Tay Bee Aye

Tay Bee Aye is a multidisciplinary Singaporean contemporary artist known for her soft sculptures and interactive installations. She has done pioneering work in interactive contemporary art for children in Singapore, with her practice expanding to include community involvement. 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. 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.

In 2013, Tay's installation Knot, Play, Rest was featured in the 2013 Singapore Biennale. 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.

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