Anita Morrison Taylor was born in London and currently lives in Rome. Combined with her art practice, Anita is a University Lecturer, Curator and Art Consultant. In 2019, she founded the ‘Finestra Temporale’ creative collective with two other Rome-based artists. She studied Fine Art drawing and painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen and went on to study for a Masters in European Fine Art at Winchester School of Art in Barcelona. After her studies she lived and worked in London and painted at ACME, Space and Wimbledon Art Studios. All of these experiences influenced Anita’s work from her school years which were spent in the Scottish Highlands to her current home in Italy.
The beauty, light and scale of her surroundings all form part of the dialogue central to her work through the use of colour, gesture, process and material combined with an observation and play on pictorial tensions.
Anita Morrison Taylor è nata a Londra e attualmente vive a Roma. Lavora come docente all’università, allo stesso tempo continuando il suo percorso come artista e curatrice. Nel 2019, ha fondato il collettivo creativo ‘Finestra Temporale’ insieme con due altre artisti a Roma. Ha studiato Belle Arti (disegno e pittura) presso la Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, specializzandosi poi con una laurea magistrale in European Fine Art presso la Winchester School of Art di Barcellona. Dopo aver ultimato i suoi studi, ha vissuto e lavorato a Londra, dipingendo presso ACME, Space e Wimbledon Art Studios. Tutte queste esperienze hanno influenzato il lavoro di Anita, dagli anni da studentessa, spesi nelle “Highlands” scozzesi, all’attuale dimora italiana.
La bellezza, la luce e la proporzione dell’ambiente circonstante sono tutti elementi che formano un dialogo centrale nel suo lavoro, attraverso l’uso del colore, il gesto, la tecnica e il materiale, combinati con l’osservazione e la sperimentazione di tensioni pittoriche.
Text: Desirèe Memme
Photo credit: Linda Acunto
EXHIBITIONS
Current
Finestra Temporale Creative Collective, Teatro Aurelio, Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2018
‘Luce San Paolina I and II’, Breccia di Roma, Rome, Italy
2015
‘Indizi’, Luma, Prati, 00192 Rome, Italy
2008
Hillside Church Wimbledon, London, UK
The Hill, Muswell Hill, London, UK
2004
GH Salon, Soho, London, UK
2002
TAMA 365, Tokyo, Japan
2001
‘Filters’ Dresslab, Loring Arts, Barcelona, Spain
‘Additions’ The Nancy Smillie Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2000
‘Instant Gratification’ The Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
‘Macro’ The Lane, Marylebone Lane, London, UK
1999
‘Chasing Rainbows’ The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, UK
Group Exhibitions
2025
‘I colori delle donne’, Horafelix, Rome, Italy
2020
‘Libertà’, Finestra Temporale, Breccia di Roma, Rome, Italy
2019
‘Città / City’, Finestra Temporale, Hillside Church Wimbledon, London UK
‘Città / City’, Finestra Temporale, Breccia di Roma, Rome, Italy
2011
‘Art, Pray, Love’, Hillside Church, Wimbledon, London, UK
2010
‘Art with a Heart’, Hillside Church, Wimbledon, London, UK
2008 – 2010
Wimbledon Art Open Studios, London, UK
2003
‘Women’s Work’ Arts Centre Aldershot, UK
2002
‘Positive Women’ Arts Centre, Andover, UK
2001
‘ZUMO’ Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK
2000
‘Tallers Oberts’ Open Studios, Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
Galeria Panorama, Barcelona, Spain, UK
ft dzign Gallery, Crucifix Lane, London, UK
‘Chasing Rainbows’ Lemon Tree Arts Centre, Aberdeen, UK
‘Opening Exhibition’ Nexus Galleries, Edinburgh, UK
1999
‘Launch’ Bridgeview Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
1998
Limousine Bull Artists’ Collective, Aberdeen, UK
Institutional Collections
2011
Hillside Church, Wimbledon, London, UK
2000
Grampian Hospitals’ Arts Trust, UK
Art Consultancy, Events & Projects
2022
Exhibition design, art selection, artist management, and installation of work in three spaces at Teatro Aurelio, Rome, Italy as part of the Finestra Temporale, creative collective.
2020
Curatrice dell’evento ‘Il Mondo di Raffaelo’ in occasione della mostra “Raffaello 1520-1483” alle Scuderie del Quirinale / Event Curator for ‘The world of Raphael’ organised to tie in with the “Raphael 1520 – 1483” at the Scuderie del Quirinale Galleries, Rome
2007
Art selection and consultancy for Johnson Naylor Interior Architects for the provision of artwork for Ontario Tower and New Providence Wharf Residential Developments, London, UK
2005
The Big Draw, Perth, Australia
Artopia, Perth, Australia
2003
BBC Big Arts week, London, UK
2001
‘Libro’, Galeria Panorama, Barcelona, Spain
Press Releases and Publications
2023
Loci Communes ‘L’arte che conta non solo l’8 marzo’
2022
Grace Go Bloom, International Magazine
2008 – 2011
Hillside Church, London, UK
2006
Friends of the Western Australia Art Gallery, Australia
2005
The Western Australian, Australia
2002
TaMa 365, Tokyo, Japan
New Greenham Arts Guide, UK
Basingstoke and Hampshire Gazette, UK
2001
The Home Show, Scottish Television, UK
Zumo, Spain
2000
The Press and Journal, Scotland, UK<
The Herald and Post, Aberdeen, UK
Elle Decoration, London, UK
Nexus Galleries, Edinburgh, UK
1999
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, UK
Homes and Interiors Scotland, UK
The Herald, UK
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