madebytam.com

Tam is a New York based Art Director who has worked with major national brands and publishing companies for over 8 years, both fulltime and freelance. He is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area.

His youth was spent fishing, camping and drawing with pencil and paper. When it was time to leave the nest, he decided to attend the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago. The unique conceptual focus at SAIC made him well rounded and knowledgable.

Tam cycles to work occasionally to work-off the complex meals he loves to prepare for his wife Maria. Tam spends much of his free time walking his dog Bodhi, a Wheaten Terrier in Prospect Park, Brooklyn and making art in his studio.

Favorite Catchphrase
Sure...

Currently
Listening to
The Black Keys

Number of Keys
on Keychain
Seven

Favorite Candy
Dark Chocolate

Last Movie Viewed
Waste Land

How Many Licks
to a Tootsie Pop Center?
Approx. Fifty Seven

Would Rather Be
SItting at a bench food stall in Oaxaca, drinking coffee and having a plate of al pastor tacos

Most Effective Mode of Transportation
Bicycle

Jeff Koons

Andy Warhol

Tom Friedman

Rebecca Horn

Charles Ray

Kiki Smith

Dieter Roth

Mike Kelly

David Hockney

Robert Smithson

Honorable Mentions:
Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman,
Moriko Mori, Tony Oursler,
Sarah Lucas, Dan Smith, Damien Hirst, Jessica Stockholder, Cindy Sherman, Janine Antoni, Jasper Johns

The Big Lebowski

Rushmore

The Seven Samurai

Solaris

Grave of the Fireflies

Dinner with Andre

The Royal Tenenbaums

Groundhog Day

American Splendor

Waking Life

Honorable Mentions:
Ghostworld, Goonies,
Being John Malkovich,
The Godfather, Adaptation, Unbreakable, Crash,
Shaun of the Dead,
The Gods must be Crazy,
The Usual Suspects,
Soylent Green, Raiders of
the Lost Ark, Donnie Darko, The Warriors, The Thin Red Line, Big Trouble in Little China, Trading Places, Good Bad and the Ugly, Badlands

Moonlight Mile
Rolling Stones

The Story of The
Hurricane
Bob Dylan

Ceremony
Magnetic Fields

Hungry Heart
Bruce Springsteen

Save your Day
Jose Gonzales

High and Dry
Radiohead

Elephant Gun
Beirut

Vampire Forest Fire
The Arcade Fire

Good Woman
Cat Power

Between the Bars
Elliot Smith

California Stars
Wilco

Honorable Mentions:
Space Oddity, David Bowie; At the Hop, Devendra Banhart; Chan Chan, Buena Vista Social Club; Pounding, Doves; Short Skirt Long Jacket, Cake;Story of My Life, Social Distortion; Wishing, Flock of Seagulls; Waters of March, Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66; Lord Anthony, Belle & Sebastian; Olio, The Rapture; O Caminho, Bebel Gilberto; She's a mystery to me, Roy Orbison; Eyes Without a Face, Billy Idol; Shine a Light, Wolf Parade