by the fashion and beauty industry.[4] Her sculpture, Caterpillar, was a 15-metre long and 2.3-metre high steel sculpture lined with 30 poster boxes; commissioned under a partnership programme between National Arts Council and City Developments Ltd. Tay emphasises the presence of caterpillars as indicators of environmental degradation, with sightings more uncommon due to urbanisation.[5]

In 2013, Tay's installation Knot, Play, Rest was featured in the 2013 Singapore Biennale.[6] It encouraged people to come together to "meet, communicate and play", in a fabric rope playground of the artist's construction.

At the 2013 Committee of Supply Debate at the Parliament, her work with the Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) received mention at a speech delivered by Acting Minister Lawrence Wong.[7]

Major exhibitions

Dates	Title	Location
Jan 2005	Her World	Utterly Art Singapore
Apr 29 - May 25, 2005	Now & Then	Instinc Gallery Singapore
Sep 15 - Oct 6, 2007	LIMITED / UNLIMITED: The 27th Anniversary Exhibition of the Printmaking Society Singapore	Tyler Print Institute Singapore
Nov 20 - Nov 30, 2007	Have you ever smell the rain	Forth Art Gallery Singapore
26 Oct 2013 – 16 Feb 2014	Singapore Biennale 2013	Our Museum @ Taman Jurong Singapore

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References

Wong, Chris, "My rewards as an artist", Bridge, Singapore: Southwest CDC (Jan-Feb 2011), p. 10
"Press advisory - step into the world of Children's Season 2011 with a kaleidoscope of dreams" (PDF) (Press release). National Heritage Board. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
Shzr Ee, Tan (2002-01-14). "Vanishing art". Straits Times Life!. p. 3.
Chew, David (7 January 2005). "Slaves to beauty". Today. Singapore: Mediacorp. p. 33.
"New caterpillar sculpture at City Square Mall" (Press release). Red Dawn Communications. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
Shetty, Deepika (15 October 2013). "Art for the People". Straits Times. p. C8.
"Speech By Acting Minister Lawrence Wong At The 2013 Committee Of Supply Debate On The Ministry Of Culture, Community & Youth (Part I)" (Press release). Ministry Of Culture, Community & Youth. Mar 15, 2013. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved Mar 16, 2013.

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[rewards-1] Wong, Chris, "My rewards as an artist", Bridge, Singapore: Southwest CDC (Jan-Feb 2011), p. 10

[2] "Press advisory - step into the world of Children's Season 2011 with a kaleidoscope of dreams" (PDF) (Press release). National Heritage Board. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.

[vanishing-3] Shzr Ee, Tan (2002-01-14). "Vanishing art". Straits Times Life!. p. 3.

[4] Chew, David (7 January 2005). "Slaves to beauty". Today. Singapore: Mediacorp. p. 33.

[5] "New caterpillar sculpture at City Square Mall" (Press release). Red Dawn Communications. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.

[6] Shetty, Deepika (15 October 2013). "Art for the People". Straits Times. p. C8.

[7] "Speech By Acting Minister Lawrence Wong At The 2013 Committee Of Supply Debate On The Ministry Of Culture, Community & Youth (Part I)" (Press release). Ministry Of Culture, Community & Youth. Mar 15, 2013. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved Mar 16, 2013.