Tan Dee May is the founder of Plates, a biannual print publication that uses food as a conversation starter for meatier issues. Tan is a recipient of multiple awards, including the international Chevening Award (2016); the national INXO Arts Fund Award (2019); the international Can Serrat Writers Residency (Montserrat, Spain, 2020/2021); and The Ideas Festival documentary award (Brisbane, Australia, 2011). Tan was a resident artist at Rimbun Dahan as part of its Southeast Asian Arts Residency programme in 2021. You can learn more about her at the links below:
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