Anita Taylor was born in London and currently lives and works in Rome. 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 Taylor è nata a Londra e attualmente vive e lavora a Roma. Ha studiato Belle Arti (disegno e pittura) presso la Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, specializzandosi poi con un master 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
Anita Taylor
Exhibitions
Current
2018
‘Luce San Paolina I and II’, Breccia di Roma, 00187 Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Solo Exhibition – ‘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
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
2000
‘Tallers Oberts’ Open Studios, Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
Galeria Panorama, Barcelona, Spain
ft dzign, Crucifix Lane, London, UK
‘Chasing Rainbows’ Lemon Tree Arts Centre, Aberdeen
‘Opening Exhibition’ Nexus Galleries, Edinburgh, UK
1999
‘Launch’ Bridgeview Gallery, Aberdeen
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 & Projects
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
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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