Biography
Isabel Tay is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work uses documentary, narrative, installation, and experiential strategies. Tay lives and works in Portland, OR, and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Video from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in May 2023. Tay’s work explores identity, and intimacy within - and beyond - herself through her life and family, research, documentation, interviews, and experimentation. Her introspective nature influences her use of self to reimagine narratives that form the mundane, the overlooked, the voiceless, and the forgotten.
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Education
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidate in Film and Video, Minor in Graphic Design
2019 – 2023
Temasek Polytechnic (TP), Singapore
Temasek Polytechnic (TP), Singapore
Diploma in Communication Design
2014 – 2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidate in Film and Video, Minor in Graphic Design
2019 – 2023
Temasek Polytechnic (TP), Singapore
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Specialist Diploma in Integrated Digital Communications
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Post Diploma Certificate in Advertising Communication
- Post Diploma Certificate in Digital Design
Temasek Polytechnic (TP), Singapore
Diploma in Communication Design
2014 – 2017
Experience
LAIKA, LLC, Hillsboro, Oregon
Jr Assistant Camera Assistant
2023–Present
LAIKA, LLC, Hillsboro, Oregon
Camera Intern
2022
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
Video Cage Student Worker
2022
AMOK Pte Ltd, Singapore
Production Intern
2021
GoshKids, Singapore
Photography Instructor
2021
Fable, Singapore
Freelance Graphic Designer
2019
Tofu Design, Singapore
Junior Artist
2017 – 2018
Jr Assistant Camera Assistant
2023–Present
LAIKA, LLC, Hillsboro, Oregon
Camera Intern
2022
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
Video Cage Student Worker
2022
AMOK Pte Ltd, Singapore
Production Intern
2021
GoshKids, Singapore
Photography Instructor
2021
Fable, Singapore
Freelance Graphic Designer
2019
Tofu Design, Singapore
Junior Artist
2017 – 2018
Skills
Video Editing, Directing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Photographer, Graphic Design, Branding, Editorial, Research, Ideation
Adobe After Effects, Audition, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Media Encoder, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Xd, DaVinci Resolve, Cinema4D, Kuper, and Microsoft Suite.
Bolex H16, and Cinema-grade cameras like Canon EOS C100, C200 and C300, Canon XC15, Canon R6, Sony FS5, FS7 and FS700.
Adobe After Effects, Audition, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Media Encoder, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Xd, DaVinci Resolve, Cinema4D, Kuper, and Microsoft Suite.
Bolex H16, and Cinema-grade cameras like Canon EOS C100, C200 and C300, Canon XC15, Canon R6, Sony FS5, FS7 and FS700.
Awards
Dean’s List, MICA
2020 – 2023
C V Starr Scholarship, MICA
Fanny B. Thalheimer Scholarship, MICA
International Award of Excellance, MICA
Presidential Scholarship, MICA
2019 – Present
Crowbar Awards Singapore: Bronze in the category of Design for the project titled, “Rebranding Crowne Plaza”
2017
2020 – 2023
C V Starr Scholarship, MICA
Fanny B. Thalheimer Scholarship, MICA
International Award of Excellance, MICA
Presidential Scholarship, MICA
2019 – Present
Crowbar Awards Singapore: Bronze in the category of Design for the project titled, “Rebranding Crowne Plaza”
2017