Ariella Tai (b. 1987 Queens, NYC) is an experimental filmmaker, artist and independent programmer currently based in Portland, OR who will be joining the Institute of Electronic Arts from April 15th to 26th.
Tai is one half of “the first and the last,” a fellowship, workshop and screening series supporting and celebrating the work of black women and femmes in film, video and new media art. They have shown work at Anthology Film Archives, Portland Institute For Contemporary Art, Northwest Film Center, Wa Na Wari, the Black Femme Supremacy Film Festival, MOCA and Smack Mellon, amongst others.
